Why I will never be a good boxer.

[David06]

It's because I'm ****ing lazy. I have absolutely no problem going to the gym and running, push-ups, sit-ups, skipping rope, whatever. I can do all of that at the gym, and I even enjoy it sometimes. But when I'm at home, I can almost never force myself to go out and run. Part of the problem is that my stamina is basically **** at this point...so I hate running when I know I'll only be able to go 10-15 minutes before I feel dead. I always tell myself, "When I get home I'll go for a run and skip for 4 rounds" or something like that...but I almost never do it. I did it again tonight. I said I would run when I got home from work. But after work, I went to Subway with my friends...I feel sick if I run within an hour or 2 of eating, so that idea was basically shot. I don't know what it is. It's not that I'm adverse to hard work. I wrestled, and that was the hardest thing I have ever done physically...but I never quit, and I never missed a practice. It's not that I hate running, because I made myself do it when I had to cut weight for wrestling...

For what it's worth, I've only been boxing for about a month...and I haven't even really been boxing. My trainer says I need to work on my condition for a little bit(he said that when I first started, I'm still conditioning). That's definitely discouraging me a bit, the fact that I haven't done anything I couldn't do by myself.

I don't know. I hope that it will get better as I improve my stamina. Like I said, I run when I go to the gym, and I HAVE noticed my endurance improving. Maybe as I go on and start actually boxing things will change...but until then, that is why I will never be a good boxer.

I hate it, and I hope to get past that some day...I have to. I need to. Because if I don't, I'll never be the middleweight champion of the world.

Which means I WILL get past this ****** self-imposed obstacle...Because I WILL be the middleweight champion of the world.

[punchDrUnK MONK]

i stopped reading after cuz im ****in lazy. boxing is ****in hard work man. its a full time job, and if u dont got one of those already, ya need one to pay da bills. so u gotta be far from lazy to stay committed to boxing and work, its the same thing in training WORK. if u dont have the passion to hit the bag, or put on gloves n ****, then u shouldnt a be a boxer, i dont care how tuff u are, thats whats its all about to me...

i dont box when im tired or not tired, or plann out my training, i jus love to train n box n work out, and when i feel like doing it, i do it and i love it. and its fun for me, so it keeps me doin it often.

but yeah, lazy nononono, not in boxing

[David06]

Don't just reply to the first line man...if that's all I wanted people to read, that's all I would have posted.

[me2007]

you can be a good boxer and be lazy. Good doesn`t mean you'll be a professional or champion...but you could be a decent amateur local area fighter with dodgy fitness. some of the guys i`ve seen fighting at local shows are gassed after 3 rounds and end up getting knocked out...they go back to their dressing room and light up a cigarette.

Depends if you want to be one of those people or a real boxer that lives the lifestyle.

[veldrak]

After you start losing fights... I dont think youll have any problem getting up early to run.

I myself would hate to look back on my life and think 'if'.

I actually enjoy getting up and running now. Maybe you just need that kick to help you get up and going.

[Chris46]

I need a good kick, i think i will get it tomorow when my trainers get angry at me

[David06]

Well, I went for a run today for the first time in about a week. It felt good. My problem before was that I got pissed when I could only run for a short period of time. My solution to this was to do interval training. Certainly not as difficult as most people's interval training, but it works for me. I run for a full song(not the best, because my songs vary from 3.5-5 minutes, but it's a lot better than keeping an eye on a watch). After the song is over I walk for a minute. Eventually I will up to 2 songs, 1 minute of rest(or 1 song, 30 seconds of rest, then 2 songs, 1 minute, 2 songs, 30 seconds, etc.) Just to work on my stamina. But for now that's what I'm going to do.

I feel like I'm taking the easy way out, but I have to start somewhere, and this is infinitely better than not running at all.