Inspired by Scrap (videos)

[The Student]

The principle of pro receptive is what its all about in my opinion, you cant go wrong when your training your body to do its job better, 1 of these i like is where hes sat on the fitball very good core workout, or you can lay on the fitball and ive been messing around laying on a fitball while trying to hold a ball with my feet once you get a feel for it and get control its quite a fun workout for the core and itll hit every nuck n cranny.

I like the idea of the 1 knee on the ball in a sort of stance drill i just think it could be 10x better if thought about a lot more, taking the stability away from that back leg good and all but i dont rate how their doing it really, there are better ways.

Whats your opinion on pro receptive youve done student? i find it seems like many dont like spending time doing things like this because they dont understand whats going on and how pro receptive effects the body. also because they havent seen mayweather do it which would surely have more people training like this without thinking 'is this even doing anything for my boxing?' automatically they think well mayweather does it so it must be improving me as a fighter, it must work, stick with whats safe. fuck that experiment take risks, if its a waste of time fuck it its a lesson learned at least, personally i think you cant go wrong with pro receptive if you keep it sport specific.

Well, I personally haven't had a lot of experience with proprioceptive training yet. Just some of the things I picked up here and there from reading Scraps posts.

Some of those, I felt the difference right away. Others not so much. But that can normally be attributed to either not doing it right, not understanding it and/or not doing it enough.

Just like anything else in life you need to keep working at it to really feel a difference. So I'll definitely be sticking to it and see where it takes me.

I actually really enjoy it, because it's different. It not only works you physically but also mentally, because u need to really think about what you're doing and how its benefiting you. Also some of the exercises are more challenging (almost like a game) than some of the more traditional things so that keeps it entertaining as well.

I've always been one to look for alternative methods to do things, because I feel that sometimes different approaches are needed to achieve a higher level.

With that said I continue to do all the traditional work as well, while I'm in the gym. On the weekends when I'm at home I spend some time trying some of these things and I really do enjoy it.

I know what u mean by alot of ppl wont bother with things like this because they dont see the big names doing it. I have guys always tell me "yo you should try ... i saw ... doing it man"

and it's always something like smacking a medicine ball on ur stomache, or shadowboxing with dumbells or ankle weights.. and when you tell em, why increase the risk of injury, they always tell u cuz boxing's a tough sport.

I've noticed theres generally 2 type of ppl, one that looks for miracles exercises expecting to do it once and be able to conquer the world after. And the other that think everything MUST be HARD and PAINFUL. People need to realize that theirs different methods of achieving things and its best to try different things and see how you're body reacts to it. Doesnt need to be hard and painful, but you have to put your effort and dedication into whatever ur doing.

Anyways, i'll stick to it, and let you know how I feel in a year or so

btw, for the one where the guy has one knee up on the exercise ball.. I was thinking maybe thats not such a good idea because it's putting all the weight of the front leg. I noticed you said you would do something similar but differently to improve that exercise. Anything that you would possibly be able share with us?