Pain stays temporarily, glory lasts forever, plus chicks dig scars

Hamilton is quite the boxing town, I know the more established Steeltown, Regency, Premier Fitness and other joints in the city are fine, but I like the backlot of the private Mile High Mountain gym, which is basically a downstairs vacant basement of a Mac acquaintance with all the essential equipment for boxing or mixed arts. A good independent startup place, with small circle of users, for those either beginning or those wanting to get back in, allowing one the lack of structure to be flexible, improvise and maximize their horizons, despite not having any inhouse professional boxing coach, to help end any bad habits or improve your form and technique, if you are lacking either or both. After some intense rope jumping and mirror shadow boxing at the beginning, that follows sprinting, weight or strength training and conditioning throughout the week, heavy bag, reflex speed bag, double end bag, bob and weave speed ball, focus mitt work, body cushion work, and of course, sparing with other fight club styled indies around town who show up.

The routine is the key, setting up goals, keeping to those targets, achieving those objectives, identifying your strengths, like mine is improved foot and hand speed, and improving on your weaknesses, like mine is identified hand and eye coordination, going from a broad vision to a narrow focus is where this kind of training should get you. Performing each of the starting basic element means, like in sprinting or weight and strength training and conditioning, brings you closer to your end desired goal, whether it be losing some weight, gaining some muscle or having the high intensity for overall greater fitness in life.

A one two three rhythm stolen from Rocky, along with various other punch combinations, has indeed noticeably helped me on the bags gain internal focus, with the foil to counter the sparing partner's reactive blows, as they come each time, which confidently prepares me for the next. But you can not block all shots, whether a jab, cross, hook or uppercut, from the left or the right, or a combination of any of these, can right well test your power to stay in the game, forcing you to slip, duck, break, sway, fade, bob, weave, parry, block, clinch and coverup before you take a big one right on the chin. Strength, speed and agility are tested in this sport to their limits, so I highly recommend headgear, as you do not know when all three will collide onto your face, leaving a scar or two, but then like I say, pain stays temporarily, glory lasts forever, plus chicks dig scars!