Boxing: Hitting the heavy bag hard
Channel: betterinfos
Date: 2014-04-28

In part due to a very special request, here's a video that will hopefully help you hit harder on the bag :)

A few things to say in addition:
- Evidently, I am dropping my left quite a bit when I send my cross, but the reason I took the video was in fact so that I could see all the mistakes I was making and correct them.  It goes without saying that my technique has improved quite a bit since then, and in fact the sonic boom on my right cross has now gotten quite a bit louder, even without my full power / conditioning... :)
- Creatine should only be taken once you are already back in shape: if you increase your power when your tendons and ligaments aren't ready for it, you have a very high risk of injury (it will be more power than your body can handle)
- The technique for sparring light (stopping the punch at the point of impact) works very well, but when the opponent is moving towards you quickly while you are punching, then you will often misjudge the stopping point - but then again people should learn to be very careful when rushing in...
- *pro tip*: if you have a tendency to fall asleep while reading difficult books (philosophy, comp. sci., etc.), try reading while walking.  Your brain will be far better oxygenated, which will make you better able to think!  (A bad diet can also affect things, since if your brain is poorly fed then it will lack endurance and ability)
- misc detail: in that spar/fight, I generally kept my chin covered so I took heavy punches to the temple rather than to the jaw, which is undoubtedly why I wasn't straight knocked out, given how hard he was hitting, and given how many openings were in my defense at the time (new ideas need time to be refined).
- FWIW, I did my best to get along well with everyone at that gym, especially the coaches.  I went far enough (even lending a DVD & book at one point) that it wasn't impossible for that Alex guy to say he didn't feel right charging me for a one-on-one session (although not really).  The main point is: you are better off getting along well with everyone at your gym, than getting into conflict, and thus my first failure at that gym was how my efforts to befriend and find synergy with the staff failed completely...

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Links from the video:
http://www.julstro.com
Treat Yourself to Pain-Free Living = extremely useful for everyone, but especially for high level athletes.  If you plan on getting the book, it is worth getting a couple of the rubber balls she also sells on her site.  For most muscles, there is a way to just lay down with your targeted muscle on the rubber ball and therefore not even have to make any effort to give yourself a self-massage that does more to release tension than any other form of massage I know of :)

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2011/05/birthers-truthers-and-running-backs.html
"pro-sports teams might be wise to ban players from using social media since, he argued, many of them lack the savvy to navigate programs like Twitter or Facebook."
~ if you are going to go pro, you better be 'savvy' about what your real job is (which is distracting the people with games), so you don't have any nasty surprises...

http://localsearchforum.catalystemarketing.com/google-local-reviews/1164-massive-google-review-problems-continue-support-replies.html

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Related:

For some good tips on how to wrap your hands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mL9QYIRI48

For the speed bag:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWxES7arL9w

For info on how to have a better diet (easy slim + better concentration + excellent endurance):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD0A0525CDB132A9D

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UPDATE!!

Some PR flunkie from Underdog Boxing (http://www.youtube.com/user/pastoramaru) came over to trash talk on their behalf in the comments below, and over time they got heated enough to proclaim that "Coach card" Alex was in fact so upset about this video that he had apparently finally changed his mind about a rematch (lol), but when I agreed (pending full recovery + finding a good training partner on my side + making sure Mr. "Cocaine & Caviar"(TM) t-shirt isn't coked up for the fight), he deleted all his comments and ran away without follow-up...

These fellows from Underhanded Boxing are very quick to boast, belittle and talk out of their asses, albeit without ever thinking things through as to the consequences.  They are not strategic or deep-thinking at all, which is a significant flaw for wannabe champion boxing coaches...

Be careful where you train!  Don't fall for these kinds of BS-artists who will ill-prepare you and then send you into a meat grinder, while they make easy money from your destruction...

That being said, it's a shame the comments are gone though, since I had lots of fun replying to their trash talk.  Still, I hope for their sake that they start thinking positively, 'cos instead they only ever seem to know how to make things worse for themselves with their cunning...