Back boxing after destroying my body.

You're still young...you'll be suprised how fast your body will change once you get a good diet and exercise routine down especially if been in shape before. The biggest thing is discipline and stop smoking cold turkey style. Also if you are really serious about getting back in shape you will probably have to stop hanging out with your friendsto as they are probably the reason you smoke and drink. You become who you surround yourself with. Good luck.

Just back from the gym, Managed 5 slow paced rounds with 1.30 break. Was surprised at my cardio its not actually THAT bad. However my punching power/speed is literally non existent which is a bit of a low blow i thought it would of stayed with me :(

I just stopped smoking bud some days ago lol let's all do this together :beerchug: Im giving up alcohol after the weekend!!!!

I just stopped smoking bud some days ago lol let's all do this together :beerchug:

You are absolutely young enough. In my opinion you will need but two things: discipline and humility. I'd suggest to start working on your cardio, it's the most boring part but it's needed after a 2 years lay off. It will also help you control weight if you stop smoking. A cig now and again is something even professional athletes still do, but of course you need to cut it down a lot. At your age you should be able to build up cardio rather fast if you are disciplined. After all you don't have to run a maraton, being able to run 10k in around 50 minutes as a max distance should be enough for a mid term objective. It's not something unthinkable if one is dedicated enough. As for the technical side, remember one never stops to learn, try to find a good gym and don't think you already know it all. It's a mistake I've seen many people do. Best of luck to you!! :)

No worries bro :fing02: if you can keep it to weekends and no more than weed can be ok, but it needs to go come fight time. Bro honestly that fight impresses me, for a 13 year old you had real sound technique, really tight and punches were crisp. How many fights did you end up having ? Get back into it bro, you have really solid potential I'm telling you Thats basically the way it is at the minute, but im gonna do my best to kick it all together. Ah cheers man about 9 or 10 , wasnt at a great club and got very few fights/spars. The thing is i keep thinking its too late now but fk it your right no harm in trying. Your actually inspiring me m8 thanks. Gonna be hitting the gym in the next 40 mins looking forward to it :) Off topic,, im going to a normal gym will i look like a bit of a clown hitting the bag in there? I kinda feel like people will think im showing off or something. F them actually it dosnt matter

19 in four months forgot to put that in op sorry First quit the smoking, then get off the nicotine however you can. I started when I was 12 or 13 and didn't get serious about quitting until my early 30s. Trust me, sooner is better. Oh, and gum and veggie sticks are your friends, so don't be like me and pack on 30lbs. Though if you do gain some weight it's still better than smoking. If you can hack it, try white knuckling it (cold turkey), in a relaxing environment, with a good distraction, and plenty of gum and healthy munchies. Though it could take well over a week to even get OKish depending on how bad your withdraw is. Personally I can see a 24 hour convenience store from my balcony and can see smokers on the street so that wasn't gonna cut it for me. Personally I find vaping, the gum, and the mist have have the big flaw that you get the big hit of nicotine just like smoking, then come down-- Repeat. It may make it harder to come off and easier to relapse. The 'quit pills' tend to be based on anti-depressants, and I literally got every side effect, and that really sucked. One of the side effects of the pills I was on was that they made me horny. Awesome. Unfortunately they also had me so out of body that I couldn't concentrate enough to keep it up for the only time in my life. Not so awesome. Then layer on dry mouth, night terrors, and sweats. Hey, it may be different for you, but I would never do that again or take a wellbutrin based anti-depressant. What did work for me was the patch. Don't skimp out and buy the cheap bandage like patches-- I found they began to fizzle after 18 or so of 24 hours. After some experimenting I learned to stick with the Nicoderm patches. They come with instruction and a schedule. Honestly, it's OK if you linger a little longer on each step, or have to go back up. Actually I'd suggest keeping a few patches of the previous step around at all times, that way you can go back up for a day or two if you need to. If cost is an issue the Nicoderm patches are plastic squares with adhesive, so they are easy to cut. Normally step 1 is 21 mg of nicotine, step 2 is 11, and step 3 is 7, and they all cost the same. If you take a 1 and cut it in half you have 2 10.5s. Quarters are 5.25s... Close enough. Also, after you come off the patch keep a couple around. If you relapse... More like when you relapse. Try to keep it contained to one event. Try not to buy smokes. Don't wake up with smokes. Try not to wake up with paraphernalia. Unless you want to go though the whole process again do your best not to smoke, and FFS if you relapse get the smokes away from you as soon as you can or you'll negotiate yourself into smoking again in no time. Good luck! You're still young, you can do pretty much anything you want. Even if you don't go pro, not smoking and trying to get in pro shape are good goals that will serve you well into the future.

fck the weed off bro. I smoked heavily (talking up to 5 or more grams a day) for the last 3 years last 6 months was on and off but I've quit for good now, its so much better bro i know it affects people differently but weed at the end of the day is a loser drug you will better at everything you do without it. Plus vaping is a massive waste of weed very inefficient way to get high. **** man sorry i was on about a e-cig for nicotine!! But ya i agree weed really is a loser drug im only realising this recently and have cut down a lot but still smoke with friends. Nice two posts though thanks was pretty inspiring :) Sadly i havent grown much since then but who cares.. I know what ya mean about feeling like you gave it all away for that **** alright! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Xh0c2bhlM One of my last fights

What age when you started smoking and smoking weed? And how much you smoke a day? 16 and it was to excess,, smoking about 15 cigs a day at the minute..

What age when you started smoking and smoking weed? And how much you smoke a day?

How old are you now? 19 in four months forgot to put that in op sorry

Started boxing when i was about 11 trained solidly for 4 years and was pretty good for my age. Talented even. Anyways when i turned 16 i completely changed my life. I gave up boxing , started smoking cigs/weed, drinking and partying as much as possible. I havent done any cardio or exercise bar some weightlifting since and am currently still smoking. Recently ive found myself thinking about boxing a lot and have to decided to to go into town buy some gloves and hit the heavy bag at my gym later. I would love to compete but realistically how much have i set myself back here? Just wanna say got some serious nostalgia logging on here seeing some of the posts. Ive got two videos of me fighting which got a nice bit of attention on this i can link it if theres an interest How old are you now?

Switch to vaping unless you wanna end up like this guy http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iWTS82PHGhU/hqdefault.jpg Gonna pick one up while im in town actually. Ya going pro would be a dream come true.

Switch to vaping unless you wanna end up like this guy http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iWTS82PHGhU/hqdefault.jpg

Focus on making lifestyle changes Have the big goal of being pro in the back of your mind at this point.