Losing heart and dedication

[DoctorKillJoy]

today ill hopefully get 2 hours of open, 2 hours of class, and an hour in a non-boxing gym running a mile or 2, shootin hoops, and gettin bak to lifting.

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i was questioning myself.. but i know that i've got the drive, i know it. i know i've got that fire. i know it.

you all do too.

Wow..... settle down man.

Anyway, I was in a rut a month or two ago... I took about two weeks off just doing occassional jogs... figured out some ways to change up my training a little and picked up right where i left off. Actually better than when i left off. You just have to learn to know yourself and when you need to step up and work through something vs when a break will be better for you.

[potatoes]

I use to have a heart of steel and id never give up, lately its like I just drop my hands and cant be ****ed when im in the ring sparring or pads, It seems to be hapening alot lately and I seem not to even care about it and just let people hit me on purpose when im sparring even though i no i can out skill most of them. I got a fight coming up which is a bad thing because my heads all over the show at the moment due to some personal **** aswell.

Even yesterday I was ment to train but I just sat in my garage hit the bag a few times and just gave up, then just stuffed my face with junk after, my heart just dont seem there no more, its the worst iv felt my whole career, i pull through it normally by now if i have a bad few sessions, could this be the end? advice on getting through **** like this if you've had it.

We all get bogged down occasionally. If you have a clear goal and a realistic plan to achieve it, these periods of depression will be infrequent and short in duration.

[ForemanCrossArm]

ok. am i supposed to feel ****** that i spent 4 hours in a boxing gym today yet am still a LITTLE (not like a lot) pissed that i went out and had a lil fun (no drinking) instead of lifting a LIL too? ****. im dedicated. is that a crime?

i def think the dedication comes and goes tho, luckily it's there for me 80% of the time..

[DoctorKillJoy]

ok. am i supposed to feel ****** that i spent 4 hours in a boxing gym today yet am still a LITTLE (not like a lot) pissed that i went out and had a lil fun (no drinking) instead of lifting a LIL too? ****. im dedicated. is that a crime?

i def think the dedication comes and goes tho, luckily it's there for me 80% of the time..

What did you do for 4 hours in the boxing gym? You must have good stamina to be up to lifting after a 4 hour workout.

[DA1CATAS]

I'm not dedicated . i'm just always angry. If you think about it you will find that anger is a very expensive motivation, I learned that it needs to be used wisely.

Really depends on if you want friends... relationships and so on.

[ForemanCrossArm]

What did you do for 4 hours in the boxing gym? You must have good stamina to be up to lifting after a 4 hour workout.

10 rounds of jump rope, bout 20 of speed bag, 8 heavy bag, sparred a few rounds at the end. few on the double-end too, maybe 'bout 5. the rest spent resting in between and stretching. i mixed in 2 rounds of abs/push ups too..

i didn't even rest in between the speed bag. i suck at it, so i spent a lot of yesterday working on that.

[ForemanCrossArm]

Really depends on if you want friends... relationships and so on.

now that is the f'n truth..

[DoctorKillJoy]

10 rounds of jump rope, bout 20 of speed bag, 8 heavy bag, sparred a few rounds at the end. few on the double-end too, maybe 'bout 5. the rest spent resting in between and stretching. i mixed in 2 rounds of abs/push ups too..

i didn't even rest in between the speed bag. i suck at it, so i spent a lot of yesterday working on that.

Thats impressive. I don't know why you'd want to do 20 rounds of speed bag though... that seems like time you could better spend on something, but if you're in the gym and working then props all the same.

[ForemanCrossArm]

like i said i'm bad at it, and i have a tough time letting my hands go when i spar.. so it is def something that i want to learn to be really, really good at.

[tmoqsudz]

I'm not dedicated . i'm just always angry. If you think about it you will find that anger is a very expensive motivation, I learned that it needs to be used wisely.

Really depends on if you want friends... relationships and so on.

i second tht!