Boxing(Regular)

bonzai bob

Hey, i want to get into boxing for fitness, but tbh i'm actually a little embarassed at my current fitness level and i'm finding it hard to push myself to actually go to the first training session :mad:

What should i expect with regards to training in my first session? How long before i'm sparrin etc.. Do i need to bring anything with me, besides the appropriate clothing?

Thanks

paddyc

boxings tough bob

if you walk into an amatuer gym and they lok at ya and see you aint under the age of 10 ie they cant mould you then the chances are unless you are already a boxer they aint gonna spend to much time on you.... I sorry but thats the reality, the interested in fighters, cos thats how they get/keep their name...

Also if you having trouble getting motivated to go to the first onedo you think you will keep at it ??? Best bet is to call into the gym you thinking o joiining and have a chat with them, if you are going and you are a total novice expect to be traingin for many months before they get you sparring...

sorry to upset the apple cart but thats how i see it


paddy

bonzai bob

paddyc wrote:

boxings tough bob

if you walk into an amatuer gym and they lok at ya and see you aint under the age of 10 ie they cant mould you then the chances are unless you are already a boxer they aint gonna spend to much time on you.... I sorry but thats the reality, the interested in fighters, cos thats how they get/keep their name...

Interesting, that never even occured to me tbh..

paddyc wrote:

Also if you having trouble getting motivated to go to the first onedo you think you will keep at it ??? Best bet is to call into the gym you thinking o joiining and have a chat with them, if you are going and you are a total novice expect to be traingin for many months before they get you sparring...

It's not that i'm not motivated, i just know how hard it's gonna be physically and the idea of puking from exercise isn't nice

I'm also gonna be going to Two Kings MMA soon but i'm lookin at trying different things, and the main reason why i want to do this is for fitness, and i know boxing will definitely get me fit.

Roper

A mate of mine (26) wants to "learn how to box", I told him any amateur BC worth their salt would laugh at him and he got offended!
Paddy's right Bonzai, if it's fitness you're after for MMA, then why not just go down to Two Kings and ask them?

Speaking of fight gyms, Paddy, I never got back down but I'm going to! Things are up in the air at the mo, wee baby on the way and all, but I enjoyed the session. What are the chances of an old man like me getting a fight?

paddyc

Aye bob stick to the MMA it will get you handy, Boxing on the other hand would get you super fit, but like i say you be doing it in a corner on your own

Roper - no sweat man, babies come before training.. well so i heard I'm 28 and my best mate is 31 and we both still fighting.. just time makes it harder now to try to work save and train... got to get priorities and all that, you never to old to fight, theres always a level for some one to fit at...

but you have to be training a couple of night a week to be getting in shape for a fight..

talk to you soon, thanks

paddy

bonzai bob

cool, well i'll actually be with a friend so i won't be on my lonesome.. I might still head down and see what's it's like, i don't care if they don't really pay much attention to me, i'm happy training by myself as long as they can give me pointers every now and again..

Roper

Sound stuff Paddy, the shiftwork doesn't help either. Won't get down this week so :mad: .
You get that McLellan/Benn fight yet?

Bob, you never know you might get lucky. Most clubs say fighters first, and some say fighters only, so it depends on which one you're going to. You might get lucky and get some coaching. I know a fella (ex junior national champ 3 or 4 times, coaches a bit now) who reckons about 14 should be the cut off rate, and anyone else is just taking up room/equipment/time. But then again there's always exceptions.
Best of luck to you anyway.

bonzai bob

Cool, thanks i'll let ya know how i get on anyway.. i'll hopefully be heading down on Fri.. I'll be headin to St Mary's in tallaght, do you know it? i think that's what it's called anyway.

dranoc

HI bonzai bob

Let us know how you get on. Write a quick summary of your first session.

tomsie100

Im a bit shocked about boxing clubs not wanting older members.
Is there anyone in boxing who can confirm this.

columok

Im a bit shocked about boxing clubs not wanting older members.

Paddy Clint speaks the truth!

breadmonkey

What about Bridgestone?

columok

What about Bridgestone?

They run beginners classes!

bonzai bob

What's bridgestone like with regards to fitness, if boxing gets me fit, then i guess bridgestone will kill me will it not?

Roper

Whoa! Jump off the PC train!

It's not that they refuse older members, it's just that they're purpose is not for fitness it's for fighters, and generally speaking, they've got more of a chance of grooming a 10 year old then a 30 year old. Let me put it this way, would Liverpool FC take on a promising 12 year old or a 24 year old?

paddyc

beginners classes on the go ebery nigth of the week mon-fri 7-8.15pm

It like this some people go hard at training in beginners some middle of the road and some lazy enough, its really up to you what you want.. I resonally tell beginners to take it easy as when they try hitting pads hard they usually have no technique and thats ****s bad...

Fighters class is harder but if you aint training for a fight in it, then the pad men arent really padding ya so you can get off with hiding a bit in the corner, sparring is different we all spar and so there no hiding

i dont want to discourage you from boxing and then say come to bstone, give the boxing a try and if it aint working out give us a look up..

Also just on the point of boxing... I was 21 had been boxing for a good while went to a gym in Dublin trainied for 5 months and was told i was too old to get a fight, went to another less well known one and they loved me and tried to get me to fight for them... but lucky enough there was a thai boxing gym starting up so i went there instead...

but hey give it a go


paddy

Colm_OReilly

My 2c on the whole boxing thing.

Boxing clubs aren't commercial enterprises, like most ma clubs. Boxing clubs are usually run by families and concentrate on schoolboys and juniors (in my experience). This seems to be because there's more young lads interested in competing in boxing than there are seniors, and also, the grand goal of Boxing is to compete and win on the international stage. In order to do that you need to be boxing a long time.

Boxing does indeed rock, however.

Colm

mark.leonard

Started boxing two weeks ago at the ripe age of 28. Explained it was to add to my MMA and there has been no hassle with them. Getting good instruction and being looked after. Its a bit early to see the whole picture in the club yet, but I am learning buckets and enjoying the experience, so maybe all Boxing clubs aren't the same everywhere?

Roper

Perhaps perhaps, you might have found the only one
I get an ex-boxer over to mine for me and another couple of lads who're interested in better hands. It's been a whole new ball game mostly in terms of pad work. Any of you reverse punchers should give it a go

bonzai bob

paddyc wrote:

beginners classes on the go ebery nigth of the week mon-fri 7-8.15pm

It like this some people go hard at training in beginners some middle of the road and some lazy enough, its really up to you what you want.. I resonally tell beginners to take it easy as when they try hitting pads hard they usually have no technique and thats ****s bad...

Fighters class is harder but if you aint training for a fight in it, then the pad men arent really padding ya so you can get off with hiding a bit in the corner, sparring is different we all spar and so there no hiding

i dont want to discourage you from boxing and then say come to bstone, give the boxing a try and if it aint working out give us a look up..

Also just on the point of boxing... I was 21 had been boxing for a good while went to a gym in Dublin trainied for 5 months and was told i was too old to get a fight, went to another less well known one and they loved me and tried to get me to fight for them... but lucky enough there was a thai boxing gym starting up so i went there instead...

but hey give it a go


paddy

did i read that right? you guys do beginner classes EVERY week day? cool! i may head to that as well so, car to give me a price?

This is cool, i want to get fit but i don't really want to be stuck in a gym, i'd rather do somethin that i think i'd enjoy and keep as a hobby, i think boxing and mma will do that, i'm tryin to be as active as possible, i'm probably gonna start playing astro football on wed nights, boxing once or twice a week, mma once maybe twice a week also, and i might try and fit in bridgestone, in fact you may see me there next week.. What do the beginner classes entail?

Thanks;)

Roper

i'm probably gonna start playing astro football on wed nights, boxing once or twice a week, mma once maybe twice a week also, and i might try and fit in bridgestone,

F*ckin hell Bob! Do you work at all? Fair play if you fit all that in, love to do it myself but I have to prioritise these days!

bonzai bob

yes it's gonna be tough at first because i will be REALLY ****in tired in work, but i have a chance to do it now cos i just changed shifts, so i finish work at 2.30 every day now.. i can't be sitting at home all the time you know, i've been doin that for long enough

Colm_OReilly

Hey Bob,

If you're going from zero activity to loads of activity you might burn out. It's cool to see you're so interested and excited about getting started, but you don't want to burn out too quickly and end up worse off than you started. Other than that, enjoy!

Take Care, hope to see you soon,
Colm

Millionaire

If you are really serious about boxing and want to learn and get over the problems of most clubs not been keen on training newbie adults.

here is a suggestion. why not approach a few bxoing coaches, explain top them that you are serious on learning boxing but do not want to join a club as such, and ask them for private lessons. of course this will cost a bit, but there is always a way if you really want something. anyway I find in general if u got a good coach, you will learn better the technical aspects better and faster the private route. all for the cost of drink a few pints less!

On another topic some of the lads might be interested in this.

I read a book about 3 years ago (cant remember the name but will find out if anyone interested). this english 30 something journalist pint swilling and joint smoking fattie, wanted to train and do a PROFESSIONAL boxing fight and write a book about it. He never boxed in his life before nor exercised. anyway he was laughed out of most boxing clubs in london. eventually he found a guy up in sheffield you took him on and trained him from scratch , and to cut v long story short almost 2 years later his very 1st fight was against a Professional boxer. He lost fight, but thats not really the point.

The book makes an excellent read and its amazing to see how he want from a 15 stone pint guzzler to a 12 stone toned muscled pro boxer. actually he stopped after the fight as he only wnated the experience. butr great book!

bonzai bob

Millionaire wrote:

If you are really serious about boxing and want to learn and get over the problems of most clubs not been keen on training newbie adults.

here is a suggestion. why not approach a few bxoing coaches, explain top them that you are serious on learning boxing but do not want to join a club as such, and ask them for private lessons. of course this will cost a bit, but there is always a way if you really want something. anyway I find in general if u got a good coach, you will learn better the technical aspects better and faster the private route. all for the cost of drink a few pints less!

On another topic some of the lads might be interested in this.

I read a book about 3 years ago (cant remember the name but will find out if anyone interested). this english 30 something journalist pint swilling and joint smoking fattie, wanted to train and do a PROFESSIONAL boxing fight and write a book about it. He never boxed in his life before nor exercised. anyway he was laughed out of most boxing clubs in london. eventually he found a guy up in sheffield you took him on and trained him from scratch , and to cut v long story short almost 2 years later his very 1st fight was against a Professional boxer. He lost fight, but thats not really the point.

The book makes an excellent read and its amazing to see how he want from a 15 stone pint guzzler to a 12 stone toned muscled pro boxer. actually he stopped after the fight as he only wnated the experience. butr great book!

It's not that i'm serious about boxing itself, i just have somethin on next year that i need to train for, and boxing is more for fitness than anythin else, but obviously if i was to turn out to be a decent boxer then i wouldn't say no to a few fights.

I went along last night anyway, i couldn't do anything because they had some kind of kids class on. But i dont know if i'll head back, the place look *seriously* dodgy:eek:

bonzai bob

out of curiosity, how much would private lessons cost?

It may be too costly for me on my own but my friend would probably like to do it too, which means a lesser cost and you get a sparring partner too:)

soma

bonzai bob wrote:

I went along last night anyway, i couldn't do anything because they had some kind of kids class on. But i dont know if i'll head back, the place look *seriously* dodgy:eek:

Define Dodgy!

bonzai bob

as in run by Pikeys, don't look at me the wrong way or i'll cut you dodgy.