The History of Boxing Equipment for the Fighter
09/11/2023
From gloves and headgear to mouthguards and groin protectors — today’s fighters have many tools at their disposal, each developed through trial and error by athletes before them. From the first boxing gloves of ancient Greece to the dentist-developed mouthguards hailing from England during the late 1800s, learn how today’s tools were developed and championed by the fighters that came before!
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Improving your Boxing Cardio
05/26/2023
One of the more basic additions to your common running program is sprinting. Adding intervals and short bursts of all-out sprinting into the regular pace of your roadwork routine better prepares you for the ups and downs you will face in the ring. A fight is seldom fought at a steady, consistent pace and intensity level. That's why it's better to mix up the methodical pace of your run with unpredictable and intense sprints periodically throughout. Interval training also isn't just about incorporating sprints into a run. A fantastic adaptation on an interval routine is incorporating natural body movements periodically. For instance, after every three minutes of running, stop and do a natural body movement exercise; like push-ups, squat jumps, forward lunges or nearly any type of high-intensity exercise. This helps vary the intensity, adds cardiovascular demands and...
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Demystifying Wrapping Hands
05/26/2023
A good hand wrap is capable of doing two things. First and foremost, it should protect the fighter’s hands and give him a certain comfort level or sense of security in knowing that they can punch with full force and not hurt their fists. Secondly, if it is executed properly, a quality hand wrap can also secure a fighter’s fists in a way that will allow them to punch with full force and not feel it in the bones and joints of their hand. The amount of confidence that a fighter has in their ability to punch injury-free is critical. Otherwise, he might hesitate to load-up with punches he thinks might bring damage to their hands. A fighter has to feel fully confident in thier ability to punch with authority and be aggressive while remaining properly protected. That, in and of itself, can improve a fighter's punching ability, but the amount of gauze and tape the trainer uses in the hand wrap or the way he goes about wrapping, does not make a fighter punch harder. All of this is assuming that the hand wrapping technique being employed is legal and doesn't go outside the bounds of the regulatory commission guidelines.
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