Taking body shots

[Juof]

Got stopped in my tracks in sparring with the ol left hook to the body, it never used to happen when i was active,it was my first sparring session in a very long time but no excuses, what can I do to be able to make my body more durable as I don't feel like getting stopped like this come fight night

[BOXEO626SGV]

You can try doing hanging straight leg raises ..... 3 sets of 8- 12 reps..... You want to make sure that you dont kick up and use momentum ... Nice and smooth with maybe a slight pause between the eccentric and concentric phase .... The rep range of 8-12 will cause hypertrophy so you will get more protection .... You should use the principle of proggressive overload and add weight to the exercise when you can easily do more than 12 with proper technique ... After your satisfied with your ab size ... then you can start doing the exercises with weight that would allow you to do about 3- 5 reps... That causes a different type of muscle growth and also develops much more strength .... Then eventually you could work on endurance and do sets of more than 12 reps .... You should cycle the rep range using periodization .....

Just so you know ....if you get hit right on the liver with a properly placed punch .... Idk if this fact or not but no amount of ab exercises will save you from that terrible terrible feeling that only fighters know .... So make sure you keep your elbow tight covering that liver

[copelahama]

You can try doing hanging straight leg raises ..... 3 sets of 8- 12 reps..... You want to make sure that you dont kick up and use momentum ... Nice and smooth with maybe a slight pause between the eccentric and concentric phase .... The rep range of 8-12 will cause hypertrophy so you will get more protection .... You should use the principle of proggressive overload and add weight to the exercise when you can easily do more than 12 with proper technique ... After your satisfied with your ab size ... then you can start doing the exercises with weight that would allow you to do about 3- 5 reps... That causes a different type of muscle growth and also develops much more strength .... Then eventually you could work on endurance and do sets of more than 12 reps .... You should cycle the rep range using periodization .....

Just so you know ....if you get hit right on the liver with a properly placed punch .... Idk if this fact or not but no amount of ab exercises will save you from that terrible terrible feeling that only fighters know .... So make sure you keep your elbow tight covering that liver

this, better off working on your defense and keeping those elbows tucked in cos that left hook to the body is just brutal

[BOXEO626SGV]

Another thing you can do is try to counter hard everything they throw body shots .... that will send a subconcious message because its like the psychological conditioning research experiments they do... and that is the association of one stimuli or event with an unpleasent experience... You can program your opponent's mind so eventually he stops attempting body shots if everytime he does he gets hit hard .... but to pull that off your gonna need the skill set and proper attitude of destroying your opponent and sending and communicating the proper message... but like the above poster said .... tight and tucked defense .... you can very far in any sport if you stick with the fundamentals.... for example tim duncan nothing flashy ... he just mastered the basics .... winky wright is good boxing example

[Rockin']

#1 - get yourself in great overall physical condition.

You can have a busting six pack of abs but if you are not in shape and are huffing and puffing through the fight you will not be able to stand the body shots very long. One good shot to your mid section while breathing in could very well drop you whether you have a six pack or not.

I used to just lay down and have guys throw the medicine ball into my belly and sides...........Rockin'

[BennyST]

Another thing you can do is try to counter hard everything they throw body shots .... that will send a subconcious message because its like the psychological conditioning research experiments they do... and that is the association of one stimuli or event with an unpleasent experience... You can program your opponent's mind so eventually he stops attempting body shots if everytime he does he gets hit hard .... but to pull that off your gonna need the skill set and proper attitude of destroying your opponent and sending and communicating the proper message... but like the above poster said .... tight and tucked defense .... you can very far in any sport if you stick with the fundamentals.... for example tim duncan nothing flashy ... he just mastered the basics .... winky wright is good boxing example

Except without a strong body, when you go for that counter and get tagged it hurts so much more because you are tensed up through your upper body and not down the side which is all open because of the counter. To counter body shots well is very difficult, especially while still blocking them ala Toney, Duran, Mayweather etc.

You have to do a lot of stomach work but you need to do heaps of side crunches. People forget too much about the side/oblique work. Do lots of it. Also, in your training start working on shrinking your right side by pulling in, tensing all the muscles on the right side of your ribcage, and pulling your hip up and your right shoulder down trying to touch them together. Learn to tuck your elbow and tuck your whole ribcage in at the same time. Quite often people drop their elbow but forget to tuck their body properly.

As for counters, if you're against the ropes work on countering the left hook with right hands; straight right, short cross and uppercut. The good thing about knowing these is that it is nearly impossible for the opponent to block or avoid them because they throw the left, you block and throw the right while their whole head is wide open. It's hard, but if you get good at it you will own guys who love their left hook to the body.

I know how you feel though. When I was fighting, which was a long time ago now, the most I was ever hurt was by a body shot. I'll never forget it. I had been hurt and knocked down by head shots before but was always able to get up. Similar to you though, I had not been taking training seriously for some time and was tired of it and from memory I think it was my last am fight that I got hammered by a perfect body shot in training which put me down and out. That was the end for me. I was just lacking motivation and had been drinking a lot and not training. Perfect liver shot and it was agonising. Had that last fight and stopped.

[Juof]

thanks for the info guys will work on it as i've been caught with some good shots to the body recently

[x3_bazooka_x3]

Got stopped in my tracks in sparring with the ol left hook to the body, it never used to happen when i was active,it was my first sparring session in a very long time but no excuses, what can I do to be able to make my body more durable as I don't feel like getting stopped like this come fight night

Other than your floor work the best you can do is make sure those elbows are tucked in do not leave them out.
when someone moves inside on you, the easiest way to block those shots is to bend your Knees and shorten your height, almost as if your sittin on a stool.. if done right they will hit all elbow and arm rather than that rib cage.

[kbpoetree]

Other than your floor work the best you can do is make sure those elbows are tucked in do not leave them out.
when someone moves inside on you, the easiest way to block those shots is to bend your Knees and shorten your height, almost as if your sittin on a stool.. if done right they will hit all elbow and arm rather than that rib cage.

and use that as a button...meaning...when u feel his punch on ur elbow or arm...shoot that arm up and catch him in the chin...no hesitation tho catch him on his recover

[x3_bazooka_x3]

and use that as a button...meaning...when u feel his punch on ur elbow or arm...shoot that arm up and catch him in the chin...no hesitation tho catch him on his recover

Exactly once you feel that left hook make contact on your right elbow, you have a split second so fire a right uppercut left hook.
if you feel the right hand make contact with your left elbow/arm, fire the left hook right hand and roll out, either way you can use that to let you know when its safe to punch back