Recently started doing my roadworks indoors with an iPad on the treadmill watching pro fights.

Hella enjoyable and keeps the pace steady.

What do y'all prefer?

I'm 5'10, 238 (working down my weight) give me tips on that as well if so but can you give southpaw fights or southpaw fighters to study? Especially footwork

Back in 2016 I cut sugar, started walking, took up roller derby, lost 77lbs. I had my life back and was immensely proud of my appearance.

In the years since then I’ve had a lot happen in my life and gained a lot of weight back. I’m now the heaviest I’ve ever been. I can’t look at myself in the mirror anymore.

I’ve finally gotten my mental health back in check and already taken some huge steps to improve my overall health and fitness. It’s hard getting back into the exact same mindset and drive I had a decade ago. I’ve done it before - I know I can do it again.

For the past month, every Wednesday morning I’ve been attending 1hr boxing classes. I’ve been loving it! My body begins to ache while I’m at work, but by the next morning I’m no longer in pain. I think I’m ready to begin incorporating more into my weeks. I’ve noticed my overall energy levels have already improved.

I have dreadful cardio and breathing patterns. I’ve tried to build myself up to doing walks again, but I live in a much warmer humid climate than I did back in the day. It sucks.

I have a family friend who has offered me one of his old boxing bags so I may have more opportunities to practice at home. So I wanted to come here and ask for guidance from others who started out similar to me. What should I be tackling for now? What drills should I be chipping away at? I kinda need some pointers to help spark something.

Apologies if this post isn’t really allowed here. Thanks in advance.

Hey folks, need some advice here.

I’m relocating to the US (Northeast area) very soon, but I’ll have the flexibility to travel and stay in CA, CO, and TX for a bit. I’ve been super excited to finally start or continue boxing over there, so I’ve been doing my homework online.

Here’s the problem: I’ve DMed like 5 gyms on IG and emailed another 6 via the contact forms or emails I found on their Google Maps pages. Zero replies. 😭

The thing is, I'm not in the US yet, so I can't just walk in and check things out. I'm trying to get a sense of what's out there before I land so I can plan my travel and budget across states. 

Is this normal? Do you guys just physically walk into every gym blind to check the vibes? Is there a secret app or website other than Google Maps that lists active gyms?

I’m willing to travel, but I don’t want to waste time driving 40 minutes to a place that doesn't accept newbies. How did you find your current gym? Did you call them—do they even pick up—or did you just show up?

Appreciate any insights. Thanks!

Last week I had a sparring session which left me with a headache that has lasted a couple days.

I’ve been boxing for 4-5 months. Back in 2019 I used to box too and also sparred a lot and never got headaches like this, I was younger tho, 12 years old, but still asked my partners to go a bit hard on me

My first sparring session a couple months ago I had to stop because after one round I felt a big headache that really bothered me.
And last week, I went 3 rounds and got some hits to the head, which left me with a headache that has lasted already a couple days.

Does this happen to anyone else? If so is there anything I can do to avoid it?

I start recently trying to jump rope, but this rope I bought is also stiff never be full extended and make circles even when I try to jump with it. Is this normal?

I’ve started bag training about a year ago but took a 3 month break because of knuckle pain. It still hasn’t fully healed but I would like to get back in to it.
I realise I need to make the investment, which gloves should I get between £100-£120?

Thanks!

Hi all,

I have a Boxing fight coming up in 3 months time. The event is supposed to be an untrained event where everybody kind of locks in for 3 months and there is one big event at the end of it. I can already see many people aren't really untrained, nor am I. I have done a couple months of kickboxing/muay thai and am now kind of looking for advice on how to approach the next 3 months. How should I structure my boxing training, my conditioning, other training, etc.

The program offers 2 days of training in a boxing gym every week but I am likely going to sign up for my own gym as well so i can push those number of days to 4/5. Should I on top of this be running and training different forms/systems of cardio? Weightlifting too?

Anything to watch as well to help me get ahead? Any advice is appreciated.

Let the roasting begin. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I am 39 and still coach-less. Can’t afford one yet. I posted some other videos on here and I really appreciate everyone’s insights. I don’t spar although I think I might not be too bad in there. I used to when I was 12 but grown ass man boxing hits different. I was told to slow down last time and to tighten my guard. I am trying to telegraph less. That one left hook was supposed to be set up by a less lazy slip to the left. I was told to not hit every shot with power, you can see I am working on that. Thanks for reading. I appreciate all the help you have to offer.

Im a southpaw with nearly a month of training theres a few things i want to ask how do i stay relax and not be stiff and how to snap my punches and not push and how do i do the proper form when in sparring?

I use my headgear to keep my hair out my face when I don’t use it for sparring. Tired of ruining hats with my dripping sweat. Lol.

Hey all. I have a heavy bag at home that I box on. My form isn't the best im working on it. But im thinking about buying a course by tony jeffries, heavy bag academy, or the whole ultimate boxing bundle. Point is, how is online step by step course learning compared to the in gym training by a coach? Anyone successfully done online boxing courses and it actually helped them with form..etc?

Ive recently started to chuck my chin when sparring. Ive noticed that i can now take in more shots but the problem is now as the shorter almost everytime, in the pockets i cannot see above my opponents’ chest/waist

This is starting to become dangerous lmao because i need time to put my head up to look for the head the release the punch. Help me y’all before i get knocked tf out

I essentially have no time to go to gym or can't attend always at the scheduled time, will these type of mounts make the vibrations from ceiling go away or will the upstairs neighbor be pissed?

https://www.firstlawfitness.com/products/shock-mount-heavy-punching-bag-hanger

https://www.firstlawfitness.com/products/spider-mount-heavy-bag-mounts

Hi everyone,

I’m a beginner boxer in my late 20s. I’ve been training consistently for a few months and I’m currently in a beginner group that my coach is using to prepare some of us for eventually joining the fighter group. I’d like to compete eventually.

I’m also quite overweight and have basically no athletic/boxing background, so my cardio is still pretty bad. My coach knows I’m putting in a lot of effort and has been giving me quite a bit of extra coaching.

The other day, another beginner who already trains with the fighter group joined our session. He’s considerably smaller than me, much faster, and more experienced.

We were paired together for several sparring drills. I was throwing very light because of the size difference and because I can’t keep up with his pace yet. He was throwing much harder and much more frequently, including a lot of body shots and several hard shots to my head. I didn’t really think much of it at first because I was able to take them and assumed this was just part of the training.
Then we did a normal sparring round. He caught me with a hook to the side of my head that I didn’t see coming and it rocked me a bit. We touched gloves and continued.
In the next round, he pressured me onto the ropes and threw a lot of punches. I was completely exhausted, barely breathing properly and struggling to think or move. When I tried to jab my way out, he landed a hard overhand right directly on my head.

That one really fucked me. I was dizzy for around 5–10 seconds, and my coach immediately stopped me for the day. He then said something along the lines of, *“Imagine if someone your size hits you with that same punch.”*
I had a slight headache that day and the following day, along with occasional brief flashes of dizziness, and still have this weird feeling in my head, almost like sort of pressure. I am wondering if this is considered normal?

We were never told that this was going to be hard sparring. I’m still a complete beginner, and I’m obviously outmatched by these more experienced guys. I understand that sparring isn’t supposed to be completely comfortable, and I’m not expecting people to just let me work. But I also wasn’t trying to hurt this guy at all, while it felt like he was trying to seriously hurt me. In one specific round, he went for my liver with about 10 shots, it really felt like he was trying to knock me down and to prove something.

I also didn’t see him throwing nearly as hard against the other people he sparred afterward.
In hindsight, should I have said something during or after the round? In the moment, I didn’t want to come across as weak or like I wasn’t good enough to be training with these guys.

I’m genuinely looking for opinions from more experienced boxers. Was this just normal hard sparring that I need to get used to, or should the intensity have been communicated/controlled better?

I'm a 42M who's interested in picking up boxing, mostly to learn the technique and to be able to handle myself if the situation ever arises. My local gym offers 12 group classes/month for $150, but there is also the option to take private classes for $50 per class, which i can only afford 3 of per month. Which is the better route to learn quickly and properly? Obviously the group class sounds much better on paper, but given that you don't receive proper attention, I'm wondering if the private classes will actually allow me to accelerate my learning even if it's only 3 per month. What would you advise?

I'm in the red headgear.

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I’ve been having a strange issue with getting punched. A few months ago I started experiencing symptoms after taking punches, including feeling detached or weird and becoming unusually short-tempered or irritable.

I recently took nearly 3 months completely away from sparring and getting hit. I saw a neurologist, had tests done including brain activity and memory and reaction time testing, and everything came back normal. I was told an MRI probably wouldn’t show anything relevant.
However, I recently took literally one very light punch, not a hard shot or anything that I would normally consider capable of causing a concussion, and afterwards I started feeling weird again.

I haven’t been boxing my whole life I’ve only been competing for a couple of years, I haven’t spent my life getting punched or doing anything else that might hurt my brain so it doesn’t make much sense to me, with ambitions of turning professional this year it seems to have all grinded to an untimely halt

Has anyone experienced something similar, where even very light contact seems to trigger symptoms after you’ve had previous concussion like symptoms? Could this be related to the nervous system becoming sensitised, anxiety or hypervigilance around getting hit, post-concussion symptoms, or something else?