Boxing coaches employ a number of techniques and exercises to get their fighters into tip top condition. We all remember the famous scene in Rocky where Mickey gets Rocky to chase a chicken at his boxing gym, in order to improve his foot work and become faster. In real life, boxers utilise a number of …
If you’ve ever been hit in the kidneys, you’ll know that the kidney punch is a brutally effective technique capable of instantly incapacitating your opponent. It’s also an illegal strike in boxing and one that can be punished by disqualification. Despite this, some boxers still target this area of the body on their opponent. What …
Whenever I watch a boxing match, I’m always amazed at the physical conditioning of the fighters. They’re invariably lean and muscular and therefore I’ve always assumed that they lifted weights in order to get to this level of conditioning. Weight lifting consistently over a period of time causes the muscles to undergo physical changes whereby …
Boxing is an extremely popular activity across the world and is practised by hundreds of thousands of participants both by those that actively want to spar against an opponent and by individuals who simply want to lose weight and stay in shape. It’s been around for thousands of years and in modern times, can be …
If you’ve ever been in a boxing gym, one of the sounds you’re most likely to hear, apart from the resonating thuds of the heavy bags being hit, is the hissing sound made by the fighters each time they throw a heavy punch. This sound is generated by the boxer exhaling forcefully through their mouth …
So you’ve either just joined a boxing gym or you’ve purchased a heavy bag for your home gym. You’re full of enthusiasm and can’t wait to start working out to re-enact one of the training scenes from Rocky. Well that’s at least how I felt when my punching bag arrived in the mail as the …
An exercise session using a heavy bag provides a superb workout. It develops hand-eye coordination, muscular strength and endurance, whilst also being a superb way to let off steam, say, after a frustrating day at work. A punch bag (such as this one on Amazon) makes a superb addition to any home gym and only …
Boxing is and always has been a spectator sport. Get two people squared off duking it out, and people begin to gather to see who is going to win. Chants of “fight, fight” can be heard from a distance. It’s amazing how people will stop what they are doing to watch a fight between two …
