Anyone here box?

[Kaizer]

I was a pro-boxer heavy-weight, and did 6 forms of martial arts. If you want, just email me for pointers, etc. No problem. Good luck, enjoy yourself, and stay the HELL away from rookies and amateurs. The last thing you need is a busted ACL or broken nose. I lost weight during boxing training since we did 3 hours of aerobic workout daily and not much weight lifting. I trained 4-6 hours a day for 10 weeks before my first fight. You will get lean and cut, but muscle mass is gained by eating non-empty calories and mainly good protein. Stay away from 'roids...they shrink your nuts, make you moody, give you breakouts, and just plain mess you up. You don't need that. Blah. Take care.

[Gisser]

Just remember....

You screw up on the tennis court and it's love-15.  You screw up in the boxing ring and it's yo' azz baby! 

[Kaizer]

If you screw up on the tennis court with me, you are DEAD! Just ask my students. Haha. I am 

[spc]

As far as gaining mass I think that it's gonna be a lot like one of the branch's Basic Training.  Little guys get bigger and big guys get smaller, never fails

[RichyT415]

I boxed in college for a little over 8 months with the school team, and then decided I was way too outclassed.  I was only 120lbs back in college.

Keep your chin down, body tight, hands up, watch the other guy's shoulders to anticpate his punches.  When you punch, punch "through".  If you're aiming for the face, imagine that you're trying to hit the back of the skull of that person then, more power gets transmitted.

Enjoy, its really a great sport, I'm thinking about going back into it at my gym (non-contact) just as a way to get fit.

[Alphamazing]

Hmm, well, it's been a few weeks and I've been hovering around the 140 mark for the past few days (+5 lbs). Once we start doing upper body workouts that number should increase by the way things are looking.

[nightrider]

If you really want something like boxing, try Wing Chun Kung Fu (aka Chinese Boxing).  It's similar to boxing, but with low kicks as well (think kneecaps).  I even have a mook jong I'd sell you.  Wing Chun was too hard on my wrists between the ganglion cysts and arthritis.

I'm taking wing chun... it's pretty cool. I'm just learning two hand sticky hand. No real sparring but I guess I'm better off now than I was before. Definitely know how to deal with other people's arms a little better now. 

[spc]

5 pounds of muscle since you started this thread is good   I would probably expect 3-5 when you start the upper body stuff..........having fun yet???

[Alphamazing]

5 pounds of muscle since you started this thread is good   I would probably expect 3-5 when you start the upper body stuff..........having fun yet???

I'm having lots of fun, actually! It's a really intense class, surprisingly enough, even with it being non-contact. An hour and a half long class, and it has 30 minutes of it dedicated to a non-stop ab workout. I've never sweat so much in my life; it's great.

I am actually hoping for a little more than 5 lbs once we start upper body workout, mainly since I have never really given it a proper workout before. Since my upper body is crap I figure I'll get some pretty decent initial gains, and then slowly build up from there. We'll see once everything happens, though.

[spc]

yeah the plateu effect sucks   When I first started power lifting my dead lift wen't from 280 to 550 in the first 3 months ( getting proper form is a lot of it  I'm only at 575 now