This is the second week of the boxing training i’m doing in readiness for the Real Boxing Challenge in March and i thought i’d share how i’m getting and how my training has changed to help – at least i hope it will help 🙂
Sparring
As i mentioned in my last blog relating to this challenge (link here) i’ve done plenty of ‘fitness’ type boxing – by that i mean i’ve used pads, gloves and bags but the one thing that i had never experienced was people actually hitting me lol.
Well this last week i’ve been lucky enough to start some light sparring and so far i must say i’m really enjoying it! In the video below you can see me and fellow participant Brett having a little sparring session – we are not trying to show how great we are as we both know we are far from boxers – we just thought it would be interesting to show our first sparring session and then later in the programme share our last just before our fights to see if we’ve improved.
We have a lot to learn still but considering neither of us has done much other than hit bags before we felt it was not bad to start off! The one thing that did surprise us both was how much your heart rate goes up without you really being aware of it while you are sparring – great cardio session! Great fun as well 🙂
The training – this is how my training week looks as of today – sticking with the basics of this but as i tweak it i’ll re post what i’m doing.
Monday.
Prowler push + pull 25m each + Single arm press ups x 10 x 4 sets
25m Lunge walks and shoulder press combo x 5 to 8 set
Boxing training later
Tuesday
Sparring
Wednesday
Straight arm pullover with crunch @ 30 kg x 12 + Plate squeeze extensions x 12 @10kg x 4 sets
Single arm snatch x 10 (5 each arm) @30 + Double bent forward row + 10 burpees x 5 sets – 40 secs rest between sets 5 sets
Thursday
1 min skip + 10 x Renegade rows (5 each side) + Bent forward ‘squeeze’ row + Upright rows + Biceps curls x 5 sets – with 16kgs. No real rest between circuits
Friday
122 kg Deadlift ladder Up to level 6 (out of 10 levels so that would be 6 deadlifts/12 press ups / 12 front and side raise/ 18 crunches then back down in reserve) complete with press ups / front side raise and crunches 8kg db’s
1 x DL
2 x Press ups
2 x Front / side raise
3 x crunches
= Level 1
2 x DL
4 x Press ups
4 x Front side raise
6 x Crunches
= Level 2
Saturday. REST / light sparring
Sunday. Brazilian Jujitsu training
The above is quite a shift from the heavier work i’ve been doing recently and i must say the burpees and higher cardio stuff are challenging me some what 🙂 I’ve done some progress pics but those of you that know me will be aware i’m not a fan of showing my body off but i will do so on the 8 week mark in comparison to the week 1 photo so you can see what all this has done.
Conclusion
I’ll keep popping these short posts up for people to read and will happily answer any questions relating to this so ask away if you want me to go over anything in particular. I’m honestly really enjoying it – ok – still slightly concerned that in a matter of a few weeks someone is going to be trying to knock me out but hey ho – as i get more used to the sparring that fear is started to lessen – anyway – does not pay to be complacent eh?
NPC Performance 