Returned to boxing yesterday and got some warm greetings from the front desk lady as well as one of my coaches who was working out there and whom I’ll be training with on Friday.
Class size was big, which made me especially grateful for the gym’s new, larger location that we moved into in January. Sadly, it was full of teens who were dicking around and the coach had to yell out some disciplinary reminders. I was the only person I could see in the class who was fit enough to skip rope for all 3 rounds, despite being the oldest.
After shadowboxing we did rounds on the heavy bag, which I was really happy about because it’s been awhile since I’ve hit the bag hard. We ended with partner drills, and after my first choice involving someone I knew had good technique fell through, I ended up asking an incredibly skinny guy who was at least my height to pair up. I was pleasantly surprised that he had good boxing fundamentals, though. We each took our own rounds of someone throwing a high jab and a low jab, then a 1-2, then a 1-2-3, and finally a 1-2-3-2. After that cycle, it reset but with the defender responding with a 1-2-3 counter. Then we switched.
Ended with ab work. Russian twists and butterflies are dicey on my low back. Anything that has me holding my legs suspended a few inches off the ground puts pressure on the pain-susceptible area. I made it through most of the exercises but opted to keep doing crunches by the end instead of any leg lifting.
Felt great to be back in the gym. Back is a little stiff but that’s about it right now.
Also wanted to add that in strength training news, I ordered a Cerberus grip shirt. Looking forward to trying it out with squats and sandbag shouldering.
