How do you know if you are pushing yourself enough before a fight?

[danny stash]

I have been training pretty hard for a fight in August and I am wondering how hard is hard enough. I mean I know this a question that does not have a black and white answer but...

Like today i was doing intense mitts with my trainer and was finishing with some uppercuts and had to quit on the last session. I was wondering is my trainer thinking I am a ***** or thinking I am pushing myself to the limit. I mean I felt like my body was going to explode or I was gonna fall over. Bottom line is how do you know you are pushing yourself to the absolute ****ing limit without getting hurt or something like that?

After that mitts session I sat down on a chair for a minute or so almost dying and sweating like a ****ing faucet wondering this in my head...Should I or Could I have pushed it more. I know this is a difficult question but any help or advice would be apreciated..

PS: I am not even sure what i am asking but if you have boxed before I have a su****ion you will understand..

dan

[FLYBOY]

i don't have a definite answer to that... but you have to make sure u always have to work harder than your opponent...

more importantly, u have to defeat urself in training camp.

[Catmeat]

When you get to that point where your abosolutely knackered, your techniques getting sloppy, your heads pounding and your gasping like a fish, you can go further than that. Its mental fitness. Next time your on the mitts, get to your point of no return, and just think to yourself, 30 seconds more and i can rest, ill give it my all. You wont be able to count that 30 seconds, but your coach will notice your sudden increase in effort and be able to appreciate your working past your limit. Hope this helps.

[sukhenkoy]

dan,
The way I see it, the human body is ALWAYS capable of being pushed more. The end is death. So, I think that really pushing yourself to the limit is subjective; if you feel like you really gave it your all, and you really feel confident in what you're doing, you can stop whenever you feel the time is right. Just realize that even though you've pushed yourself to the ultimate limit, on say, pushups, in another 10 seconds you will ALWAYS be able to do another pushup. Have you pushed yourself for that short time period - yes. Have you pushed yourself to the ultimate limit; well, that's hard to answer, because what is really your "limit" (because you can always do more in a very short rest period).

[Pork Chop]

There's this movie with ethan hawke called "gattica".
In it he plays a "natural born" - a guy who's parents had him the old fashioned way and didn't genetically engineer him.
As a result he had asthma and wasn't the greatest physical specimen.
His brother, however, was one of these engineered kids.
His brother and he would race in swimming; to see how far out they could swim, knowing they had to swim back.
One time, lo-and-behold, the "inferior" kid whooped his brother.
They never raced again and it always haunted the "perfect" brother.
He asked him "how did you beat me that day? Swimming out that far, even losing to you, I didn't think I'd make it back..."
The brother told him "That day, I swam out with the full knowledge that I WASN'T going to swim back".

In other words, don't hold anything back when you're working out.
If you pass out while working pads, then your coach will keep a better eye on you the next time. I wouldn't worry too much about a heart attack, unless you've got a heart condition or are past your mid 30s.
I think you'll find that you do make it through the pad round.
I think you'll find that the worst that happens is that your body just stops listening to you- your punches start coming out more slowly even if you're willing yourself to go all out.
That's the point your coach wants you to get to because that's the point where your heart is going to carry you through the fight.
If you're hitting that point in your training, consider it a blessing.
Just remember to breathe out the bad air.

Overtraining does not come from these moments, it comes from not taking time off when your body needs it - working out while sore too many times.
I know I'm overtraining when the idea of going to the gym & working hard fills me with dread, or when I start getting a cold/sore throat, or when I start losing my temper for no reason all the time.

[P4PKING_2008]

You need heart wheres the heart in quitting?

[danny stash]

You need heart wheres the heart in quitting?

Are you serious with this comment?

No need to post a waste of time comment like this.

MY BODY quit pal, don't tell me what I need.

[P4PKING_2008]

Are you serious with this comment?

No need to post a waste of time comment like this.

MY BODY quit pal, don't tell me what I need. We will jump in for a session and I will show you some heart.

Make it happen. I can see you quitting on your stool after a round because your tired and quit. Again.

[danny stash]

Make it happen. I can see you quitting on your stool after a round because your tired and quit. Again.

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what does this mean?

[P4PKING_2008]

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what does this mean?

Never mind. You need to push yourself outside of your limits. But, if you pysically couldn't force yourself to do it you need more heart, better fitness and to work harder.