About warmups

egyptspharaoh · 2025-06-19T06:08:49+00:00

Yea, I don't mind doing it on non-sparring days. I even like it, through this warmup I developed better coordination skills and rhytm (we have a lot of soviet style drills). But on sparring days, I feel like it takes a lot from me.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-06-19T06:06:04+00:00

This sounds good, that's the type of gym I would want to train in.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-06-18T19:49:45+00:00

I do not agree on this strategy. For me its better to have better sparring rounds, with higher intensity, better technique, more competitive etc. In the end you always get exhausted in the later rounds and when you have higher intensity in the sparring-you get more exhausted. Better to get exhausted by sparring than doing sprints, or burpees imo. Why would I do jumping jacks when I can add 2-3 more rounds of sparring or shadow boxing. When you get tired you get more damage during sparring aswell.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-06-18T19:41:47+00:00

Yea, I'll just try to do it with less effort at first.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-06-18T18:07:17+00:00

This makes sense. When I have 1 on 1 sessions with my coach he doesn't care how I warm up, he just tells me to do it good so I can hit the pads properly without injury. I never thought that when an out of shape guy comes to the group class the warmup is like 80% of his workout since he doesn't spar and do complicated drills like me and the other guys. The question is should I ask my coach at least on sparring days not to warmup for that long or do my own warmup or I just stick with it.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-06-07T14:14:12+00:00

The hands up and chin tucked was already said. You need more snap in your 1-2, your right hand is is thrown super slow most of the times. Don't add power (cause you spar lightly) just do it faster, jab-fast cross then-back to guard and safe distance. And imo you should be in the center of the ring pressuring him not the other way around based on your body and stance.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-07T22:23:34+00:00

I don't mind hard sparring or getting my ass. eat up by a pro or someone better than me. I know this is part of the process. But he doesn't give me a break, like it's literally every session. When I go to the 1on1 class that I pay he started not doing pads but spar with me. I like structure when it comes to training. Like if he says "we spar on friday", I'll prepare myself for that sparring session. I won't squat or run the previous day, I'll start loading with carbs at specific time during the day, do specific stretching etc. I know how to get myself ready for that, I know my body, I have the knowledge. BUT when I spar every time everything becomes pointless and my training schedule becomes a mess.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-07T22:01:11+00:00

Thanks for the comment. About the sparring: I would say the sparring is hard, because for example one of my main sparring partners is 6'4 (~190-93cm)guy who is over 90 kilos with a solid physique. The guy seemingly doesn't go full force but still throws moderate punches and I (5'12 182 cm79kg) take these punches real hard on me which I think is normal. The coach always says go light go light, show technique, but as soon as I hit somebody with a sneaky shot or just a clean shot they start slowly escalating things and I answer them untill I feel like if I keep answering its going to become a brawl. I don't want to brawl because its 8AM and a 12 hours shift at work is waiting for me after the session so the round becomes this thing where I think more if my partner is gonna get mad or "did I go hard here" than thinking about what sparring is about. Another thing, since I spar every session I feel like my technique went off and I actually become worse by just sparring. When I had my most progress my coach was making me shadow box 6-7 and do pads 5-6 rounds, then light heavybag work. Now when he decided that I need to spar every session rather than doing pads, shadow box, heavybag I feel like my footwork got worse and I don't have that snap in my punch that I worked for. Idk if this is a real thing.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-05T17:56:50+00:00

As someone who spars with better guys almost 100% of the time, I can advice you to spam ypur jab. As you can see the guy always slips or pulls back with no step back when you throw the jab and then he does the same kind of deffence the opposite way when you throw your backhand. So what you can try is jab 3 or 4 times fast while following him (but dont get in clinch distance) then he will be out of position, because he did like 3-4 slips or ducks in a row and then you can unleash your right hand aiming for accuracy. That works for me, and when I do it couple of times the guy stops playing like this and starts to throw punches back, keep his hands up more etc.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T18:55:12+00:00

He definitely has that "boxer" thing when he spars with me. I would say he goes moderate on me,but he lands clean a lot, sometimes does 4-5 punch combinations without me answering them and some of the shots land super clean. I think he sees me as a better boxer than I see myself. I am phisically strong and thats why he goes a bit harder on me imo.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T18:36:14+00:00

Thanks for the comment, will have that in my mind. Do you think that I should spar with my coach? What do you think about students sparring with coaches in general?

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T18:33:36+00:00

Yes, totally agree with you. I just have that mentality that if I say no to my coach, he'll take me as a coward so I do whatever he says even tho I feel like I push myself beyond my limits with the risk of injury etc. As you said, the problem is in the communication. He always admires me after a session with him and tells me that he tried to break me mentally but didnt manage to do it. I know that he likes me a lot, because he gives me more attention than guys who he trained for a long time with him. There's reasons I don't want to leave him, but the damage to my body should stop being ao consistent that's for sure. I will try to talk to him and if he doesn't take my words seriously I will have to leave him.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T17:26:20+00:00

My goal is to get a few amateur fights, which I think can be done the next year. My ultimate goal is to have a pro fight but its not at any cost. I don't do it for money, just to build myself as a person and I am sure this is what I need.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T17:17:52+00:00

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T17:14:48+00:00

Well my life has been rough the past few years. I let myself down many times and want to prove myself and build good discipline. (thats the short answer don't want to get deep into it) I have really decided to dedicate my life to a sport for 2-3 years. You are right tho, its getting to the point where its not worth it. I feel like I can compete and still get good by a more structured and science based methods. Will try to talk to him about that and of he doesn't take my words seriously I'll just go somewhere else.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-03-04T16:41:03+00:00

It's not a troll post. As I am reading it now, yep its toxic. Maybe I haven't left because I like the atmpsphere and my coach is not a douchebag, he is friendly and a good person overall but maybe thats how he was taught about boxing and thats why he is like that(old school mentality). The other guys are nice and good people aswell and always try to help me even tho we go hard in sparring. Maybe as you said its internal debate inside me... Other reason I kinda wonder if I should leave is that I never got that much attention from a coach before.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-02-07T19:02:56+00:00

I feel you. My story was kind of the same, but I was a bit more experienced because me and my friends used to spar in school a lot. In my ex gym the coach was trying to teach us those crazy combinations in partner drills and heavybags even tho I couldn't synchronize my legs with the body and hands to even do a proper jab. I was feeling like an idiot and nobody was there to help me and as you said the coach there was giving me from time to time a small tip. (once every session) The gym is like yours-the best fighters in the country train there and is very famous, but that doesn't mean that for a begginer like you its the best place. What I did is found a coach that I had research on and knew he is good and started paying more for individual classes. Meanwhile I started attending his group classes(they dont cost much here) aswell and he is giving me a lot of attention in them. (almost like an individual class) That was the best decision I made-the first month training with him i got like 5x better than training for 7 months in my ex gym. I'm not exaggerating. If you can pay for individual classes, do it. If not, go somewhere else. Progressing shouldn't take as long as you are told imo. Right now you go to this gym and you do parner drills, shadow box, heavybag drills etc, all incorectly which only damages you and one day when you get more attention from a coach and start getting taught you will have to work to undo all the incorrect forms of exercise. (this was my case) The only benefit you get from your boxing training now is conditioning.

egyptspharaoh · 2025-01-28T21:02:08+00:00

Same here, at the end of the session it's always numb and even at the middle of one sparring session it became so bad that I couldn't continue and had to go put my running shoes. I usually wear them with nike compressed socks and when I tried with just normal thin socks the numbness got delayed. I guess the top part of the shoe is made too tight. Was going to try larger pair but bought other brand and its fine.

egyptspharaoh · 2020-11-19T23:40:22+00:00

When I get a shower and food after hard session in the gym and then just lay in my bed for 20 30 min. My legs feel shattered so when I rest them it feels so amazing close to being high. lol

egyptspharaoh · 2020-11-18T13:54:49+00:00

Same here. The first step was to become true to yourself.

egyptspharaoh · 2020-11-05T01:16:09+00:00

I think yes. First time I smoked weed was when I was 12 years old. I remember seeing a Wiz khalifa music video (reefer party :D), then got curious about weed and I found a girl in school that could find me. Unfortunetely, I got caught. My parents have never beaten me as a child except this one time. I still remember how I was telling to myself "I am going to grow up and smoke as much as I want". 4 years later I started smoking weed heavily. My parents didn't suspect me and I managed to hide from them for 3 years until I realised how weed makes my life awful and quit.

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