Boxing gyms vs Boxing bootcamps/muaythai/mma

[shogunn]

anyone else have this problem where they live? There's about 20 boxing/mma/muaythai/juijitsu gyms with bootcamp style classes, but no old school strictly boxing gyms. what can you learn from them? They have personal training, but it ranges to almost a thousand a month.


A typical membership is about $70-130 a month. I took a class with my friend, the facilities are amazing with big plasma screens everywhere and even flatscreens on their treadmills/elipticals, but it's more of just a bootcamp style boxing class,1 hour of 15-20 people doing the same drills. Its a good workout but that's all it is. Im going to sign up at my friends gym, only because I dont have any other options.

Anyone else in amateurs or pros in these type of gyms? or do you guys go to real boxing gyms. They dont have anything close to that in San Diego.

[VipersThunder]

anyone else have this problem where they live? There's about 20 boxing/mma/muaythai/juijitsu gyms with bootcamp style classes, but no old school strictly boxing gyms. what can you learn from them? They have personal training, but it ranges to almost a thousand a month.


A typical membership is about $70-130 a month. I took a class with my friend, the facilities are amazing with big plasma screens everywhere and even flatscreens on their treadmills/elipticals, but it's more of just a bootcamp style boxing class,1 hour of 15-20 people doing the same drills. Its a good workout but that's all it is. Im going to sign up at my friends gym, only because I dont have any other options.

Anyone else in amateurs or pros in these type of gyms? or do you guys go to real boxing gyms. They dont have anything close to that in San Diego.

Those gyms are set up that way to make money not train fighters.

[Squabbles94806]

anyone else have this problem where they live? There's about 20 boxing/mma/muaythai/juijitsu gyms with bootcamp style classes, but no old school strictly boxing gyms. what can you learn from them? They have personal training, but it ranges to almost a thousand a month.


A typical membership is about $70-130 a month. I took a class with my friend, the facilities are amazing with big plasma screens everywhere and even flatscreens on their treadmills/elipticals, but it's more of just a bootcamp style boxing class,1 hour of 15-20 people doing the same drills. Its a good workout but that's all it is. Im going to sign up at my friends gym, only because I dont have any other options.

Anyone else in amateurs or pros in these type of gyms? or do you guys go to real boxing gyms. They dont have anything close to that in San Diego.

Yeah, i feel you on that. Fortunately for me, i'm with a gym that's strictly for boxing. It really is a boxing stable.

I think it's because of the times. Too many people are "soft" and boxing is definitely not for the soft heart. However, people want to get in shape, throw some punches or whatever. Which is why they have personal boxing training for fitness. Not for fighting.

My first coach was like a "personal trainer", but i don't think he fully prepared me to box and compete. Anyways...

But now, things are working out. I'm a little long in the tooth, but i'm going to show everyone that age means nothing.

With the MMA gyms? Seems like to me all the MMA heads are more of "fans" doing the sport as opposed to living the lifestyle of a fighter. I wouldn't know, i'm not in that business.

I may sound a little bit biased, but i think boxing gyms are better.

[Left2theliver]

Actually, a few years ago it was the complete opposite from me. I had no MMA/BJJ/Muay Thai gyms that were close but a bunch of boxing gyms. Now it seems that there's like 2 MMA gyms close to me and all the boxing gyms are far away.

[Left2theliver]

Yeah, i feel you on that. Fortunately for me, i'm with a gym that's strictly for boxing. It really is a boxing stable.

I think it's because of the times. Too many people are "soft" and boxing is definitely not for the soft heart. However, people want to get in shape, throw some punches or whatever. Which is why they have personal boxing training for fitness. Not for fighting.

My first coach was like a "personal trainer", but i don't think he fully prepared me to box and compete. Anyways...

But now, things are working out. I'm a little long in the tooth, but i'm going to show everyone that age means nothing.

With the MMA gyms? Seems like to me all the MMA heads are more of "fans" doing the sport as opposed to living the lifestyle of a fighter. I wouldn't know, i'm not in that business.

I may sound a little bit biased, but i think boxing gyms are better.

You're right to a point with the MMA gyms though. Most of these gyms are built on just being martial arts school with their classes as opposed to training for a sport, unless it's Judo or something. But that's why a lot of them have open mat time for sparring and rolling and a competition team, that way anyone who wants to be an athlete can take part in that but if someone wants to do it jsut as a hobby then they can just go to class too...my gym on the other hand is a straight competition fight gym haha, we spend like 60-70 percent of the time with some live goes and the other 30-40 drilling and working with our partners on mits or something which i really enjoy. Iunno some people learn better from a class and then try to apply it later when they roll, we're taught a technique, drill it for a couple minutes, and then put the gloves on and try it ahha i like the live environment. To be honest, i've never even stepped foot into a pure boxing gym...

[Squabbles94806]

You're right to a point with the MMA gyms though. Most of these gyms are built on just being martial arts school with their classes as opposed to training for a sport, unless it's Judo or something. But that's why a lot of them have open mat time for sparring and rolling and a competition team, that way anyone who wants to be an athlete can take part in that but if someone wants to do it jsut as a hobby then they can just go to class too...my gym on the other hand is a straight competition fight gym haha, we spend like 60-70 percent of the time with some live goes and the other 30-40 drilling and working with our partners on mits or something which i really enjoy. Iunno some people learn better from a class and then try to apply it later when they roll, we're taught a technique, drill it for a couple minutes, and then put the gloves on and try it ahha i like the live environment. To be honest, i've never even stepped foot into a pure boxing gym...

Thats great. I get the whole "open mat" thing. I'm a martial artist myself, as well as a boxer. But there's one thing i've noticed that separates "Martial Art gyms" from boxing gyms. Every boxing gym has a ring in it. Otherwise what's the point? How can a boxer properly train to be comfortable in the ring without getting familiar with one. On the other other hand, there are many "Martial Art gyms" that specify in competing and fighting, yet they don't train in a ring.

I dunno. Maybe i'm just too much of a box head. For me, training and fighting is a way of life. I can't agree or disagree with people doing it as a "hobby" ya know? At least the people who do it for a hobby can find out if they're fighters or not.

[Squabbles94806]

To be honest, i've never even stepped foot into a pure boxing gym...

Yeah, they're a little bit more grimey than the martial arts gyms.

[ADozenArrows]

I'll never understand why someone would want to get into MMA and get either:

A) Knocked out
B) Choked
C) Broken Limb

or you can join boxing and only get

A) Knocked Out

The sheep I've seen at these MMA/Boxing gyms around me make me

[shogunn]

here's the thing, this place does have a boxing ring, MMA ring, and many others, even a frickin Stock and sports ticker as long as wall st.

But, I dont think anyone can train for competition, unless you go personal, which is alot more money. Their main focus is just fitness, which happens to be using boxing techniques. There's a boxing class for 1 hour, but all they teach you is 1 2's, and it's run in a bootcamp style. So its 30 seconds of high knees, running in 1 place, etc. then maybe another 30 seconds of 1 '2 s, mixed in with combos.

I dont think they do group sparring sessions, or pad work. I could be wrong, but it's not their focus. It's more of a fitness gym, and theres about 20 of them here in San Diego with the same setup. You can learn MMA here very easily though, gracie gyms everywhere.


Here's a pic of a lower end place, their other facilities are alot more luxurious, its crazy. But its more of just a gym than learning a skill.

[Left2theliver]

Thats great. I get the whole "open mat" thing. I'm a martial artist myself, as well as a boxer. But there's one thing i've noticed that separates "Martial Art gyms" from boxing gyms. Every boxing gym has a ring in it. Otherwise what's the point? How can a boxer properly train to be comfortable in the ring without getting familiar with one. On the other other hand, there are many "Martial Art gyms" that specify in competing and fighting, yet they don't train in a ring.

I dunno. Maybe i'm just too much of a box head. For me, training and fighting is a way of life. I can't agree or disagree with people doing it as a "hobby" ya know? At least the people who do it for a hobby can find out if they're fighters or not.

yeah i get ya. Some of these gyms have a ring or cage, but I do notice that a lot of them don't have ****. Which really makes me scratch my head as to how they get their fighters ready without a cage or ring. That's something you gotta really get use to.