The Boxer's jog.

[Sharla]

I hear ya on the sprint Chris.

And also on Tyson.
After his comeback he neglected his running, which was actually the source of his power and took to weight lifting. Silly, costly mistake.

In the footage of the young Mike that's around, he does a lot of leg strengthening during his shadow boxing, it was integral to his style that he'd dip or rotate low to avoid a punch on the way in and springing up with a hrad counter.

I used to do weighted squats in the gym when I used to play rugby, but I belive my legs are much stronger and more coordinated now since moving to a more running based training with intense shadowboxing. IMO doing reps of 10 (or whatever) heavy squats will get you conditioned for just that, 10 heavy shoves at a time. If your movement around a ring and slipping and punching involves a lot of knee bends, then the repetitions you require are in the 100's!!

When I started boxing, I skipped predominatly using the calves to bounce over the rope, and my footwork would be the same. Eventually I figured out that there was no coordination between my footwork and punching. I remedied this by initiating the bounce from my thighs (bending the knees) and eventually felt in more control of my body through the hips and torso. While actually boxing I don't dip my knees much obviously, but I find exxaggerating the motion during a few rounds of shadowboxing and skipping have increased the strength in my legs.

I like this Bomp - i'll have to try it! Thanks for sharing