How does one train on their own?

[SUPREME.]

I'm kinda in a financial dilemma here, the gym I go to is a commercial gym, so by and large their prices are going to be high to cover for advertising costs, merchandise, etc.

There's a special fight team at my gym where you and others get trained by one trainer (who truthfully is not an excellent trainer and won't teach you anything better than some of you can teach), you can spar, go to other gyms and have him in your corner for a real amateur fight.

All this for a whopping 120$ a month.

I tried it for a couple months, but jeez that price caught up to me. I can't do it anymore.

For people that just want to come in and hit the bag or train themselves, you can do that for just 55$ a month. I talked to the main trainer and he says he will let me spar and will still represent me in my corner whenever i'm ready to fight amateur. I feel that to be more reasonable but what are some workouts you can do by yourself to prepare for a fight? I'm currently at 150 and trying to cut to 141 by May.

[Rockin']

If you are planning to compete in sanctioned bouts you might be able to get through a few guys on natural abilitie alone but soon you will find that the guys who are properly trained are going to start putting a whoopin' on your ass.

I commend you on wanting to make a go of it but really you should have somebody watching you and working on things with you if you want to compete.

On your own is just a tough way to do it. I mean, even if this guy will work your corner he will know nothing about you and will only be able to offer generic advise in between rounds. Who knows, maybe you could catch the eye of a trainer who knows his **** and isn't looking for the monthly paydays..........Rockin'

[mushahadeen]

run n the morning.

@ the gym:

-- 3 rounds shadowboxing
-- 3 rounds heavy bag
-- 3 rounds speed ball
-- 2 rounds double end bag
-- 100 abs minimum
-- 3x15 pushups
-- pullups n **** f u feel like it

wud help f u cud get a friend 2 catch ur mitts n vice versa.

training on ur own 4 $55 n losing 9 lbs: DONE.

[Rockin']

run n the morning.

@ the gym:

-- 3 rounds shadowboxing
-- 3 rounds heavy bag
-- 3 rounds speed ball
-- 2 rounds double end bag
-- 100 abs minimum
-- 3x15 pushups
-- pullups n **** f u feel like it

wud help f u cud get a friend 2 catch ur mitts n vice versa.

training on ur own 4 $55 n losing 9 lbs: DONE.

That will help him get into shape but will not teach him the basic fundamentals of fighting. Like I said, he may get through a few fights with that but sooner than later he would be exposed. But still it never hurts to be in shape............Rockin'

[killsomething]

Train on your own only if you have the fundamentals down and a good deal of sparring under your belt. Even then, you're likely to form bad habits.

My advice would be to focus on your conditioning and try to get to a gym to spar once a week. This is what I'm going to be doing for the next six weeks or so. I'll be driving 108 miles to the gym where I'll spar (my old gym...moved away, haven't been doing well on my own, etc.) on weekends, and then spend the rest of the week conditioning like a mother****er. Once I have the cash and am back in decent shape, I'll start going to the local gym 6x/wk and really gearing up for a fight.

Just don't expect to get any better technically on your own. You can really do a lot with your fitness though, and as has been mentioned, that's probably good enough to get you through your first few fights. I've seen guys go in there and win 3-5 straight fights just by throwing a gazillion punches per round. No ****. One kid I know of won the regional subnovice golden gloves and had to be warned in each of his fights because he was throwing superman punches. Like seriously leaping into the air and ****. No skills, but he didn't get tired and that was enough to keep him winning.

[Spartacus Sully]

record every thing you do thats technique based like hitting the bag or shadow boxing and look back over it and critique your self.

you can also do 3 or 2 min rounds and inbetween rounds watch the video of your self then work on what you need to in the next 2-3 min round then watch your self again and keep working on it ect ect.. because of the 2 or 3 min break between rounds, watching the video, its pretty easy to do a bunch of rounds.

spar as much as you can.

other then that you can jog do sit ups and pull ups