Anyone know of a personal boxing trainer?

packofpeas

Hello just wondering if there was such a thing as a personal boxing trainer that I could use once or twice a week? If anybody knows of such a thing could they possibly get back to me?

cowzerp

i've been doing this as part of my profession the last 5 years-im the only boxing personal trainer that i know! pm me if you want more details-im a personal trainer and boxing since i was yay high!!

DiscoHugh

Just wondering why would you want a personal boxing trainer? would you not rather go to a club and get good sparring etc.? or is just fitness you re after?

also Cowzerp, I boxed in college and intend to keep it up and have also been interested maybe becoming a personal trainer....how did you get into it/how do you find it?

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cowzerp

i done the ncehs fitness course that qualifies you as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, but then i done a number of extra courses as i did not want the bare minimum-initial course can be done in about 18 weeks and is all you officially need but as i said this should only be your base to get you started-best of luck with it.
also the benefits of private boxing lessons are that you get all the attention and can learn real fast in a short amount of time-i have had people after 3-4 sessions that could pass as boxers with what they learned. also lots of kickboxers have come to me and there boxing does be so poor and after 1-2 sessions they vastly improve..im very confident in my coaching ability though and dont believe that anyone can be a succesful personal boxing coach!

BrianD3

Private boxing coaching sounds like a v. good idea. Cowzerp, I'd imagine that many people woud be interested in this if you publicised it and organised it into structured coaching eg lesson 1: basic shadow boxing and basic footwork... lesson 10: sparring. Give them an exercise routine that they can follow themselves to bring up their fitness, show them how to train alone with a heavy bag etc. They could get some refresher lessions after a while if they so wished. It wouldn't make them, into "boxers" but it would surely do alot for both their fitness and self defence ability.

Re: the question why don't people just join a club - it has been said numerous times in this forum by walshb and others that unless you are very young and/or already a promising boxer, many clubs don't want to know you.

cowzerp

the main training in private session should be stuff you cant do on your own-namely pad work, and quality pad work at that-also having someone correcting your technique and giving you tactical advice and teaching you how to parry, duck and dive etc...

DiscoHugh

cowzerp wrote:

the main training in private session should be stuff you cant do on your own-namely pad work, and quality pad work at that-also having someone correcting your technique and giving you tactical advice and teaching you how to parry, duck and dive etc...

cheers cowzerp.I guy Im travelling with at the moment told me about this 6 week boxing course (for fitness) in San Fran. Id never heard of anything like that. sounded like a good idea.


do you have a certificate to be a boxing trainer? We used to coach some of the beginners at the club and the trainer suggested getting this certificate (apparently it s just a one day course that s held every few months?) never actually got around to doing it myself.

cowzerp

without a certificate you would be liable if anyone injured themselves while training with you-i got 1 to add 2 my personal trainer certs..