I sleep, I work, I train.
This is my blog for inspiration and motivation on the pursuit to be the best I can.
I'm a boxer (and female) and a runner
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Getting Started in Boxing
I didn’t take up boxing until I was 22, I wish I would have had the confidence to start earlier; I knew the gym was round the corner from my house but I didn’t walk in until a friend introduced me. So I thought it might be helpful to provide a little bit of advice for surviving your first experiences in a boxing gym
Have a good attitude
Remember you are there to learn, not to show how big and tough you are and how much you want to knock someone out. I personally think that showing that you can listen and learn from what the trainers have to say is one of the most important parts of being taken seriously. This includes being humble, even the guy that has only had one fight will still be able to tell you about his experiences, and you might be able to learn from him.
January resolutions
Try not to start the year with negatives, such as quit, stop or don’t.
Start the year with some positives, make sure 2012 is the year that you achieve at least one of your dreams!
I want to learn to drive, read at least a book a month (fiction or non fiction), run 10 races this year, win a boxing fight and enter into the women’s national boxing championships.
Today’s training
I don’t just train once a week, but Saturday is usually the day I train by myself so I like to log what I am getting myself to do.
4x 3 mins skipping
5 x 3 mins shadow boxing
Partner drills, working on defence.
2 x 2mins on heavy bag (no more due to hand injury)
5 x 2 mins on agility ladder practising footwork
Circuit
100 turns of skipping rope (sprinting)
10 push up claps
15 medicine ball slams (5kg ball)
20 lateral jumps over ball
Repeat for 5 rounds
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The best female, and the same weight as me. When I look at her compared to me, I know I need to lose some weight!
The Fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before i dance under those lights.
Muhammad Ali
“Victories are earned long before the bell rings.”
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Today’s training
4 x 3 mins of skipping
8 x 3 mins shadow boxing
3 x 3 mins heavy bag
5 x 1 min of power punches (1 min rest)
4 sets of 15 secs all out punching 15 secs rest for 2 mins
Finished with a two rounds of a circuit
30 secs burpees
30 secs mountain climbers
30 secs jumping jacks
30 secs burpees
30 secs mountain climbers
30 secs split jumps.
Good training day!!
