Champion Fighting: Explosive Punching...Jack Dempsey 1950

[HerbM]

Good stuff, thanks Chris. I think I have everything you've mentioned (here and in the books thread) available on the web now, including both Haislet versions.

Tonight was a pretty good night, coach let me do some half-shadow sparring -- jabs and catches only but at least we were moving our feet and throwing random (not 4 throw with 4 catches or slips.)

I worked a double class, staying through the first class and right into the second class and had no trouble with my conditioning. I don't jump rope (due to my knee arthritis) but ride the bike during those portions, so I ended up doing 4 x 10 minutes on the bike tonight due to the double class.

Was making the mistake of leaning over a bit (towards the right/back hand) when double/tripling my jab on the bag -- but got focused and back vertical so that I could turn better.

One of the guys paid me a nice (accidental) complement -- he has been training for years by not around much in the last few months since I started so we hadn't met before. Young guy of course (I am the oldest in the gym by quite a bit).

We worked the heavy bag as partners during the second class and he was hitting pretty fast and hard. So after the first round on the bag he looks at me and says, "You used to box, right?".

Just shows that 3 months of steady, careful training can go a long way -- and a little help from my friends here.

All and all, doubling the class was just about the right workout. No heroics, but it made me work.

--
Herb
Keep Fighting -- God will tell you when you are dead.

Felt good.

[Chris Nagel]

Haha, you're a boxing veteran now.

By the way, I just started scanning in the book, How to be an Ass-whipping Boxer. I should have it uploaded sometime later today.