Window Shoppers and Dropouts at your Gym ?

[shawn_]

hurting your sparing partners isnt something to brag about.

[Exige Jr]

hurting your sparing partners isnt something to brag about.

It is if they are more experienced than you and telling you they are gonna knock you out.

[Verstyle]

hurting your sparing partners isnt something to brag about.

its not always that.for me it was making them look ****** cause they couldn't hit me and them gasing out cause they couldnt

[fraidycat]

Something to think about: Boxing, perhaps more than any other sport, makes you immediately take a good, hard, sometimes unpleasant look at the kind of person you really are.

I tend to think that a lot of people are just like me. We walk around thinking that we're tough. We think we've got a good handle on things, that we're capable and tough, figuring we can handle whatever the world throws at us; maybe secretly hoping that we're tough but hoping even harder that we never have to find out.

Boxing makes you realize how tough you are. . . or, in many cases, how tough you aren't.

Boxing is about as physically and psychologically demanding as it gets. Those first few sessions of full-contact sparring bring you face to face with yourself; you realize what you're truly made of. I would bet that a lot of people either don't like what they see, or they realize that self-realization under fire is not their thing. And if it's not their thing, then that's cool. It's possible that they're just not cut out to make a hobby out of beating the hell out of people. And that's great. More power to 'em. The world needs gentle souls as much as it needs warriors, and the canvas is not a place for gentle souls. . . unless they're flat on their back with X's for eyes.

Me, I'm a caveman at heart. Ritual nonlethal combat has been a part of human development since prehistoric times. I may not be the best fighter in my gym -- and the kleenex currently jammed up my nose will attest to that -- but when I'm in there and I'm throwing heavy, I'm part of something far older and far larger. So I'll take the pain if it's the price of admission.

Your mileage may vary.

[Gio]

Something to think about: Boxing, perhaps more than any other sport, makes you immediately take a good, hard, sometimes unpleasant look at the kind of person you really are.

I tend to think that a lot of people are just like me. We walk around thinking that we're tough. We think we've got a good handle on things, that we're capable and tough, figuring we can handle whatever the world throws at us; maybe secretly hoping that we're tough but hoping even harder that we never have to find out.

Boxing makes you realize how tough you are. . . or, in many cases, how tough you aren't.

Boxing is about as physically and psychologically demanding as it gets. Those first few sessions of full-contact sparring bring you face to face with yourself; you realize what you're truly made of. I would bet that a lot of people either don't like what they see, or they realize that self-realization under fire is not their thing. And if it's not their thing, then that's cool. It's possible that they're just not cut out to make a hobby out of beating the hell out of people. And that's great. More power to 'em. The world needs gentle souls as much as it needs warriors, and the canvas is not a place for gentle souls. . . unless they're flat on their back with X's for eyes.

Me, I'm a caveman at heart. Ritual nonlethal combat has been a part of human development since prehistoric times. I may not be the best fighter in my gym -- and the kleenex currently jammed up my nose will attest to that -- but when I'm in there and I'm throwing heavy, I'm part of something far older and far larger. So I'll take the pain if it's the price of admission.

Your mileage may vary.

Damn Fraidy, Thats a great way to break it down...

[Undefeated]

I go to Gleasons.. I seen Edgar Santana the other day. He was watching me hit the bag. I seen Judah also, but that ni99a was leaving. I ain't go today because im mad sore from the other day. ( I was oding on the bag showing off because Santana looking at me hyped me up lol) Im not doing that no more. Ima go tommorrow. Time to ease down!

[DMC]

I suppose you could call me a window shopper.
However I am going back for the purchase. hehe

I went to a local gym late last year and did 3 classes after the first one I was so wrecked and sore I thought I had been hit by a truck. However something strange happened.
Gentle, kind, wouldn't hurt a fly me, loved it.
Me who wasn't into any sort of violence and thought boxing was for thugs, found out it's not that bad. After 3 lessons I was hooked.
But I had to stop as I went overseas for a month.
But I have been back a month now and been going to a regular gym to get my fitness up. I have to thank boxing because since that first session I had I have lost 11kg and feel better than I have my hole life.
But tonight I start again and go back to my Local Boxing gym in better shape and looking forward to pushing myself to the limit.
I think going Amateur is out for me because I am 31, however the training is great. We will just see how I feel if I ever have a spar.
But my Hat goes off to all you boxers who get in that ring and give 110% every time. You have more courage and guts than most people will ever have.

DMC

[Animal Squabbs]

corrales doesnt train at our gym anymore... so I guess he's a drop out


haha actually he went around the corner to Johny Taccos gym.

[Animal Squabbs]

I guess you could say that I'm a window shopper. I went in for one session, and got my ass wore out ( No **** ).

aahaha, DIPSET!!!

[canrus123]

Boxing is no doubt a brutal sport and there is no shame in quitting. It takes balls to even step through the ropes. Anyone who steps through the ropes and fights whether he/she wins or loses is a lot tougher than most people.