Boxing Workouts

9 years ago, I stepped into the ring for my first sparring match. It was a moment of excitement and pure adrenaline. A Rocky fantasy dream-come-true moment that took all the life out of me.

I was dead tired long before the final bell. I couldn’t walk straight because my feet were stuck in the mud and my legs felt like noodles. The 14oz gloves clung to my arms like a prisoner’s ball-and-chain. Spectators laughed when I couldn’t lift my leg to climb out of the ropes. My shirt dripped like I had gone swimming. I almost vomited when I bent over at the water fountain.

You wouldn’t know it from the way I looked…but I won.

I might have been a winner but I sure didn’t feel that one. And that’s the miracle of fatigue. Fatigue is a crippling handicap ruining your physical performance right when you need it most.

We’d all be better fighters if only we had more endurance! [Click to read more...]

Fast reflexes are the standard of being a fighter. If anything, boxing is little more than a battle of reflexes. One man’s reflexes versus another’s.

Sure there’s skill, there’s strategy, strength, and all those other qualities. But without the reflexes to utilize those abilities, you won’t survive the round, let alone win the match.

Now there’s a difference between just being fast and having TRAINED fighting reflexes. It’s the difference between jerking your head back instinctively versus slipping and countering with a knockout punch.

It’s a long road to developing knockout counters as second nature. But I’ll show you how to get there. [Click to read more...]

2 weeks ago, I wrote a basic jump rope guide along with some basic tricks.

Well now it’s time for something a little more exciting. Hopefully with this list of easy jump rope tricks, you’ll be tempted to finally start jumping rope. The jump rope is truly that amazing and will work wonders for your boxing coordination, rhythm, and fluidity!

Fancy boxing shuffles, cross-overs, double-jumps, all that stuff you’ve seen the pro boxers do with the jump rope…you can do it too. And I’ll show you how.

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Want to improve your fighting endurance, punching power, balance and footwork, in just 10 minutes a day?

…if so, then GET UP AND START JUMPING ROPE!

I hear fighters complain about their footwork and endurance and yet they’ve been skipping the jump rope sessions. Don’t cry when your opponent moves better than you do because you have no idea what you’re missing out on. Don’t skip the jump rope! [haha, get it?] [Click to read more...]

 *This was 10 years ago when I thought lifting weights made me a stronger puncher.*

My body isn’t like that anymore and yet I’m so much more powerful now even without trying. Earlier this year, I wrote a controversial article explaining why lifting weights doesn’t increase punching power.

A lot of people disagreed,

many got angry.

One person called me a “stupid kid that doesn’t know anything about sports science or boxing.”

…this guide is not to convince ANY of these individuals.

For everyone else willing to READ and LISTEN and set aside your bias for a split second, here are some more explanations as to why I stand confidently at this conclusion today.

I write it because it might change the way you think about training, change the way you fight, and help you punch harder than you ever could. [Click to read more...]

The moment always comes at the worst time possible. You’re halfway through the 3rd round and next thing you know, you’re tired. It’s kinda like running out of bullets in Call-of-Duty. Entire championship fights were ultimately decided by endurance because fatigue cripples even the greatest athletes.

Sometimes it’s physical, sometimes it’s mental. It doesn’t matter what level fighter you are: beginner,amateur, or pro—fatigue will hurt your performance!

How much difference would it make if you NEVER got tired in the ring again? [Click to read more...]

The question I seem to be getting over and over is…

How did you get so good at ____ technique?

The answer is simple—I learned every kind of technique until I found the one I wanted. But I wasn’t always this wise, of course. I spent years wasting my time trying to perfect the few techniques I knew. I would drill the same jab for hours thinking that would make it faster and more powerful, or at least more effective. It wasn’t until I tried thinking outside the box that my fighting skills sky rocketed to a whole new level.

My golden secret is that technique is not perfected through repetition but rather through creativity. Here are 5 creative tips to develop YOUR fighting skills… [Click to read more...]

There’s a popular misconception that lifting HEAVY weights could increase punching power. Every month I see endless emails, forums, and websites full of fighters trying to rationalize the benefits of weights for fighting. Not surprisingly, many are written by guys with limited fighting experience. Weight training CAN build powerful muscles but won’t guarantee you powerful punches.

I’ll give you 5 reasons why… [Click to read more...]

How many new exercises have you learned since you started boxing? How many have you tried and then never used again?

If you count everything you’ve seen in the gym, pre-fight training videos, and Youtube, we’ve got all the exercises we need … and more. Much more. It’s easy to think there’s some magical exercise out there to make you the next Muhammad Ali but I disagree. There’s only so much exercise your body can handle so you’ll have to prioritize.

How are my favorite boxing exercises… [Click to read more...]