What to expect first week of boxing training?

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by MURDR, Nov 30, 2011.


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  1. MURDR

    MURDR Active Member Full Member

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    I get it :p
     
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  2. MURDR

    MURDR Active Member Full Member

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    Honing in on my jump roping skills. In the last 2 days, I've learned how to jump rope while doing high knees, and how to do crossovers at a moderately consistent rate. Now all I have to work on is stuff with my right leg, considering it's still VERY weak from my recent surgeries, and I can barely jump on it at all (2 inches at the most).

    Also, I think I finally found the right trainer. Dude is pretty legit and he's trained a decent amount of pros, like Kelly Pavlik.

    Hoping to start up boxing mid-January or early February, after my osteoarthritis shot takes effect. Obviously, I won't use the Philly Shell like in my other thread, I'll use a high guard. Just hoping the running, jumping, conditioning, and drills don't **** my knee up even further.
     
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  3. gumbo2176

    gumbo2176 Active Member Full Member

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    Two inches off the ground is plenty high enough to jump rope and I find it allows a better cadence than high stepping.

    Take it easy on the knees. That is where you will find out whether you can handle a boxing workout if the knee doesn't hold out or causes you so much pain it isn't worth it.

    Not sure about your weight, but if you are overweight, try losing some while you are waiting the knee to fully heal. That way, it will be easier on it when you can get in there full tilt.
     
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  4. MURDR

    MURDR Active Member Full Member

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    That's what I'm trying to do.
     
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  5. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you don't quit then you are obviously cut out for it. I'm talking about mental toughness, not physical skill or talent.
     
    Matty lll, Dec 9, 2011
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  6. MURDR

    MURDR Active Member Full Member

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    Oh...well then I'm definitely cut out for it. I never quit, so much so that it has cost me greatly before. Tore my ACL in a football game, decided I could still play, went out, tore my MCL, went out again, got a microfracture, before I finally stopped, and now I have osteoarthritis in my knee.
     
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  7. bald_head_slick

    bald_head_slick Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pain and confusion.

    You shouldn't expect anything from anything in a week.
     
    bald_head_slick, Dec 15, 2011
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  8. Harvin87

    Harvin87 Active Member Full Member

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    You clearly haven't seen JMM
    :tong
     
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  9. Harvin87

    Harvin87 Active Member Full Member

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    No, but seriously. I box regularly and from my experience here are two things. I'm Mexican (now living in Germany), and I've found that the way boxing is thought here is very, very different as in Mexico. Here I find it very flat-footed, even the trainer getting angry if you try to move around, their advice is always to stay put, hands up recieve some and then throw some away. I personaly don't like that way. In Mexico for instance is very different, they try to teach you never to be a stationary target. Here is different. Also, from my experience (at least in my Mexican gym) you don't spar right away , I had to wait over a month to get my ass kicked for the first time.

    Maybe that's the difference. Mexico owns Germany in boxing.
     
    Harvin87, Dec 21, 2011
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  10. Matty lll

    Matty lll Boxing Addict Full Member

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    For sure although maybe it is just your gym and not the actually country that is different.
     
    Matty lll, Dec 21, 2011
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  11. Harvin87

    Harvin87 Active Member Full Member

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    This could also be it.
     
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