Boxing
Inside the Athlete Experience: In the Ring with USA Boxing
Inside the Athlete Experience: In the Ring with USA Boxing By Ju’Riese Colón, CEO, U.S. Center for SafeSport As a novice boxer, no one could mistake me [...]
10 Single-Leg Exercises to Build Strength and Eliminate Imbalances
No matter what sport you play, leg strength plays a big role in your ability to perform; particularly individual leg strength due to the fact that most...
The Most Important Punch in Boxing? The Jab.
Boxing history is loaded with famous punch combinations, hooks, or crosses leading to a TKO (total knockout). Boxers from the amateur level to professionals all want to master footwork and [...]
5 Basic Movements Every Youth Athlete Needs to Learn Before Lifting Heavy Weight
Whether you're a trainer, a coach, or just an avid exerciser, you've more than likely seen a high school athlete in the weight room with a deadlift...
6 Backyard Games Designed to Enhance Your Sports Performance
The weather is warm. Your friends are together, enjoying the outdoors—maybe at a cookout. But you need to become a better athlete, so you need to go to the gym [...]
10 Reasons Why Your Youth Athlete Should Learn to Box
I got into boxing relatively late, at 18. Most of the fighters I know started much younger. I’ve been around many community youth boxing programs for the last 20 years, [...]
The Benefits of Boxing
Boxing conjures images of grueling workouts depicted in the “Rocky” or “Creed” movies. Pre-dawn runs, bodyweight circuits, and ongoing work on the heavy bag. It looks exciting, it seems scary, [...]
Boxing Workouts You Can do at Home
When most people think of boxing workouts, they think of the new chain gyms that offer group classes and fancy lights, illuminating a ring that's only there for effect. For [...]
Why Enforcers Aren’t the Only Hockey Players In My Boxing Gym
You can walk into any local “fitness boxing” gym in your area and hear all about the benefits of picking up the activity. Boxing, real Boxing isn’t an “activity”. It’s [...]
Want To Improve Your Sport? Try Boxing!
Attention baseball players, football, hockey, lacrosse, almost any athlete in a sport requiring agility, quickness, and rotational power. Want to improve your performance? Try boxing! I have used boxing training [...]