Thanks for the reply.

Yeah im in a gym but its so damn busy with active amateur fighters that aside from correcting glaring errors, you don't get a huge deal of one on one coaching. Saying that sparring is carefully supervised, I always do at least 3 rounds on the hook and jabs with feedback. The fighters are friendly and happily dispense advice.

Despite the fact that ive only been in this gym for 7 weeks I have spent several years on and off at home learning/applying weight shifting principles like the falling step, pivoting feet on hooks etc. Like I said I have Dempseys book, Ned Beaumont etc I love reading about boxing technique in particualr defence now.

A typical week of training would go something like this...

Mon- AM light shadow boxing concentrating mainly on footwork, PM Boxing gym for 1.5 -2hrs. This would be 15-20 mins of skipping, heavy/double end bag then either sparring or pad work. No speed bag but I use the one in the regular gym I go to. I generally finish the nite (am last to leave lol) with slip bag or other head movement drills, but am new to these.


Tues- AM 3-4 mile run including hills or sprints/bursts stretching afterwards regular gym doing punching plyometrics, ab work perhaps some jump rope

Wed- Boxing gym as Mon

Thurs- As Tues with shadow boxing in front of a mirror as well and perhaps some skipping tune ups and some slip bag drills later in the house.

Fri- Boxing gym

Sat- As Tues and Thurs

Sun- Shadow boxing with some stretching and odds and ends like situps clap pressups.

Obviously this is a fairly ideal week for me but it is accurate. Im not doin a large amount of running compared to what i uded to but I felt exhausted so use it to supplement now.

Im aiming to spar at least every time im there. Is that too much? The advice I would be looking for is mainly for defence. Also how often should I shadow box, bearing in mind what I can practice is fairly limited.