Thanks for tagging me in breh.
Myself:
I'm 32. Took up boxing classes about a year ago. I was 6'2" 215 lbs, pretty solid. Worked my way down to 198 lbs pretty easily, going 3 - 4 times a week and being slightly more conscious of my diet. I decided to do a charity boxing match (fight in 2 weeks), so I turned up training to 6 days a week. I originally was going to fight at 185, but they're matching me up with someone coming down to 195, so I'm staying at 190.
Right now to stay at 190, I have to eat like CRAZY. I could easily drop another 10 if I wanted to. I am in the best shape of my life at 32 years old. Crazy to think about it.
Training:
There's 3 types of boxing training in my opinion:
- Cardio & hitting the bags, little emphasis on form.
- Working on form and technique, but no fighting.
- Learning how to box for real.
95% of people don't go past #2, which is completely fine. You'll be in the best shape of your life and know how to two piece someone in the street. You'll be intrigued by #3 and try it out once...once you get destroyed in your first sparring, you'll question whether you want this life or not. After that it's up to you, #2 or #3? You start to realize that 99% of people on the street don't know how to fight at all, because they're not putting work in consistently to handle those situations.
Typical workouts include
- Three 2 - 3 minute rounds of jumprope
- Three 2 - 3 minute rounds of shadowboxing
- Few rounds of bag work
- Few rounds of partner drills
- Few rounds of ab work
- Sparring if you want
Things to look for:
- Are you getting your money's worth? Do you feel like you get enough attention from the trainer? Is he or she correcting your form or is it just cardio?
- Are there other fighters in there training to compete?
- Does the instructor ease you into sparring or just throw you in? If you're not ready does he still push you in without concern for your health?
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There's this boxing gym in my town and i'm kinda interested in doing something different from the weights. 
