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Boxing, or any form of fighting, is life broken down into 3-minute rounds.
Life is truly lived when we experience both highs and lows, triumph and failure. Happiness isn’t as appreciated if we haven’t already experienced pain or sadness. Success isn’t as satisfying if it isn’t preceded by failure. In a fight, there are moments where you question if you have ‘it’, where you think about finding a way out, an easier path than the one you have chosen. Just like pain, suffering, and failure help us become better fighters, they also help us develop character and become better people.
Adversity is a part of fighting, and a part of life. Accepting it and appreciating it can lead to greatness in either realm.
Rocky Marciano was a fighter, he wasn’t just a boxer. He took a punch to land a punch. He walked forward when most would take a step back. As such, he will go down as one of the greatest Legends the fight game has ever seen.
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”Gandhi
When I think of strength I don’t necessarily think of the ability to resist – which, by definition, is a part of strength – rather, I think of the ability to continually move forward. Resisting is standing still. It’s admirable to remain while others fall behind or quit, but the truly strong not only remain, they fight. They push forward. They fight and claw for every inch.
Strength is an admirable quality that we all have the ability to possess, but few make the conscious choice and effort to use this quality, because often times weakness is the easiest route.
Training for strength
Strength of will is something we can actively train, as is strength in its physical sense. You train for one in the right way, and you’re training for the other as well. By the right way I mean the following…
When people talk about a complete, well-rounded fighter, they say “he has a lot of weapons in his arsenal.” But the same can apply to us ‘normal’ guys as well. We also want to be well-rounded, not just having muscle, but lean and athletic muscle. Not just having power, but power that lasts. And not just being in great shape, but being great Dad’s, boyfriend’s, and friends.
You don’t have to be an elite athlete to do the training in the video. Your goal doesn’t just have to be building athletic power – although it will be a side-effect. If you’re looking to build LEAN muscle, or get shredded while improving your athleticism, this type of training is a great method to implement into your routine.
The Breakdown
Circuits of 3 exercises focusing on building power and strength. I added a weight vest with 45 pounds in it for a bit of added resistance, which I suggest doing if you have access to one and you need the added resistance. Complete each circuit 3 times with 45-60 seconds rest in between each set. Read the rest of this entry »
There is such thing as useless muscle as far as sports are concerned. Muscle that’s just for looks and not athleticism. Here are 5 exercises that’ll boost your power, help with the weight you lift in other exercise and improve your athleticism at the same time by working the fast twitch muscle fibers which are often neglected in “bodybuilding circles”. I kept it to exercises done in a gym, but plyometrics are an obvious one to add to the list. Each of these exercises is to be done with as much speed and power as possible.
Sometimes is not the exercise you’re doing, but how you do it. You can perform a slow, steady squat to only build muscle, or blast through the up-phase and both build muscle, power, and explosiveness. Anyways here’s the list, let me know what you’d add to it.
1. Medicine Ball Push-ups
One of my favorite exercises by far. It’s a great explosive pushing exercise that forces you to use a full range of motion with the arm that is on the medicine ball. Focus on exploding in the first few inches of the push-up and get some air between your hands and the ball.
