BOXING TRAINING TIPS
EMPRESS ROOMS WHITE COLLAR BOXING’S FOUNDER AND COACH JOHN JO IRWIN PROVIDES A FEW EXTRA TRAINING TIPS
- Do a one mile run twice a week, try to fit this in between the boxing sessions or run to the gym if energy is high on the day.
- Boxing Stance and Balance: It’s so important to make sure your boxing stance is correct; everything in boxing requires movement in your feet, so you need to make sure that you have great balance and your feet are in the correct position to generate power.
- Practice shadow boxing, when a boxer or fighter moves around by himself throwing punches at the air. ... Done properly shadow boxing can improve your boxing technique, strength, power, speed, endurance, rhythm, footwork, offense and defense, and overall fighting abilities.
- Interval training is great for boxing as short burst of exercise will help you get prepared for your 2 minute rounds in the ring. This can include a variety of exercises including, star jumps, sit ups, press ups, burpees which are still great classic exercises you can do anywhere.
- Recovery Sessions: Its important to rest so be in bed for 10;30 every night whist training. When muscles are required to work harder than they're used to or in a different way, it's believed to cause microscopic damage to the muscle fibres, resulting in muscle soreness or stiffness known as DOMS. Add an Ice pack to the muscle or better still book yourself in for a Sports or Swedish massage, this will speed up your recovery.
All boxers receive 8 weeks intense training. The training sessions will help to build your fitness but to get the most from the ERWCB experience, it’s down to you to put in the hard work in your spare time; remember, you only get out what you put in. This experience will surely change your life, so by fitting in any additional training and making sure you fuel your body with the right sort of nutrition, you will be better prepared for your fight and will see a drastic improvement in your overall health, fitness and self confidence.
