I’m sixteen and my parents decided to give us a year off of school in Austria. Don’t ask me why, I’m still tryin to figure it out myself. So I got five months left in a country where I don’t know the language and I’m not goin to school. So you could guess that I’m bored as hell. So I want to learn to box.
I was in Muay Thai for a year so I'm kinda decent at it and I got some ring experience. But I hear tell that boxing is totally different and to be honest I’m more interested in boxing. So I got a punching bag in the attic and some free weights, what do you guys suggest. I wanna get good enough to join a gym and stand my own by the time I get back to the states. Also I don’t got a sparring partner cuz my bros are musicians and they’re more interested in guitars and chords and ****. So I’m basically on my own, until I get back.
What kinda drills do you suggest to improve my almost nonexistent skills? Anything you got will be great. I’m guessing there is more to it then punching the bag as hard as you can. You got any links for beginners?
Right forgot somethin. Whenever I'm in the ring I close my eyes when I'm bein hit and sometimes when I throw out a punch too. The more I fight the bigger the problem is. Any answers. Any ideas. Any suggestions. I think that might be a mojor wall at sparring for me, and I think I wont get any better in spars unless I get over this.
I've box for bout 5 years and I dont know to much about Muay Thai boxing. I've seen a lil on tv to know it is different. But I suggest that you get your butt in the gym and get a trainer. But if you cant then get a speed bag, run, jump rope, do some shadow boxing, keep with the weights and work on those abs. About you closing your eyes try to keep them open if you know that punches are coming keep those hands up so you can block and jab.
Thanx alot Omega, thing is I checked the only gym in this god forsaken village and all they got is a couple of free weights and a brokin treadmill(no kidding). Surprisingly they got a pretty good 25 meter indoor pool with actuall lanes so when I get back to the states my swim coach wont be to pissed. But the only class they offer is a water aerobics class populated mostly by old folks( and I mean seriously old, about 90 or somethin).
Runnin will be cool. I found this path overlooking the park near my house so by next week it should thaw(covered by ice but it's about 6 degrees over so no worries).Is there any particular runnin technique?
I saw Nathan Shepards workout and It seems really good but it kind of put me of when he said it was 6 hours hard work. Is there any kind of 2 hour 4 day a week workout out there not including runnin and bag work. Shadow boxing is pretty much covered. Is there any sites you know with boxing combos.
which workout was it thats 6 hours a day? that must be the workout i do when im off school in the summer.
2 hours a day 4 days a week, thats fine man. do weights for an hour and run for a half an hour and you need the 30 minutes for stretching and cooling down and whatever. you wont get as good of results but it aint half bad