He’s not being a dick about it. Trust me on the internet someone would be way worse if they were being a dick about it. For 1/2 of the post he wasn’t even talking to you. If someone needed to be rude CALaw would have posted
frankly, your stuff looks subpar… not that the program is bad but it’s execution or at least for you seems crap. You can’t even really gauge properly if it is working for you without sparring.
Not a knock against you… I just don’t agree with what you’re doing. But I’m not sure how you can even tell if it’s effective.
If you want to keep doing it though. And you like it…Cool. A lot of champ’s use what many might consider subpar so hey maybe that can be you.
From a monetary perspective. Don’t worry about it, but do your best to see what you can change dude. It might take some extreme sacrifice but depending how serious you are about it you will make fighting happen. You can’t really progress without a good team behind you. So work on that…thats all i can say.
I’ll try to find somewhere for you to see more of the crazy monkey stuff so you can get a look at it.
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
Shadow_Boxer wrote:
Thug Poet wrote:
shadow boxer,
2- Not enough balance in the training. for one thing you’ll need a lot more mobility work because you’re really putting your joints through hell lifting AND doing all that technique training. Plus if you’re boxing you spend all your time working certain muscles in your training if you don’t work the antagonist you’ll develop muscle imbalances and be more prone to injuries (And just be achy) if you start doing overhead presses to help your shoulders so you can punch harder you’re just going to be wearing out your joint.
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I know I’m a little late on this but I just read the thread. The point that Xen makes here is of huge importance and doesn’t get stressed enough in my opinion. I recently had a shoulder injury (tendonitis/bursitis of some kind) cause by doing a shit load of punching/elbowing, adding extra overhead pressing and not doing nearly enough rotator cuff/rear delt work. Every fighter should balance out there striking/pushing movements by incorporating external rotations, rows, push up plus etc. I missed 2 months with my shoulder injury so learn from my mistakes!
Dude I’m not trying to be a dick, but you mention in your post that you think that your cardio is good. When you get a chance starting sparring and you will find out if your cardio is good or not.
I have been following the same boxing rotine for a while now ( 1-2 years) without the weights, just pure skill work and some sparring when I had partners we would go 5 min rounds 4 of them.
lol I always begged to keep going as I wouldn’t know the last time I would get another chance to spar I was never winded unless I forgot to pace myself and started fighting like a untrained boxer, but if I took my time focused on being relaxed and working my jab, rolling punches, ect ect my cardio was good.
and to the guy above the last post, I see from all the talk above I have taken out the front raises I know just do the three hybrids (exercises)
[quote]JonnyTMT wrote:
Xen Nova wrote:
Shadow_Boxer wrote:
Thug Poet wrote:
shadow boxer,
2- Not enough balance in the training. for one thing you’ll need a lot more mobility work because you’re really putting your joints through hell lifting AND doing all that technique training. Plus if you’re boxing you spend all your time working certain muscles in your training if you don’t work the antagonist you’ll develop muscle imbalances and be more prone to injuries (And just be achy) if you start doing overhead presses to help your shoulders so you can punch harder you’re just going to be wearing out your joint.
I know I’m a little late on this but I just read the thread. The point that Xen makes here is of huge importance and doesn’t get stressed enough in my opinion. I recently had a shoulder injury (tendonitis/bursitis of some kind) cause by doing a shit load of punching/elbowing, adding extra overhead pressing and not doing nearly enough rotator cuff/rear delt work. Every fighter should balance out there striking/pushing movements by incorporating external rotations, rows, push up plus etc. I missed 2 months with my shoulder injury so learn from my mistakes!
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BTW you should try looking at trigger point therapies, AngryVader talks about it a little bit. There’s a link on his training log. Do some research on it, I am of the opinion that tendinitis and bursitis are often the symptom of a root cause lying in the muscle bellies themselves. That’s why most people only receive temporary relief from them, and it is often a recurring injury.
As far as boxing goes…pretty solid workout…however, you say you’ve been boxing for 13 years; if this is true, you of all people should know the importance or roadwork & how that is solely responsible for you being able to have sufficient wind/stamina to go 12 rounds.
If you want to fight mma your boxing experience isn’t going to cut it. People believe that boxing is an aspect of mma & it is but it isn’t…Thai boxing is an aspect of mma. Your boxing experience will help but you have a lot of habits that translate into bad habits for mma purposes.
Shoot me an email or pm & I can give you some mma-specific drills & workouts that you can do on your own (I have been training mma for 8 years have had 21 fights & have one coming up on January 24th which will be my last amateur fight, turning pro after that.)
Okay I skipped most of the post but here are some tips.
-Make a schedule that you can stick to.
-Keep a good balance of conditioning, strength,& mobility work
-you want to be a fighter so more focus goes towards your technique,drills & sparring. So if you plan on skipping a mma related class to do some jogging or squat rack curls, you’re only kidding yourself.
-Drills like sharkbait/sharktank or whatever your gym calls it works best for conditioning IMO
-work your way out of the amateur leagues before you even consider going pro. it’s okay if you’re 0-10 in amatuer. Those leagues are for learning & fixing your holes.
[quote]3rdegreebyrne wrote:
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BTW you should try looking at trigger point therapies, AngryVader talks about it a little bit. There’s a link on his training log. Do some research on it, I am of the opinion that tendinitis and bursitis are often the symptom of a root cause lying in the muscle bellies themselves. That’s why most people only receive temporary relief from them, and it is often a recurring injury.
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If anyone wants some comprehensive info on trigger point therapy, PM me. I have some professional grade resources that I’d be happy to let you use, but I don’t want to get in trouble for posting it on the boards.
