Boxing Training Blog

How to Increase Your Fighting Endurance

February 11, 2013 by Johnny N Boxing Training, Boxing Workouts 59 Comments

9 years ago, I stepped into the ring for my first sparring match. It was a moment of excitement and pure adrenaline. A Rocky fantasy dream-come-true moment that took all the life out of me.

I was dead tired long before the final bell. I couldn’t walk straight because my feet were stuck in the mud and my legs felt like noodles. The 14oz gloves clung to my arms like a prisoner’s ball-and-chain. Spectators laughed when I couldn’t lift my leg to climb out of the ropes. My shirt dripped like I had gone swimming. I almost vomited when I bent over at the water fountain.

You wouldn’t know it from the way I looked…but I won.

I might have been a winner but I sure didn’t feel that one. And that’s the miracle of fatigue. Fatigue is a crippling handicap ruining your physical performance right when you need it most.

We’d all be better fighters if only we had more endurance!
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How to Improve Your Fighting Reflexes

February 5, 2013 by Johnny N Boxing Training, Boxing Workouts 54 Comments

Fast reflexes are the standard of being a fighter. If anything, boxing is little more than a battle of reflexes. One man’s reflexes versus another’s.

Sure there’s skill, there’s strategy, strength, and all those other qualities. But without the reflexes to utilize those abilities, you won’t survive the round, let alone win the match.

Now there’s a difference between just being fast and having TRAINED fighting reflexes. It’s the difference between jerking your head back instinctively versus slipping and countering with a knockout punch.

It’s a long road to developing knockout counters as second nature. But I’ll show you how to get there.
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The 3 Axes of Boxing

January 28, 2013 by Johnny N Boxing Strategy, Counter-Punching 54 Comments

Becoming a slick boxer requires the ability to flow through EVERY POSITION in boxing.

If you’ve ever watched a slick boxer for more than 2 minutes, you’ll see him tilt his spine. First he’ll tilt it one way, then he’ll tilt it another way. His upper body moves like a joystick nearly every minute of the fight.

But WHY should you do it? And an even better question—HOW?

You’re crazy if you still think it’s possible to fight from only one position.
I’ll show you the advantages and disadvantages of the different axes in boxing. Next I’ll tell you how to transition between them. Then I’ll tell you how to transition WITHOUT wobbling off balance.

Keep reading if you want to become a slick boxer.

Boxing Jump Rope Tricks

January 24, 2013 by Johnny N Boxing Training, Boxing Workouts 33 Comments

2 weeks ago, I wrote a basic jump rope guide along with some basic tricks.

Well now it’s time for something a little more exciting. Hopefully with this list of easy jump rope tricks, you’ll be tempted to finally start jumping rope. The jump rope is truly that amazing and will work wonders for your boxing coordination, rhythm, and fluidity!

Fancy boxing shuffles, cross-overs, double-jumps, all that stuff you’ve seen the pro boxers do with the jump rope…you can do it too. And I’ll show you how.

Boxing Jump Rope Training Guide

January 7, 2013 by Johnny N Boxing Training, Boxing Workouts 157 Comments

Want to improve your fighting endurance, punching power, balance and footwork, in just 10 minutes a day?

…if so, then GET UP AND START JUMPING ROPE!

I hear fighters complain about their footwork and endurance and yet they’ve been skipping the jump rope sessions. Don’t cry when your opponent moves better than you do because you have no idea what you’re missing out on. Don’t skip the jump rope! [haha, get it?]
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The 30 Day Fighter’s Diet

December 20, 2012 by Johnny N Boxing Diet, Boxing Training 305 Comments

The LIGHTNING FAST weight loss system used by FIGHTERS around the world for DECADES.

For countless fighters and decades of boxing, there has been ONE SYSTEM for dropping weight and building power:

The FIGHT DIET.

This 30-Day diet plan has lightning fast results. Developed in the world’s most punishing and exacting sport, the FIGHT DIET is boxing’s best kept secret. Learn how the world’s best athletes stay in optimum shape in this simple, easy to read guide.

My FIGHT DIET 180-page eBook breaks a powerful diet system down into essential steps with detailed instructions, schedules, charts, recipes, and food lists.

This information is powerful. It takes YEARS of time training, fighting, and learning in the gym to find it. I have done that time, sweated my way through countless hours of training and taken lots of hits till I got this right. You can benefit from that knowledge immediately, without all the pain.

Find out why the fighter’s diet is the fastest way to increase performance AND lose weight!

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Why Lifting Weights Won’t Increase Punching Power – PART 2

December 10, 2012 by Johnny N Boxing Training, Boxing Workouts 623 Comments

*This was 10 years ago when I thought lifting weights made me a stronger puncher.*

My body isn’t like that anymore and yet I’m so much more powerful now even without trying. Earlier this year, I wrote a controversial article explaining why lifting weights doesn’t increase punching power.

A lot of people disagreed,

many got angry.

One person called me a “stupid kid that doesn’t know anything about sports science or boxing.”

…this guide is not to convince ANY of these individuals.

For everyone else willing to READ and LISTEN and set aside your bias for a split second, here are some more explanations as to why I stand confidently at this conclusion today.

I write it because it might change the way you think about training, change the way you fight, and help you punch harder than you ever could.
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Breathing Techniques for Fighting

December 6, 2012 by Johnny N Body Movement, Boxing Techniques 55 Comments

Are you getting tired for no reason? Are you running out of air during fights? Or do you just stress out behind your guard and get beat up until the bell rings?

Breathing is an essential function of life. It comes before strategy, before technique, before ANY complicated fighting movements. It’s easy to forget how to breathe because you never learned it in the first place. Breathing was always natural until you got in the ring and got distracted by all the fighting.

…but how do you expect to fight when you can’t even breathe?

Learning how to breathe allows you to rest, think, and attack powerfully!

The BEGINNER’S Guide to Boxing

November 23, 2012 by Johnny N Boxing Basics, How to Box 263 Comments

The ULTIMATE GUIDE to boxing!

Are you new to boxing and don’t know where to start? I made this complete basic boxing guide for all beginner boxers, filled with explanations, pictures, videos, and links to more detailed guides. Please share it with other aspiring boxers and fighters.

Let’s begin!
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Heavy Bag Workout

November 13, 2012 by Johnny N Bag Training, Boxing Training 38 Comments

There’s more to a heavy bag workout than just throwing punches until you get tired.

There are many heavy bag drills you can use and many possible ways to organize your rounds to develop different kinds of punches. If you’re smart, you’ll use different rounds to focus on different things instead of doing the same thing over and over.

Here’s an easy 6-round heavy bag workout to help you develop different boxing skills.

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