all right gladiators and gladiator exes
in this video I want to talk about some
my top ways to ramp up your boxing
quickly to get you up another level in a
short amount of time now for me a short
amount of time means about a month so
we're not talking quick fix like the
next few days a month is a short amount
of time to really get your level up
means that if you're looking to spar
somebody who you know is above you
you're going to be up for a challenge or
if you've been stagnating for a while
you want to see sort of a new level
settle in then I think with these 8 tips
or 8 practices you can get yourself up
to a new notch
within about a month keep in mind that
these tips are going to apply to the
person who is training already training
right now consistently doesn't
necessarily mean that you have to be
training all out but that you have a
consistent practice and that you already
know the techniques that you've been
taught you've been taught by a coach
you've been taught somewhere the proper
techniques of boxing one quick note in
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waste any more time tip number one spend
five to 10 minutes a day mentally
rehearsing your boxing think about the
combos that you throw think about the
setups that you're going to use before
you throw those combos visually see
yourself doing it see yourself defending
a combo and countering slipping a shot
and working through it boxing is about
not just skills and techniques and
fitness or conditioning boxing is about
sequences and if you get somebody new
who doesn't understand those sequences
you can obliterate them if you know how
to have a good flow and continuity in
your boxing you can see the openings you
can sort of create a chess match at your
own pace it's not even move move move
you just you create a chess match where
you're doing three four moves before the
other person gets a chance to make one
move see yourself following through on
sequences and here's another tip on that
if you find yourself trying to visualize
and you're getting stuck let's say
you're throwing one to throat jab cross
left hook and you step and get out and
then you find yourself going blank your
body is also going to respond in the
same way your mind can see the situation
through so if you have any blackout
spots in your visualization or if you
have any parts where obviously you get
lost you can expect that sort of same
stuff is going to happen when you're in
the midst of the action so work on
seeing yourself in little movies through
entire sequences and once you can see
yourself doing your mind connects like
that it's going to be easier for your
body to connect everything that you're
doing together and vice versa they go
back and forth tip number two give
yourself 100% concentration and focus on
the bag when you're training on the bag
like it's an opponent same thing with
shadow boxing try as much as you can to
visualize an opponent in front of you so
that you can create that hundred percent
focus you'd be surprised and I discussed
this in another video I have problems
with head movement you'd be surprised
once you get to work on a bag you get to
know this bag you get to know how it
moves you get to understand the flow
that if you throw this combo it's going
to go and it's come back it's going to
be there for you and it's easy for your
focus to low for you to sort of be
looking down maybe seeing the bag but
not concentrating on the bag not
concentrating on your distance and what
happens is when you don't have that
focus in your training you're going to
go to your spar and you're going to go
to a fight you're going to see your
opponent but you won't be able to find
your opponent you're going to have a
hard time finding the target because it
doesn't move like a bag it moves all
over the place there are things in the
way there are punches coming back at you
now of course that's the nature of
boxing what's different from the bag one
way you can accelerate your level your
ability you focus on that bag seriously
it doesn't mean you look at a tiny spot
you still see the bag broad you still
see in shadow box and you still see
something in fronting but your eyes and
mind are focused on it you're not there
throwing a combo and and relaxing with
your eyes and chilling with your eyes
your eyes have to be as concentrated in
his focus in your mind as your position
just like you have to have your
hands up in your chin down you have to
have your eyes focused they have your
mind focused on what you're doing on
what's going on
try not to chill try not to get law
where you're looking down looking to the
side because it's easy you can look like
this and start working the bag and just
having a good time if you're working
drills or you're working on conditioning
okay that's fine but when it comes down
to business doing your rounds where
you're working on your tactics and
putting things together get your mind
and eyes 100% focus for that whole round
you are focused on the bag or you are
focusing shadowboxing liking it it's an
opponent so that when you go to your
sparring you're not trying to find your
opponent because he's moving he or she
is moving all over the place and he just
can't seem to catch him tip number three
you'd be surprised when you're in the
heat of the action how much tension you
carry and you can especially notice this
as soon as you're done around on the
back as soon as you're done around in
sparring
pay attention to your head pay attention
to your forearms and you're going to be
like this you can be surprised how much
tension you carry after let's say in a
sparring round when you go back to your
corner to hear advice from your coach or
your trainer how much tension you're
still carrying in your shoulders and
your hands especially if you're in the
first couple years of boxing so you have
to learn to relax and let that go
learn to allow your body to recover to
sort of settle and once you get good at
doing it between rounds then you start
doing it between combos you start doing
it within the round so you're there pop
pop pop pop and even in that split
second you can feel yourself just relax
that little bit more you're loose you're
entirely relaxed boom you get that
chance and that's going to add up over
the rounds over the rounds over the days
over the weeks to be able to consciously
flick that switch and lie your hands lie
your body to relax so no longer you
don't find yourself like this in between
your combos and also in between the
rounds it's going to save you a lot of
energy in the long run and it's also
better for your offense and your
movements in general tip number four you
have to spend some time focusing
explicitly while you're training on your
breathing breathing in boxing means you
are exhaling when you're working
and if you're staying in the pocket you
only have a chance to inhale and then
and then you're working again
sometimes the breathing doesn't always
have to be mm-hmm it can be continuous
now for those of you who think that I'm
suggesting to breathe like that all the
time no when you get outside the pocket
outside of range then your breathing
becomes more like you're skipping
breathing or you're running breathing
where you're working but your breathing
goes back to a natural pace one thing I
like for this but not everybody is into
it is swimming swimming is great for
boxing it's not necessarily something
that's recommended a lot because the
hand motion is not a whip like in boxing
you whip but it works for your breathing
because when you're swimming you're
forced to exhale exhale while you're
working while your face is in the water
and when you come out of the water you
only have that split-second to catch air
before you're back in exhaling again and
similar to boxing you're exhaling when
you are working and inhaling when you
get that split second and then if you're
working again swimming teaches you that
work work breathe work breathe teaches
you how to get that flow so that your
air is constantly going in your body is
constantly working in boxing you have
the chance where there's a break clinch
or a break and then you can go back to
your normal relaxed breathing but if you
don't get this down if you're holding
your breath doesn't matter what your
skill level is you're going to be gassed
within the first two minutes of the
first round so take some time you are
exhaling when you're working inhaling
quick exhaling if you're working again
and then when you get that break then
you go back to your normal breathing
which is like your skip rope level
breathing or your light jog type
breathing you can get a chance to get in
the pool and do some front crawl do it
and get used to that exhaling quick
inhale exhaling quick inhale while
you're working swimming is great for
setting that breathing pattern really
helps you out with your boxes tip number
five get in the habit of throwing
compound attacks in everything you do no
longer it is just one simple combo gonna
cut it you're gonna work
in between your work slip slip a little
bit of head movement maybe a shift maybe
I pop out boom you throw again and then
you escape and then you get to break and
move around you work move work work work
move work compound attacks combos then
you break with head movement a shift or
a step up you throw again and then you
can either move your head pop out and
throw again so you can do like a triple
compound attack or you're going to move
and get out to safety get outside of the
pocket this overtime is going to build
up your work rate build up your
efficiency or insurance going to build
up everything if you are not right now
in the habit of compound attacks where
you throw shift head movement slip and
then go again start building compound
attacks and everything you do this is
one of my favorite and also one of the
toughest but one of my favorite for
ramping up your boxing really quick
number six building the pendulum step
into everything you do into all your
boxing even if you don't fight that way
even if you don't spar that way the
pendulum step conditions your legs in
your body for the majority of boxing
movements especially because boxing is
either in and out in and out and side to
side with pivots and turns boxing is
quick steps you are not necessarily just
conditioning muscles your conditioning
movements you are conditioning the Flex
and relax reflex in your body
the pendulum step is one of the best for
doing that all good boxers they do the
pendulum step easy the best example is
Manny Pacquiao you always see them
working it this is going to condition
your body and improve all your other
boxing when your feet are faster your
hands are faster your head movements
faster everything is faster work your
pendulum step tip number seven now this
is a bit of a no-brainer but some of the
most simple things are the hardest and
most painful things and when you can
avoid pain in training most people will
avoid it move your hands faster push
your hands push them to move faster
teach your mind that a faster pace of
moving your hands is the new standard so
you'll never go back to this sort of
media
or medium to high intensity pace that
you often throw there's a trade-off with
hand speed because you can only go so
fast before your technique starts to
look like a mass that starts to break
down find your level where you can push
where your technique is still decent but
don't ever settle on a certain hand
speed you see a lot of people in the gym
five months six months a year in and
they're just happy with that hand speed
that they've got always think can I just
push this up
can I push this up just some nut a
little bit can I get these hands moving
just a little bit faster once you start
pushing your hands faster your brain
starts to think well this is the new
level this is the new standard this is
how hand should move and that's going to
carry over into all your the training
tip number eight again this is another
simple one but very painful and I was
someone who did this for a while too you
start to get into your groove into the
type of workout that you like and you
settle on that you settle on that that
level of volume because it's a good
workout you think well this is good
enough and in a lot of training once you
get to a certain point that's the
workout that you do but in boxing I want
you to always think can I increase two
things can I increase my volume or can I
increase my intensity so first thing is
you start with volume figure out how
many rounds per week you're doing right
now figure that out nail it down if you
haven't thought about that then you
better start thinking about it start to
figure it out
how many rounds per week heavy bag
shadow boxing double and speed bag pad
work partner drills sparring how many
rounds week you put in right now nail
that down next week add 10% add 10% if
you're doing 60 rounds next week you're
doing 66 if you're doing 66 rounds the
next week you're doing 73 add 10% per
week for three weeks then after your
third week in the fourth week just cool
it down a little bit allow yourself to
recover then in your next cycle start
week one where you were a week two in
every week try to go three steps up one
step down three steps up one step down
once you get to the point where you
can't train any longer let's say these
sessions become 1/2 hour 2 hour sessions
you're trained twice a day you don't
really have any more time to give then
you start packing more
into that time can I make these rounds
longer can I put in more punches can I
do burpees or ad work between my rounds
start packing in the intensity but it
starts with volume figure out what
you're doing now add 10% a week add that
for three weeks bring it back down start
the beginning of the next cycle where
you were week two and keep ramping and
keep ramping until you get to the point
where you think well this is enough and
then just start packing in the intensity
okay so that's all the tips but I have a
couple bonus tips that have helped me
out these aren't necessarily the
must-haves but these are still really
nice train some of your rounds on the
opposite side you're spending a lot of
your rounds on Orthodox spend some
rounds in southpaw if you are a southpaw
spend some rounds on Orthodox there's
been a lot of research done on cross
body learning on how training one way is
going to help your body the other way I
picked up this idea from a friend of
mine who used to throw javelin and how
in their javelin training they would
often throw with the opposite arm to
develop neuro transfer cross body
learning for skills and so I think this
is going to help out with your boxing I
can't guarantee you how much or the
exact effect but it's something that I
do and something that I've implemented
based on research done in other sports
if you are working a bit of both and
you're not sure yet southpaw Orthodox
this is a common question I have another
video on that in general what I like to
do is whatever side my feet feel best on
that's the side I like same with me my
hands are better in a southpaw but my
feet are better in the Orthodox so
that's what I stick with that's where
most of my work comes in and again if
you're blessed to have to be
ambidextrous then I guess what I would
say is you do the one that's working for
you best inspiring so when you're
inspiring find out which one are you
landing more shots and avoiding more
shots with and you can always have your
coach and your sparring partners tell
you which side you're more effective
with it might take some advice from your
coach without you having to totally
decide for yourself okay bonus tip
number two for work rate double up on
everything off your lead hand double and
triple up on everything off of your lead
hand double jab boom double hook slip by
shot left hook boom started working
doubles and triples off that lead hand
that's one nice way to really ramp up
your intensity ramped up your work rate
that's one thing you'll notice about
Gennady he's always working the double
jab the jab left hook jab the left hook
jab that lead hand is always working get
yourself in the habit of doubling and
tripling up on everything off of that
lead side in your training and that's
going to help out again with your work
rate your fitness and all your other box
okay so those are my top tips for
ramping up your boxing real quick for me
I'd say in about a month of solid work
you can see a new level in your boxing
and have that level settle in provide
that you're already training regularly
provided that you already know the
techniques and of course I love to hear
from you guys so if you have any insight
on what's been working free what's
worked for you to ramp up your game
really quick then I welcome your
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