Boxing Fitness Blog
Boxing Timer Videos: 1, 3, 6, and 12 Rounds
Looking for timers to enhance your boxing training? Explore my YouTube boxing timer videos tailored to fit 1, 3, 6, or 12-round workouts. Whether you're sharpening techniques, building endurance, or simulating a championship bout, these timers will keep you on track.
Assessing Boxing Techniques with PUNCH
Master the art of boxing with a systematic approach to assessing techniques. Introducing the PUNCH model – Position, Utility, Nuance, Coordination, and Habituation. Whether you're a boxer striving for excellence or a dedicated trainer, this framework will help you improve your boxing skills.
Special Six: 6 Boxing Combinations from Boxing Legends
Dive into legendary boxing combinations. Discover the strategic genius of boxing icons like Foreman, Jones, and Mayweather. Learn, remember, and master these moves with a structured approach.
Enhance Your Boxing Training with Visualization Techniques
Elevate your training by visualizing your heavy bag as a dynamic sparring partner, refining your technique and adaptability. Explore creative scenarios that challenge your skills, from mythical battles to emulating the greats, and watch your boxing abilities soar through visualization.
Critical Thinking and Boxing
Both critical thinking and boxing hinge on discipline, rapid analysis, and adaptability. Whether in the ring or in debate, quick evaluations and strategic shifts are paramount. These parallels highlight the blend of physical skill and intellectual depth.
Knock Out Odours: 7 Tips for Keeping Your Boxing Gloves Smelling Fresh
Don't let bad smells knock you out during your boxing workouts! Keep your gloves smelling fresh as a mint with these seven tips, and you'll be ready to punch your way to victory without any stinky distractions!
Jumping into Boxing Fitness: Learn from the Pros
Ready to jump into boxing fitness? Learn from the pros with these expert examples on jumping rope, a key exercise in any boxer's training routine. Discover how to improve your footwork, coordination, and endurance.
Southpaw Strategies: Tips for Left-Handed Boxers
Calling all southpaw boxers! Improve your game with these expert tips and strategies designed specifically for left-handed fighters. From footwork and angles to power punches and defence, learn how to make the most of your natural advantages and dominate in the ring.
10 Questions for Critical Reflection
Improve your personal and professional development with these 10 questions for critical reflection. From "What are my core values?" to "How can I develop a growth mindset?" explore key questions that can help you gain greater self-awareness and enhance your decision-making and problem-solving skills. Whether you're a personal trainer or simply looking to grow and improve, this post is a must-read.
The Mental Benefits of Boxing for Fitness
Boxing isn't just a great physical workout - it's also a powerful mental workout. Discover the mental benefits of boxing for fitness, from stress reduction and improved mood to increased self-confidence and mental toughness. Whether you're a seasoned boxer or a beginner looking to try something new, this post will show you why boxing is one of the best workouts for your body and mind.
The Parry Playbook: A Guide to the 5 Types of Parry in Boxing
Master the art of parrying in boxing with this comprehensive guide, covering the five main types of parry used in the sport. Improve your defence and add variety to your technique with practical tips and strategies for blocking punches and setting up counterattacks.
8 Common Mistakes in Boxing (And How to Fix Them)
Improve your boxing technique and avoid common mistakes with this informative post. Learn about the eight most common mistakes in boxing, from improper footwork to telegraphing punches, and how to fix them. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced boxer, this post has something for everyone looking to improve their technique and get better results in the ring.
7 Head Movements in Boxing
A boxer's ability to move their head is essential for both defense and offense in the ring. This post covers the seven head movements in boxing, from the slip to the duck, providing practical tips and techniques for each one.
Master These 7 Advanced Punches to Improve Your Boxing Skills
Advanced boxing punches are technique modifications designed to solve specific problems and improve overall skill by leveraging versatility, unexpected angles, and defensive counter-punching. These seven punches include the surprising low-to-high Up Jab, the guard-breaching Overhand, the body-focused Shovel Hook, the deceptive Bolo Punch, the counter-focused Split-Jab, the evasive Check Hook (with a pivot), and the hybrid Huppercut (hook and uppercut fusion).
The Art of Misdirection: 7 Basic Feints for Boxers
Master the art of misdirection in boxing with this informative post. Learn about seven basic feints that can be used to deceive opponents and set up punches, from the jab feint to the slip feint. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced boxer, this post has something for everyone looking to improve their technique and add variety to their boxing arsenal.
11 Counter-Punch Combinations for Beginners
Counter-punching is a critical skill for beginners to develop, and this list provides 11 combinations that immediately follow a specific defensive manoeuvre to turn defence into offense. These combinations pair basic defensive actions like the Lead Catch, Rear Block, Lead Slip, Rear Roll, or Pull with an immediate punch sequence, such as the basic Cross, Lead Hook, Cross, to train reflexes and timing.
Boxing Training Equipment Checklist
What equipment should beginner boxers bring to training?
The Art of Control: A Comprehensive Guide to the 10 Types of Control in Boxing
Control in boxing is an advanced method of moving that subtly or explicitly influences an opponent's behaviour, with the primary purpose of setting up an attack or a counter-punch. These techniques range from non-contact methods like Distance Control (using footwork) and Stance Control (using feints) to contact-based methods applied to the opponent's body or guard, such as Hand Control, Head Control, and the most basic, Clinch Control.
How to Step and How to Skip
Footwork is the foundation of a boxer's movement, enabling efficient attack, defence, and energy conservation. The step and the skip are two fundamental techniques used to move while maintaining a balanced, ready stance.
How to Pivot
Pivoting is a critical boxing technique used to evade punches, create counterattack angles, and control the ring by turning the body and shifting the feet, which requires excellent balance and body control. Executed from the orthodox stance, the clockwise pivot plants the front foot and circles the rear foot out to change position, while the anti-clockwise pivot circles the rear foot inward, both manoeuvres being essential for repositioning the fighter without becoming flat-footed or exposing the body.
