Hey as a boxer how important do you think neck training is. I have been doing wall leans currently and thats about it i was going to buy a neck harness.
You know of any other good ways to train the neck besides the bridge, that exercise just doesn't seem right to me.
also with wall leans I train all 4 sides of my neck leaning against the back, front, and sides of my head. I keep my back straight and everything align is this a good exercise to be doing for boxing.
also I train my back a lot with rows and dead lifts and face pulls. Thanks, J
J...Strengthening the neck/cervical region is very important in a boxer's training.
A neck harness works well, you can train side flexion with it too.
Try iso band holds with jump stretch bands Bands and Tubing. Increase the intensity of the holds by using a larger band and holding longer. Try starting off with 10 sec. holds, you can train flexion, extension, side flexion. Great for strengthening the neck.
J, Wall leans work great to correct forward head and strengthen the muscles of the lower cervical spine. ( along with stretching the subobcipital muscles by performing the chin tuck stretch.)
To increase the intensity hold a weight plate, med. ball, etc.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
It's not Old School, It's being a Profesional with Common Sense.
This past weekend we had several fighters having problems making weight and one big fight was actually scrapped due to this. The culprit in scrapping the big fight was Joan Guzman. Campbell-Guzman was a fight that many were looking forward too. It was a fight that would help clear who the best at light weight is.
Guzman fucked all that up by coming in way too heavy and saying he was too weak from making the weight to even fight. What bullshit! What was his team thinking 3 weeks ago when Joan stepped on the scale? Where is the professionalism there?!
There's quite a few writers saying that the old school way of staying in shape between fights is all but gone... Fighters like Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Beranrd Hopkins respect boxing enough to stay in shape between fights. But the thing is, it's not old school but fucking common sense! It's called being a professional. If these fighters don't want to be professionals then fine their asses for blowing a big promotion and fucking a fighter who respects the fight and sport enough to come fully prepped.. I'm talking about Campbell here. Guzman should be the last in line for another big fight cause all that shit he was popping off and he couldn't even make weight?! A big fight and promotion was blown, he must be used as an example. Suspend him for his lack of effort and integrity. Take away the big pay days until he is ready to take away the big portions at the dinner table! If I was Campbells manager I'de be suing Guzmans ass.
Sergio Mora had problems making weight too and had to dry out for over an hour to make the weight. Keep in mind that he was over by four pounds the night before and he was trying then to cut. This obviously took it's tool on Serio's body. The result was a lackluster performance and huge loss against a motivated and very fit Vernon Forrest. To fuck around with making weight against a world class fighter in Vernon Forrest guaranteed disaster and that's what happened in Mora loosing decisively against Vernon.
Just a few months ago, Mora was on top of the world, now he's on the bottom of the totem pole cause he was came in too heavy. He said he needed at least eight weeks to prepare. Maybe so, but what he needed to do was keep himself fit so if he was rushed into a short camp making weight wouldn't have been an excuse. But that's exactly the excuse he gave. All Sergio had to do was take responsibility and this shit wouldn't have happened. That's all it comes down too... Act like a pro.
That's why old school fighters stayed in the gym and fought often. It kept them sharp and in shape. They knew that things happen fast in boxing and they wanted to be ready. The young James Toney knew this and did it by fighting often, as did Julio Cesar Chavez. This also allowed both to have long careers.
To them it wasn't old school, but fucking common sense and being pros.
Guzman fucked all that up by coming in way too heavy and saying he was too weak from making the weight to even fight. What bullshit! What was his team thinking 3 weeks ago when Joan stepped on the scale? Where is the professionalism there?!
There's quite a few writers saying that the old school way of staying in shape between fights is all but gone... Fighters like Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Beranrd Hopkins respect boxing enough to stay in shape between fights. But the thing is, it's not old school but fucking common sense! It's called being a professional. If these fighters don't want to be professionals then fine their asses for blowing a big promotion and fucking a fighter who respects the fight and sport enough to come fully prepped.. I'm talking about Campbell here. Guzman should be the last in line for another big fight cause all that shit he was popping off and he couldn't even make weight?! A big fight and promotion was blown, he must be used as an example. Suspend him for his lack of effort and integrity. Take away the big pay days until he is ready to take away the big portions at the dinner table! If I was Campbells manager I'de be suing Guzmans ass.
Sergio Mora had problems making weight too and had to dry out for over an hour to make the weight. Keep in mind that he was over by four pounds the night before and he was trying then to cut. This obviously took it's tool on Serio's body. The result was a lackluster performance and huge loss against a motivated and very fit Vernon Forrest. To fuck around with making weight against a world class fighter in Vernon Forrest guaranteed disaster and that's what happened in Mora loosing decisively against Vernon.
Just a few months ago, Mora was on top of the world, now he's on the bottom of the totem pole cause he was came in too heavy. He said he needed at least eight weeks to prepare. Maybe so, but what he needed to do was keep himself fit so if he was rushed into a short camp making weight wouldn't have been an excuse. But that's exactly the excuse he gave. All Sergio had to do was take responsibility and this shit wouldn't have happened. That's all it comes down too... Act like a pro.
That's why old school fighters stayed in the gym and fought often. It kept them sharp and in shape. They knew that things happen fast in boxing and they wanted to be ready. The young James Toney knew this and did it by fighting often, as did Julio Cesar Chavez. This also allowed both to have long careers.
To them it wasn't old school, but fucking common sense and being pros.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
How to be better prepared in your boxing strength training workouts.
When it comes to training do you guys think in terms of using tools or using one training philosophy? I hope your heads aren't welded shut and you learn to use different tools depending on the different goals you have in your training.
Just like in a fight, fighting one style will get you success up to a point. But being a well rounded fighter allows you to achieve more. So as it is in training. We need to take from the different training methods/philosophies out there and add them to our training to ensure even more gains than following one training system.
Fighters often up their game when they get out of their comfort zone and study another art adding to their game and calling on that added skill in a fight when needed. That's how performance enhancement training should be. Learn from the different training methods out there so you have the proper and ideal training tools necessary to call upon when the goal or situation demands them the most.
Just like in a fight, fighting one style will get you success up to a point. But being a well rounded fighter allows you to achieve more. So as it is in training. We need to take from the different training methods/philosophies out there and add them to our training to ensure even more gains than following one training system.
Fighters often up their game when they get out of their comfort zone and study another art adding to their game and calling on that added skill in a fight when needed. That's how performance enhancement training should be. Learn from the different training methods out there so you have the proper and ideal training tools necessary to call upon when the goal or situation demands them the most.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Are the bigger fighters disappearing from the US?
Alywn Cosgrove emailed me and commented on when he looked at Ring mags top 10 rankings only two American heavyweights were ranked. Only one cruiserweight... What the fuck is going on here? I'll tell you what....
I've talked to my other friends and fellow coaches about this all the time... They're all playing basketball and football!
Look.... Boxing particularly amateur gyms need to do a better job at marketing! Give these kids WHILE they are young a choice of WHAT to do.. Not just to decide football cause that's all they see!
I don't believe in making it hard to find or enter a gym.. by referral, interview any of that shit when it comes to boxing gyms.. The weak will get weeded right away...The diamond in the roughs are the kids wandering around the streets cause they think they don't have anything else to turn too... Team sports aren't for them as they are seen as out casts... OR you the genetically gifted kids who choose football or basket ball cause that's ALL they see!
Boxing needs to be put in their face to get them to look at it.. boxing has what the other sports don't INDIVIDUAL glory... No one to blame for failure and no one to share success with but yourself! This isn't greed.. it';s a challenge and true competitiveness to the fullest with the utmost satisfying hight that YOU did it! Something in you was brought out...that wasn't developed before.. sure you get that out of some team sports but boxing is the truth in this...
BUT with better marketing must be GOOD coaches to develop the future of boxing,, Let me ask you this.. How many potential future heavy weights have been scared out of gyms cause they were pushed to fast to spar? I guarantee you many! How do we know there isn't many big fighters entering boxing gyms? How do we know they aren't being pushed out as fast as they are entering cause of the lack of quality coaching?!
It comes back to systems and progression... The foreign countries have this set up where the fighter is brought through the system while being developed...There is trust AND honor in their pro and amateur boxing programs...
We don't have that here and we don't have it in the kids faces to give them a choice to be our future heavyweights...
The more trust, the more word of mouth which is the best marketing.... the more full the gyms will be...with numbers comes the more potential that a future heavyweight will be born from a good coaches system... A good system doesn't mean shit without numbers/bodies...The more fighters that succeed through this system the more kids that see and hear about this will want to do it...The future is born here in my opinion....
I've talked to my other friends and fellow coaches about this all the time... They're all playing basketball and football!
Look.... Boxing particularly amateur gyms need to do a better job at marketing! Give these kids WHILE they are young a choice of WHAT to do.. Not just to decide football cause that's all they see!
I don't believe in making it hard to find or enter a gym.. by referral, interview any of that shit when it comes to boxing gyms.. The weak will get weeded right away...The diamond in the roughs are the kids wandering around the streets cause they think they don't have anything else to turn too... Team sports aren't for them as they are seen as out casts... OR you the genetically gifted kids who choose football or basket ball cause that's ALL they see!
Boxing needs to be put in their face to get them to look at it.. boxing has what the other sports don't INDIVIDUAL glory... No one to blame for failure and no one to share success with but yourself! This isn't greed.. it';s a challenge and true competitiveness to the fullest with the utmost satisfying hight that YOU did it! Something in you was brought out...that wasn't developed before.. sure you get that out of some team sports but boxing is the truth in this...
BUT with better marketing must be GOOD coaches to develop the future of boxing,, Let me ask you this.. How many potential future heavy weights have been scared out of gyms cause they were pushed to fast to spar? I guarantee you many! How do we know there isn't many big fighters entering boxing gyms? How do we know they aren't being pushed out as fast as they are entering cause of the lack of quality coaching?!
It comes back to systems and progression... The foreign countries have this set up where the fighter is brought through the system while being developed...There is trust AND honor in their pro and amateur boxing programs...
We don't have that here and we don't have it in the kids faces to give them a choice to be our future heavyweights...
The more trust, the more word of mouth which is the best marketing.... the more full the gyms will be...with numbers comes the more potential that a future heavyweight will be born from a good coaches system... A good system doesn't mean shit without numbers/bodies...The more fighters that succeed through this system the more kids that see and hear about this will want to do it...The future is born here in my opinion....
Friday, September 5, 2008
Louie Simmons talking explosive power training for boxing .
Here's an interview I did with Lou a while ago.. Lou stopped by my new gym and we're doing another video interview for my boxingperformance.com but I wanted to share this clip with you.
Click here http://boxingperformance.com/ for part two and three of this interview.
Click here http://boxingperformance.com/ for part two and three of this interview.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Why it's often better to take a step back in your boxing training workouts.
Fighters are often paranoid that they aren't training hard enough. They can show up at the gym spar several rounds and if they get tired they freak out by performing more road work. More road work in their minds is the answer to preventing them from getting tired as they did in that sparring session.
More road work isn't the answer here to greater gains in stamina... To take a step forward in training, the fighter often has to take two steps back.
Taking two steps back in the form of cutting their training volume and rest. Now old school skill trainers may bark at this as weakness but in reality it relates to better progress.
Listen to your body during your boxing workouts. If you're coming to the gym tired, irritable, or feeling lackadaisical, perform a light workout and then take the next day off, maybe two.
This will prevent over training and once you understand how to mange your training intensity/stressors you will perform better than ever on your sparring days instead of puttering out.
Road work isn't the answer... Recovery often is.
Click here http://boxingperformance.com/ for effective recovery tips and methods.
More road work isn't the answer here to greater gains in stamina... To take a step forward in training, the fighter often has to take two steps back.
Taking two steps back in the form of cutting their training volume and rest. Now old school skill trainers may bark at this as weakness but in reality it relates to better progress.
Listen to your body during your boxing workouts. If you're coming to the gym tired, irritable, or feeling lackadaisical, perform a light workout and then take the next day off, maybe two.
This will prevent over training and once you understand how to mange your training intensity/stressors you will perform better than ever on your sparring days instead of puttering out.
Road work isn't the answer... Recovery often is.
Click here http://boxingperformance.com/ for effective recovery tips and methods.
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