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Ok, sunburn is on the mend. Got 7 rounds of good sparring last night. I still need to be more active and aggressive with cutting the ring off and not letting someone dance around me. I do great if they stand in front of me and fight it's the running I have trouble with.
I ran my first 5K this morning. It felt good....when it was over. Haha. It was very hot out which made it difficult. But I did it and I'm not a big runner, I usually do cycling for conditioning so I'm pretty slow. I beat my goal by 4 minutes so that was nice. Now I have something to improve on. ;D
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Ok, sunburn is on the mend. Got 7 rounds of good sparring last night. I still need to be more active and aggressive with cutting the ring off and not letting someone dance around me. I do great if they stand in front of me and fight it's the running I have trouble with.
I ran my first 5K this morning. It felt good....when it was over. Haha. It was very hot out which made it difficult. But I did it and I'm not a big runner, I usually do cycling for conditioning so I'm pretty slow. I beat my goal by 4 minutes so that was nice. Now I have something to improve on. ;D
Good morning sourpuss. Glad to hear ya on the mend. :)
I know you are working at getting to and maintaining that lower weight for your upcoming match, so understand the distance running and so on. I do wonder about sprints though. How you do them and for what reasons. Just cardio or other?
As in, have you ever done the tabata protocol with them? I know I harp a lot about it and am just a youngun and all, but man oh man...it has made such a difference for me in cardio results. It seemed like I went from being gassed inside of 5 rounds, to being able to go 10+ and feel like I still had more...in just around a month of doing them.
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We do a lot of sprints in the gym and I do some on my own. Probably 3-4 times a week. I don't know what tabata sprints are. We just do wind sprints and alternate people, one runs while the other jogs in place back and forth 1,3,5,7,5,3,&1 times.
I've added some other agility sprints as well side to side and running forwards and backwards.
Luckily, I've never gassed out in a bout. What are these sprints you do?
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We do a lot of sprints in the gym and I do some on my own. Probably 3-4 times a week. I don't know what tabata sprints are. We just do wind sprints and alternate people, one runs while the other jogs in place back and forth 1,3,5,7,5,3,&1 times.
I've added some other agility sprints as well side to side and running forwards and backwards.
Luckily, I've never gassed out in a bout. What are these sprints you do?
Do these and thank me later. Maybe after your bout coming up as to not rock your boat for now...
Stretching, then 4-5 min warm up before them, w/e rope skip, pads...anything to get your system going, make sure same warm down after them, but they are...
Exactly this: 20s full out sprint 10s rest x 8 times. ( no breaks between. so you are running 8x20s 10s rests)
there is much research to it's benefits over all forms of sprints.
It can be incorporated into many forms of workouts, but for sprints they are magical. I do mine on an earthy, grassy path.
The secret of Tabata: this 14-minute workout may be the best you've ever had! | Men's Fitness | Find Articles at BNET
It may not seem like as much of a workout to what people do who run 100m x 10 with 1 min breaks and so on...but the proof is in the scientific research, and I found it in the pudding by doing them.
After my coaches found out what and how I was doing them and seeing my cardio results in sparring, it is now mandatory for our gym.
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I'm back. Unfortunately, I messed my shoulder up again in the last two weeks. I think it's a repetitive strain injury or something. Not sure and I don't have health insurance so no finding out. I have a feeling that I tore my shoulder back in December and so when I over train and don't give it a chance to recover, it gets pretty sore. Anyway, minor setback. I can still work on other stuff.
I signed up for another 5k so I'll be doing a lot of running to get ready for that. I'm going to try running up in the mountains tonight. There's a good trail that is 2.5 miles long that's at a pretty high altitude. I'll do that for starters since I've had two days off it's time to get back in to it all.
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Ok, my resting time is over time to get my shit together.
Ran 2.5 miles today and I'l have a workout with my coach and the other boxers tonight. Not sure what we'll be doing, it's always a surprise with my coach.
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You looking to stay at 110? Got bout 2 1/2 weeks, eh?
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We'll see, I kind of went all food crazy the last few days. :-\
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Back on track this last week. I have another tournament coming up in two weeks and another 5k coming up in a week.
The weather here has been crazy so I haven't been able to work out outside which is a bummer since it's only nice here about 3-4 months out of the year.
I'll do some trail running today and then go to the boxing gym this evening for a couple of hours.
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Lot's of sparring, lots of trail running. Going well. My folks were in town for the weekend so now I need to work on my weight...haha. But all is good. I've got the 5k on Saturday and then we leave for the tournament on Sunday. ;D
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You've got a hectic competition schedule going here!
Doing well to keep it all going!
Right now there will be relatively few competitors around accumulating so much competitive ring time -
It may not always feel like it but at some point it's definately going to pay off - hang in there!
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I think I'm going to take a long break after this tournament. If I come back at all...we'll see.
It's not the competing that's getting to me, it's the sparring. I'm the only girl in my club and I weigh 115 pounds and the only people I have to spar with are guys who are 155-165 pounds. None of them understand the concept of just working with me. They all go all out and try to take my head off. Even my coach. I've mentioned it to my coach a couple of times and it's like he can't not go all out. It's either hit me as hard as he can or just turtle up. So sparring with him is either I just hold my hand in front of my face and he batters me or he turtles up and I just punch his arms. Completely pointless.
The other two guys I spar with are skilled enough to throw combinations and make me work but have no idea how to not hit full force. They are also a little wild and since they are quite a bit taller than me, I'm constantly getting hit on the top of the head. I've been getting a lot of headaches and I've noticed a significant drop in my ability to concentrate and remember times and dates.
Unless someone my size magically joins the club and is ready to spar and work in the next two months, I'm afraid there's no real point to continue. Which sucks because I really want to box and be competitive. :eek:
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I think I'm going to take a long break after this tournament. If I come back at all...we'll see.
It's not the competing that's getting to me, it's the sparring. I'm the only girl in my club and I weigh 115 pounds and the only people I have to spar with are guys who are 155-165 pounds. None of them understand the concept of just working with me. They all go all out and try to take my head off. Even my coach. I've mentioned it to my coach a couple of times and it's like he can't not go all out. It's either hit me as hard as he can or just turtle up. So sparring with him is either I just hold my hand in front of my face and he batters me or he turtles up and I just punch his arms. Completely pointless.
The other two guys I spar with are skilled enough to throw combinations and make me work but have no idea how to not hit full force. They are also a little wild and since they are quite a bit taller than me, I'm constantly getting hit on the top of the head. I've been getting a lot of headaches and I've noticed a significant drop in my ability to concentrate and remember times and dates.
Unless someone my size magically joins the club and is ready to spar and work in the next two months, I'm afraid there's no real point to continue. Which sucks because I really want to box and be competitive. :eek:
I'm reading your frustration and am sorry to hear it. With the gender difference in this sport, that alone is one thing....then having to deal with weight differences is another. Combined to add further frustration. Maybe try being more vocal regarding it to them? (maybe you already have)
I know you love the sport, sourpuss. So I'm not really sure what to say here. Try to stay positive for your upcoming tournament. Also though, do not underestimate damage that can be done by absorbing head punches. I did a bit of a write up in the 'Seeing The lights' thread for a reason. It is maybe 10 posts down from starting post, and has to do specifically with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury). This is nothing to mess around with.
For now find a way to get positive. You're going to need it to compete if that is what you choose. Remember, you are competing against some of the best female boxers in your country and on the planet. That right there is reason to hold your head high, and to be proud. So when you step in the ring, remember that...and fight like you belong there. Because you do.
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Thanks youngblood. I think a break will help and I'm trying to do more puzzles, although I don't know how I could fit many more in considering I'm a puzzle fanatic. I think I'm going to get one of those nintendo DS things. That might help.
Seems like when I do say something, they all freak out and just don't punch at all. Which is even less help than getting hit too hard. I'll talk to my coach again and see what we can do. :-\
Trying to stay positive....:eek:
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If you like puzzles and that kind of stuff, you will like the DS. My buddy has one and he loves it.
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My mom got one and I play it this weekend.
It said my brain was 75 years old. :-\
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I think I'm going to take a long break after this tournament. If I come back at all...we'll see.
It's not the competing that's getting to me, it's the sparring. I'm the only girl in my club and I weigh 115 pounds and the only people I have to spar with are guys who are 155-165 pounds. None of them understand the concept of just working with me. They all go all out and try to take my head off. Even my coach. I've mentioned it to my coach a couple of times and it's like he can't not go all out. It's either hit me as hard as he can or just turtle up. So sparring with him is either I just hold my hand in front of my face and he batters me or he turtles up and I just punch his arms. Completely pointless.
The other two guys I spar with are skilled enough to throw combinations and make me work but have no idea how to not hit full force. They are also a little wild and since they are quite a bit taller than me, I'm constantly getting hit on the top of the head. I've been getting a lot of headaches and I've noticed a significant drop in my ability to concentrate and remember times and dates.
Unless someone my size magically joins the club and is ready to spar and work in the next two months, I'm afraid there's no real point to continue. Which sucks because I really want to box and be competitive. :eek:
Size is the biggest pain in the arse! I have even seen it with small guys sparring bigger guys - the tempo is still there - us midgets can still put the pressure on but the automatic response is not always as controlled as it should be!
Other times it's just not sparring at all and pretty demeaning. I dont' want to 'spar' someone who just holds up their hands and tells me to hit them! I HATE being tapped on the top of the head - it's so not something that happens in a normal bout and so just saying something like "oh you little bittle cutie short shit come in the ring to play with us big boys"! :mad::mad::mad:
Have you thought about looking at different clubs with more small people. I know that at our size that probably means sparring juniors but some of them can be pretty tricky and fun to spar. :)
I have a crap memory but have never wanted to think it's from the boxing. The idea of permanent brain injury (because your brain cells don't grow back) has scared me too much to entertain the thought. I have always been a ditz though. I was always absent minded and often criticized for being a 'day dreamer' as a kid so i like to think that a good proportion of adult ditziness is more inherant in our nature than brought about by boxing.
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I think I'm going to take a long break after this tournament. If I come back at all...we'll see.
It's not the competing that's getting to me, it's the sparring. I'm the only girl in my club and I weigh 115 pounds and the only people I have to spar with are guys who are 155-165 pounds. None of them understand the concept of just working with me. They all go all out and try to take my head off. Even my coach. I've mentioned it to my coach a couple of times and it's like he can't not go all out. It's either hit me as hard as he can or just turtle up. So sparring with him is either I just hold my hand in front of my face and he batters me or he turtles up and I just punch his arms. Completely pointless.
The other two guys I spar with are skilled enough to throw combinations and make me work but have no idea how to not hit full force. They are also a little wild and since they are quite a bit taller than me, I'm constantly getting hit on the top of the head. I've been getting a lot of headaches and I've noticed a significant drop in my ability to concentrate and remember times and dates.
Unless someone my size magically joins the club and is ready to spar and work in the next two months, I'm afraid there's no real point to continue. Which sucks because I really want to box and be competitive. :eek:
For real?!
I can understand the concept of partners wanting to hurt you, I get it all the time, but I don't know any guy that would try and hurt a girl.
Subsequently, I don't think any proper coach would advocate regular all out sparring, its just not educational and takes more than it gives.
Sorry to hear about you're entire predicament, is that the only club near you?
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Size is the biggest pain in the arse! I have even seen it with small guys sparring bigger guys - the tempo is still there - us midgets can still put the pressure on but the automatic response is not always as controlled as it should be!
Other times it's just not sparring at all and pretty demeaning. I dont' want to 'spar' someone who just holds up their hands and tells me to hit them! I HATE being tapped on the top of the head - it's so not something that happens in a normal bout and so just saying something like "oh you little bittle cutie short shit come in the ring to play with us big boys"! :mad::mad::mad:
Have you thought about looking at different clubs with more small people. I know that at our size that probably means sparring juniors but some of them can be pretty tricky and fun to spar. :)
I have a crap memory but have never wanted to think it's from the boxing. The idea of permanent brain injury (because your brain cells don't grow back) has scared me too much to entertain the thought. I have always been a ditz though. I was always absent minded and often criticized for being a 'day dreamer' as a kid so i like to think that a good proportion of adult ditziness is more inherant in our nature than brought about by boxing.[/quote]
You training hard for when we spar?
:karate2:WAR
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You training hard for when we spar?
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Bring it on Donny! :fighting0040mf3:
Right now I'm gymless but doing plenty of cardio work so at least I'll be able to run away if need be -
Also my bro - despite being ill the psycho - wants me to do stick fighting with him when i go up to visit.
Apparently the plan is to just put on a lot of protective gear and then bash the shit out of each other. ;D
Plus there's a boxing gym near him so I'll see if I can go visit it sometime.
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You training hard for when we spar?
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Bring it on Donny! :fighting0040mf3:
Right now I'm gymless but doing plenty of cardio work so at least I'll be able to run away if need be -
Also my bro - despite being ill the
psycho - wants me to do stick fighting with him when i go up to visit.
Apparently the plan is to just put on a lot of protective gear and then bash the shit out of each other. ;D
Plus there's a boxing gym near him so I'll see if I can go visit it sometime.
Running is my trick, so it may be reduced to a staring competiton from opposing sides of the ring LoL
STICK FIGHTING!
:rofmaoal:
That reminds me so much of when I was a young id! Oh that sounds like so much fun!
(DonnyFact; In training Israel Vsquez has his trainer beat his naked body with a 24 inch long piece of wood in order to harden his body and mentally prepare himself for punishment. Manny Pacquaio has since adopted the tactic.)
Wow, I'd love a stick fight!
I'm sure you'll retain a lot of your sharpness, simply because you train so regularly and keep yourself fit.
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You training hard for when we spar?
:karate2:WAR
Bring it on Donny! :fighting0040mf3:
Right now I'm gymless but doing plenty of cardio work so at least I'll be able to run away if need be -
Also my bro - despite being ill the
psycho - wants me to do stick fighting with him when i go up to visit.
Apparently the plan is to just put on a lot of protective gear and then bash the shit out of each other. ;D
Plus there's a boxing gym near him so I'll see if I can go visit it sometime.
Running is my trick, so it may be reduced to a staring competiton from opposing sides of the ring LoL
STICK FIGHTING!
:rofmaoal:
That reminds me so much of when I was a young id! Oh that sounds like so much fun!
(DonnyFact; In training Israel Vsquez has his trainer beat his naked body with a 24 inch long piece of wood in order to harden his body and mentally prepare himself for punishment. Manny Pacquaio has since adopted the tactic.)
Wow, I'd love a stick fight!
I'm sure you'll retain a lot of your sharpness, simply because you train so regularly and keep yourself fit.
Well the Donny fact is scary - wood would splinter too - imagine how evil that would be on naked flesh! Ouch!
I did ask my bro if I have to carve my own stick from a tree and defend myself with a twig in the meantime but apparently the sticks and protective equipment have been prearranged. ;D
I think stick fighting my 6 foot 4 bro with his long arms will keep me pretty sharp!
To be honest though sometimes my best training happens when I come back from a break. I seem to be able to get more out of myself when i'm mentally and physically fresh.
I should add that if it comes down to a staring competition i think i'll win! :)
Perhaps you'll feel better about your training after a bit of a break too Sourpuss. :)
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Bring it on Donny! :fighting0040mf3:
Right now I'm gymless but doing plenty of cardio work so at least I'll be able to run away if need be -
Also my bro - despite being ill the psycho - wants me to do stick fighting with him when i go up to visit.
Apparently the plan is to just put on a lot of protective gear and then bash the shit out of each other. ;D
Plus there's a boxing gym near him so I'll see if I can go visit it sometime.
Running is my trick, so it may be reduced to a staring competiton from opposing sides of the ring LoL
STICK FIGHTING!
:rofmaoal:
That reminds me so much of when I was a young id! Oh that sounds like so much fun!
(DonnyFact; In training Israel Vsquez has his trainer beat his naked body with a 24 inch long piece of wood in order to harden his body and mentally prepare himself for punishment. Manny Pacquaio has since adopted the tactic.)
Wow, I'd love a stick fight!
I'm sure you'll retain a lot of your sharpness, simply because you train so regularly and keep yourself fit.
Well the Donny fact is scary - wood would splinter too - imagine how evil that would be on naked flesh! Ouch!
I did ask my bro if I have to carve my own stick from a tree and defend myself with a twig in the meantime but apparently the sticks and protective equipment have been prearranged. ;D
I think stick fighting my 6 foot 4 bro with his long arms will keep me pretty sharp!
To be honest though sometimes my best training happens when I come back from a break. I seem to be able to get more out of myself when i'm mentally and physically fresh.
I should add that if it comes down to a staring competition i think i'll win! :)
Perhaps you'll feel better about your training after a bit of a break too Sourpuss. :)
Vasquez trains scarily hard - and one of the reasons I admire him so much is because he smiles through it all, even his caning!
I too would favour you in a straight staring competition, so thats why I'll adopt certain surprise tactics - such as mumbling Anti-Aussie racial slurs and throwing my boxing boot at you.
You raised an excellent point there Sharla!
Sourpuss, have you ever tried any sports psychology?
It can do wonders for getting back your hunger and your drive.
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I'd love to go to a sports psychologist if I could afford one. Know of any good books? Maybe they could figure out why I'm such a slow starter, it's like I have to be losing to really let my hands go.
Sparring last night went a little better. I tried to explain to Zack that he's 50 pounds heavier than me and he can't just go ape shit on my brain. But he's just a kid and I don't think he gets its. He lightened up on his jab for a bit but I don't think he's experienced enough yet to have more than one speed or intensity. :-\ Hopefully he'll figure that out in the next month or two.
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[quote=sourpuss;569898]I'd love to go to a sports psychologist if I could afford one. Know of any good books? Maybe they could figure out why I'm such a slow starter, it's like I have to be losing to really let my hands go.
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Freaky! I have exactly the same problem!
It's almost as if things need to push you beyond a certain intensity to fully engage some aggressiveness and switch off from the point scoring mentality.
It's as if all your subconsciously formed automatic reactions don't come into play before then and the little tappy tappy things girls score points with don't even register!
Perhaps because bigger people naturally have heavier hands so the force we might feel from a direct jab from an opponent the same size is more like what we notice when our guard gets hit by someone bigger?
Perhaps also it's a habit from sparring heavier people to go light when you want them to go light because you know especially against relative beginners or in your case youngsters if you put pressure on and fluster them - even without hurting them - they can easily respond by lifting their power.
Do you think that's it? :confused:
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I'd love to go to a sports psychologist if I could afford one. Know of any good books? Maybe they could figure out why I'm such a slow starter, it's like I have to be losing to really let my hands go.
Sparring last night went a little better. I tried to explain to Zack that he's 50 pounds heavier than me and he can't just go ape shit on my brain. But he's just a kid and I don't think he gets its. He lightened up on his jab for a bit but I don't think he's experienced enough yet to have more than one speed or intensity. :-\ Hopefully he'll figure that out in the next month or two.
Its funny, the guy that I fought two weeks ago is actually the best sports psychologist over here. I'll be going to him before my fights from now on.
I'll enquire from him as to some good books and I'll get back onto you.
Also after he gets back from Beijing I intend on asking him a number of key questions and then posting them on the training board.
I start slow also, but now I just jab, simple as that, rather than start slow I make a commitment to throw 10 or more jabs in the first minute.
I still cannot believe guys with that much of an advantage are allowed to go all out in sparring.
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I'd love to go to a sports psychologist if I could afford one. Know of any good books? Maybe they could figure out why I'm such a slow starter, it's like I have to be losing to really let my hands go.
Sparring last night went a little better. I tried to explain to Zack that he's 50 pounds heavier than me and he can't just go ape shit on my brain. But he's just a kid and I don't think he gets its. He lightened up on his jab for a bit but I don't think he's experienced enough yet to have more than one speed or intensity. :-\ Hopefully he'll figure that out in the next month or two.
Its funny, the guy that I fought two weeks ago is actually the best sports psychologist over here. I'll be going to him before my fights from now on.
I'll enquire from him as to some good books and I'll get back onto you.
Also after he gets back from Beijing I intend on asking him a number of key questions and then posting them on the training board.
I start slow also, but now I just jab, simple as that, rather than start slow I make a commitment to throw 10 or more jabs in the first minute.
I still cannot believe guys with that much of an advantage are allowed to go all out in sparring.
Great Idea Donny!
I'll be keen to read what you find out :)
In my case i don't think it's a case of most them deliberately going all out all the time - just the occasional slip.
I mean if they were actually trying to kill me unless they are much less experienced and within say 15 kg then i think they would kill me.
It's a case of them misinterpreting pressure thats tempo or speed or just timing for power.
I guess if you're the same size it evens out but if you time something well against a bigger person and they think - "shit i just got nailed - need to make it up" they might be so eager to make up lost ground that they rush to take an opportunity when they see it an unintentionally follow through with more power.
Other times they try not to underestimate you and push you but it really takes experience for them to have a sense of how to push you with tempo and skill and timing but not power and they need to be comfortable enough in the ring to observe you and how much pressure you're under while sparring.
I had a coach (coach Arthur in my log) who was great to spar with most of the time but i did get a couple of black eyes from him also. When under pressure he would hold illegally etc and not even be aware her was doing it.
He's my height and despite being at the gym for many years has only had 3 amatuer bouts so i guess sometimes he used power under pressure without thinking. Like i said though most of the time he was great and better than i could expect sparring a beginner.
I think ultimately to be fair we're very difficult to spar because its just not going to be natural for a bigger person to maintain speed but keep power down. Force = mass X velocity.
Really this is why i think interclub sparring is so key. Smaller guys are soooo much better to spar with - their power advantage is much, much less. I'd say with guys my weight it's tempo and explosiveness rather than force alone i register more. That can just mean you get a whole lot more benefit out of fewer sparring rounds though!
Again why i think interclub sparring should be promoted more because even if the guys don't really like being paired with a girl - if there are a few of them it really doesn't need to take long to include us. I'd travel an hour for 4 rounds sparring with someone my size - especially a guy who has some basic skills!
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I'll get to work on that as soon as he gets back from China.
I hear what you're saying about sparring.
Myself and a good friend spar regularly and often before hand we say "we'll take it easy." Whether it be competitivness or just pressure we always end up tired out and battered afterward.
Its just a natural progression when your opposed by a physical challenge.
I think that also supports the theory that you should spar with your own weight alone.
I spar a lot of bigger guys and although I'm seriously proud of my chin I've been hurt on more than one occasion.
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Good point everyone.
On the slow starting thing, I was talking to a coach from another gym and he said a lot of his guys have the same problem. His theory was that we're always sparring at the end of the night after we've done a workout and all the drills and we're good and warmed up....and tired. So our bodies are conditioned to think that you go hard when you've been sweating and working for two hours prior.
So now he and his son warm up really hard on the mitts about an hour before the bout for 15-20 minutes and then just stay warm and move until the bout to try to get started earlier. So far it's been working pretty good for him.
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Good point everyone.
On the slow starting thing, I was talking to a coach from another gym and he said a lot of his guys have the same problem. His theory was that we're always sparring at the end of the night after we've done a workout and all the drills and we're good and warmed up....and tired. So our bodies are conditioned to think that you go hard when you've been sweating and working for two hours prior.
So now he and his son warm up really hard on the mitts about an hour before the bout for 15-20 minutes and then just stay warm and move until the bout to try to get started earlier. So far it's been working pretty good for him.
Yeah having thought about again after reading your log I do remember starting a thread on this.
I'm thinking that because Donny's suggestion of starting with a jab helped mentally and technically but i guess i still didn't get into the full swing of throwing hard punches that perhaps this problem can sometimes be multifaceted.
Perhaps it is the mental thing of knowing how to start without overcommiting to a potentially risky flight plan and having time to observe your opponent as Donny has explained to me and also about the correct physical warm up like you've described above.
Heres a link to the thread:
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...pressions.html
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Thanks Sharla, I'll give that thread a read.
Did the 5k yesterday. It was my second race ever. I'm beginning to like these races, they are a lot of fun.
I took 25 seconds off my time and I placed 14th out of 82 in my age group and 83rd out of 430 total females. So I'm happy with that considering how hard I've been training for this tournament and trying to lose weight again. I'm excited to see how well I can do when I can go into one of these races at 100%.
We're half way to Kansas City now and tomorrow we have about 7-8 hours drive then we'll be there. Depending on how many gals show up in my weight I will most likely be fighting on Thursday. ;D
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Congrats on the race and good luck in the tourny.
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I'm at the Ringside tournament right now. I actually thought I had a good chance this year. I've been to 4 major advancing tournaments prior to this one. Every single one of them I've gotten the toughest draw my first fight and been eliminated. Without fail.
On Tuesday evening they had the coach's meeting and said there were 4 boxers in my category. So I wouldn't be fighting until Friday. Then I find out at 10 pm tonight that a gal registered late and I'm fighting tomorrow. So that last bit of weight I was going to lose tomorrow, I have to lose tonight and before 7am.
Of course, I get matched against her. (the other three in the group, I'm pretty confident I could beat) Turns out she's the Canadian National Champion and just beat the 5-time US Champion at the Pan Am games. Our champion scored 1 point on her in a four round fight. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/...ilies/ummm.gif
Just my luck. And I drove two f*ing days to get here. I just can't catch a break.
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Hey you get positive, and now. For sure you aren't getting any luck with draws, but you got a fight first thing in the morning...so start visualizing scoring those points! Oh and get some sleep!
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Hey I may be too late, but have faith.
Just believe in yourself!!!
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hitmandonny
Hey I may be too late, but have faith.
Just believe in yourself!!!
Good luck ! ! ! !
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Thanks guys.
My coach just came to my room and said he'd pull my name from the fight tonight if I wanted. So it's nice to know that he has no confidence in me.
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sourpuss
Thanks guys.
My coach just came to my room and said he'd pull my name from the fight tonight if I wanted. So it's nice to know that he has no confidence in me.
Its just another building block.
Regardless of winning or losing, if you persevere you will learn from the fight.
You'll do great...You're fit enough and strong enough.
Middleweight guys spar really hard with you.
You definitely are tough enough to fight her.
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Yeah, I know she can't hurt me. I guess I just sick of driving two days to these things and being out right off the bat. It's just becoming a giant waste of money. It just gets me that there's always one really experienced gal and the rest are all people I could easily defeat and without fail I draw some national champion or gold medal winner. Every. Freaking. Time. :mad: