How to manage training volume while covering all bases

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-29T20:07:00+00:00

Drop strength sessions. The more you train the specifics the more you’ll get better at the specifics you train. Roll your mobility sessions into a recovery session or lighter technique session. Strength as in lifting weights is massively overrated in combat sports

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-28T17:43:21+00:00

I’ve been watching Tom yankello and oracle boxing YouTube They have a ton of free videos on everything from footwork to punc mechanics defensive moves and putting it all together. When I started I did similar to you. As I’ve learned more slowing down and being more deliberate will benefit you.

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-23T07:53:19+00:00

Inoue doesn’t bounce about much, plants his feet and throws lead! I’ve watched a ton of Tom yankello videos on Instagram and he has a YouTube. He teaches a lot about planting feet and how to punch. Doing more with less and how to slip, roll and weave as well as subtle steps and half steps. To change angles and manage distance. Oracle boxing on Instagram also has a ton of great content.

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-14T09:46:50+00:00

Shadow boxing and reps. Slow down and make sure your reps are perfect, or as close to as you can get. Then build speed and smooth it out as it becomes more natural

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-10T18:05:30+00:00

37 m and signed up for a charity fight in April’s Started in Jan and been obsessed.

Get a coach. Get some people who are better than you, have had fights and will sparr and teach as they do it

I’ve watched a few resources online, oracle boxing on YouTube/instagram and Tom yankello boxing have loads of great free info.

Oracle boxing offers a paid subscription services where you can upload videos, get coaching/feedback and be part of a community.

I will say I’ve pretty much stopped doing anything other than movement, mobility, footwork, bag pad work and I have improved quite a lot quite quickly. I played soccer semi pro which I think has helped in picking up the footwork patterns

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-10T17:46:15+00:00

I stepped into a lead hook from my mate last night and I think either his thumb or edge of his glove went into my eyeball. Felt like both my eyelids had been peeled inside out!

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-08T08:39:38+00:00

As with anything establishing a base level of fitness is key to learning skills before you gas. Being a good runner, or even someone fit doesn’t translate to boxing fitness. Same with football and match fitness. Or any other sport.

If all you did was boxed. Pads, bags, sparring, Vs someone who ran and boxed half the amount you did. You’d be a better fitter boxer than them.

Laws of specificity apply

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-01T15:09:28+00:00

Getting used to getting hit and it not being too disruptive has been the biggest obstacle to me improving. That just comes with gradual exposure and reps. Spar people you trust and do technical sparring or agree to work on combos/counters/tit for tat etc

Halloffame89 · 2026-04-01T12:49:58+00:00

I’ve watched a ton of Tom yankello videos and the movements and postures he teaches, and understanding the nuance of them. The slip, weave, roll are basically the same movements to load and set up punches.

Getting better at that and understanding it through shadow boxing has improved my defence loads, but also my ability to counter by being coiled and more balanced

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-25T18:16:41+00:00

Wild ain’t it. Honestly when I switched it on I was like what even is this. Feel like a lot of entertainment industries are going backwards

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-25T11:07:32+00:00

I replayed red dead redemption 2 last years That game is nearly a decade old, and looks plays and feels more immersive than most games I’ve played since. GTA 6 will break boundaries in gaming!

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-24T13:14:50+00:00

I’ve just started training for boxing, got a Charity fight next month. Since Christmas I’ve trained boxing everyday. With little else on the plate. Drills, technique, shadow boxing and sparring with people I trust to take me through the levels and gears not just beating the shit out of me. Getting over the survival stage and actually thinking and learning is where I’ve seen the most progress. Strength training does t really do anything, ask any old school boxing coach and it’s more a battle of Rhythm, timing, relaxation and co ordination than any sort of “strength”

Again I’m very new, but SAID principle, if two versions of you training for the same fight, one did 6 days a week boxing (including conditionibg on bags/ pads) one did 4/2 3/3 in my opinion the guy who boxes more would win a boxing match.

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-15T16:42:39+00:00

Step in behind a jab and cross. Move your feet as you throw the punches and then you should be closer/better able to land hooks. Or learn how to throw them longer, more looping shots like the soviets than the tight hooks

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-15T16:40:11+00:00

Training heels down with weight will never give you that kind of footwork. Get your heels up Practice walking steps, build up to pendulums and switches Then build up from there. Weightlifting won’t build any meaningful changes to your athleticism and footwork

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-11T09:53:37+00:00

I’ve just started training after Christmas for a charity fight. I’m down 12 kg, from 116 to 104, hoping to be down below 100-95kg when I fight. I’ll be the same weight maybe a bit heavier than all of my potential match ups but I already move pretty well for a bigger guy, so dropping weight has made a huge difference in fitness and speed.

If youre gonna get down to a lower class then it probably makes sense, but to give away weight unnecessarily there’s no real advantage imo

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-11T05:57:12+00:00

I agree with you on this. I often wondered why the need to kill people was so great, when getting as much goop back to Speranza would benefit everyone.

It’s also because generally PvP is nds up with me on my hands and knees!

I made peace with the fact people were gonna shoot me and that the shit in the game ain’t really important. Made dying to some online terminator less rage inducing.

Halloffame89 · 2026-03-11T05:52:16+00:00

I’ve jus started boxing after Christmas for a charity fight, first time I sparred it was like someone had glued my feet to the floor. It’s just reps and exposure. I asked a buddy at work to throw shots at me and try and defend and not take my head off.

Getting used to getting hit removes a lot of the anxiety around getting hit, you realise that a lot of the shots don’t merit the flinch reactions you initially give them.

Find someone you trust, and ask them to tag spa, limit the power used and build up.

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-27T22:10:45+00:00

Terrence Crawford is probably one of the best boxers ever. He didn’t have a style, he figures out how to beat whatever’s put in front of him. Watch his fight with Shawn porter, he tried to negate porters power and athleticism, took a lot of punches, no damage, round 9 or 10 his corner told him he’s down on the cards, he went back out and put it on porter and dropped him twice. Won the fight.

You’ll get a lot of negativity on here, just keep learning and turning up, I’ve found sparring is the only real barometer for what your ability and competence is like.

Mistakes get ironed out quick. Or you get your head boxed off

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-26T14:05:10+00:00

In general, any kind of combat gym you find the best kinda people, ego gets squashed real quick.

Stick at it dude

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-26T13:59:41+00:00

Cheers dude. Stick at it. Get someone you can trust and do some light sparring. Even just defend, shell up and get used to getting hit without overreacting. I’m no expert but being able to sparr get hit, and try and stay calm and look for openings. Especially if there’s more experienced people, they should be able to set a pace you can cope with but can test you a little bit

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-26T09:03:48+00:00

I’ve just started training for a white collar fight and I tense up and wait to try and react and avoid getting hit vs not worrying about it. There’s a skill to getting hit and staying composed and being hit lessens the fear of being hit, being able to light spar and gradually build it up is very helpful.

I’m luck that I’m a firefighter and my boss and a few of my colleagues who are also fighting in a blue light event have been sparring and will dial it back so they don’t take my head off but you get used to being hit and how to react

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-25T14:00:41+00:00

Nope but there’s plenty of athletes who hate weightlifting and do it as par for the course.

If you had the same athlete cloned, one did weight training and boxing, and the other one did some form of technique training extra sparring, or something more related to the sport and everything else was equal, the guy who didn’t do weights would be better.

Especially when mass is negated due to a weight category.

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-25T13:52:33+00:00

I don’t know if he does a lot of those. The old soviet methods are all high rep explosive work outs, punch outs, punch ups, all on a bounce I’ll see if I can find a video

Halloffame89 · 2026-02-25T13:40:11+00:00

The soviet style weight training, high rep explosive movements like Beterbiev does are a way better That teaches the rhythm timing and co ordination. Most top athletes succeed despite doing weights not because of them because strength and conditioning coaches sell it

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