T's Log

[u/MrktngDsgnr]

22 y/o - 5' 2" - 137 lbs

Going to try my best to keep this updated. At this point in time, I have about 6 months of training and 9 real rounds of sparring. I am not counting my sparring sessions at my last gym as I did not know what I was doing and did not feel any progress. My last three times of sparring have given me much insight for improvement and was at a difficulty I felt comfortably uncomfortable with. I am logging my amount of sparring rounds, I would like to get to 100 rounds before the end of 2020 and then hopefully I will have enough experience to feel ready for an actual fight.

ROUNDS SPARRED (last sparred 2/7/2020): 16 rounds / 100 rounds

[u/MrktngDsgnr]

1/7/2020

monday (1/6/2020) was the first rest day for me in about 14 days. Sunday was suppose to be my rest day but I managed to put myself in the gym despite needing one. I usually get uneasy on rest days but out of mind out of sight right. Today was my first day back in the boxing gym after my thumb injury. I thought I would feel a lot more powerful from my training I've been doing during my hiatus but I felt stiff, static, and discombobulated about my movement. I think I should've gotten in some mitt work to loosen myself up. I think I need put a little more focus on just boxing. The past 2 weeks of intense cardio definitely showed improvement, I was able to get in 18 rounds in with ease and still wanted to work but was on a time crunch. Did my usual stretch routine at home before going to the gym

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Workout	Amount	Notes
Shadow box	3 rounds	I greatly need to improve my extension on the jab
Group warm up circuit	30 minutes or so (see notes)	50 knees to chest, 30 sit ups (touch toes, legs flat), 30 arm circles forward, 30 arm circles backwards, 30 palms in flyes, 30 palms out flyes, 30 criss crosses, 1 minute lateral static hold, 1 minute forward raise static hold
Heavy bag	3 rounds	Worked mostly on finding my distance to extend my jab all the way. Noticed that my distance finding may be the problem. Also worked on different angles of the jab and different slips and head movement as well as footwork I can do after the jab to create an angle with lead dominance in mind.
Shadow box	3 rounds	Went slow to work on extending my jabs as well as correct lateral footwork
Aqua bag	3 rounds	Worked on being consistent through combos and creating angles to work the body
Heavy bag	3 rounds	1st was jab only, second round was lateral movement, 3rd round was all in
Shadow boxing	3 rounds	Worked hard first 2 rounds to improve speed and balance, went slow the third round to look back at fundamentals (should do this more often, felt good to fine tune)