Thread 76528379

How can I get into boxing if I have zero intention of competing?

>inb4 boxercise

>>76528379 (OP)
No gym worth a shit will make you compete. Most won't even pressure you to spar unless you want to. You'd be surprised how many older dads box just to keep their cardio up, but they don't fight.

>>76528412
That depends on what country you're in. In Germany, your scenario is absolutely impossible, coaches will 100% ignore you if you're not young and willing to compete.

>>76528439
The worst part if they still take your money and give you 0 feedback even if you are only 9 other people in a group class. You need a good coach but most wont even give you a fair chance if you are White collar

>>76528379 (OP)
Don’t , 4channers arent welcome, yes je will know

>>76528379 (OP)
>I want to receive regular brain damage for fun :^)
Impressinable white boys be like

If you wanna be deadly, get a gun and practice at the range, and train your body in ways that does turn you into a drooling retard. Fighting is a nigger activity.

Why do you want to get into boxing if you dont want to compete

>>76528379 (OP)
vr boxing, thrill of the fight 1 and 2 are a very good time and teach you how to throw hard with shoddy footwork

>>76528379 (OP)
Sign up for a class

>>76528379 (OP)
go to ghetto ass gym where kids, accountants, and drug dealers box under one roof coached by coach who had a few amateur fights back in the 80s, as god intented

>>76528718
i was banned for my ghetto gym because the new head coach (new owner) simply didnt like me (he couldnt even give me 1 reason) havent found any other gym since 8 months ago lol
i wasnt the only one banned too for no valid reason, being told "you dont look friendly enough" isnt a valid reason for anyone. no i wasnt kissing his ass and i am 32

>>76528753
and by banned i mean he doesnt let you renew your contract
i know he has more losses than wins and he has a huge ego. he told me he was great a wow parse, when i checked his parses they were grey (bad) and i feel thats why he banned me but its just too stupid

Me and white friend showed up to a boxing gym when we were about 15. Coaches ignored us. Turned out they didn’t want to train white guys.

>>76528839
No no no, it’s because you don’t have daddy issues like the poor ghetto kids, you rly need to validate the coach feeling if you his parenting oops meant to say coaching

>>76528379 (OP)
Pow right in the kisser the sport

>>76528597
Its tough cardio training and its more fun than running or swimming

>>76528379 (OP)
Just look up boxing gyms in your area and go to one that seems cool. If the class is mostly young strapping men they might not give you a lot of attention, but ive never been to a boxing gym that wouldnt be happy to take your money to let you come in and hit the bags

>>76528412
>You'd be surprised how many older dads box just to keep their cardio up

I was kicked out of a gym because I was told my cardio was too shit. Now I'm back to runnign, which I fucking hate with every fiber of my soul, and its going accordingly (like utter shit). So I'm not getting fit enough to get fit via Boxing. Very nice Catch-22, thanks for nothing.
Where are those mythical dad gyms?

>>76528439
>>76528494
>>76529059
I'm coincidentally in Germany and that is pretty much my situation. So I can scratch Boxing? Are all Gyms here like this?

>Join "boxing gym"
>It's cardio classes with stations for different cardio exercises, while trashy zoomer music plays
>Some mediocre weightlifting that accomplishes nothing
>At the very end of the class you get some minor technique lessons

>>76528597
Not that anon, but, self defense

>>76529066
dude youre overthinking this shit way too much, you wanna try boxing ? find a gym in your area and just go lol, in europe i think theres usually sperate classes for kids and adults, kids are trained for amateur tournaments and adults just fuck around and do sparring, if they offer you no sparring just hitting the bags, i wouldnt recommend such gym because boxing is meaningless if you cant spar

>>76528379 (OP)
>How can I get into boxing if I have zero intention of competing?
Just go to any gym. Most people don't compete, they just go for the workouts, confidence, fun, and maybe do a bit of sparring.

i cant recommend boxing enough, its so op, just knowing the basics like jab-straight right combo ( u learn that shit on first day) can win you street fights

>show up to gym as 36 year old bald white man
>coach is keen to teach, good to explaining, impressed by my cardio and flexibility
>holds pads and teaches me combos
>lets me spar with other fighters
>tells me I have natural ability
feels good man

>>76528379 (OP)
>jump rope
>double end bag
That's it. The gym is only needed for sparring, which presumably you don't want.

>>76528839
15 is already too old for them to care about training you and I'm not kidding.

For boxing if you don't get into it as a kid there's no reason for them to help you. If you want to do a martial art just do BJJ

>>76529066
>So I can scratch Boxing?
Depends on your goals but generally yes. Maybe try kickboxing, they're more accepting towards hobbyists I think.

>Are all Gyms here like this?
All that I know of.

>>76530790
He's right tho, if you're white you're gonna have a hard time.
Coaches will train you wrong as a joke (Always keep your hands up even when punching, punching is a posterior chain movement that starts in the legs etc.)

>>76530810
>Always keep your hands up even when punching, punching is a posterior chain movement that starts in the legs etc.
Are you saying that these are the things they say when they want to fuck with you as a joke?

>>76528439
Same in Italy. Adults are used just to finance the gym so they can train the young people who have a chance at competing.

It's also taken for granted that you are just doing it to lose weight and to have abs.

That's what pushes me to choose sports that have become popular among adults like muay thai and bjj, even if I would prefer boxing.

>>76531299
seems like you need to find a better gym
the one I go to sure has a bunch of dads training, but you're actually being taught by active pros and champs, and you spar with them. The groups are small too

>>76532282
Can I ask you in which area? I've tried a few in a couple of big cities and they were all like this.

>>76532384
He's watching too much Ippo or something
A gym where pros actively teaching randoms?
Its a pipe dream

>>76528379 (OP)
Its not like the coach is cus damato you could probably get to a higher level in a year with a heavy/uppercut/water bag, speed bags are gay. Would cost about 1000, youll need weights for at least a year to strengthen wrists and shoulders to be able to handle a 100% punch anyways, a lot of boxers break their knuckles and tear wrists when they get in street fights.

>>76528597
martial arts are cool. also the conditioning you get from roadwork is excellent

>>76529000
>>76532506
Those don't require boxing coaches

>>76528379 (OP)
Just join a boxing gym nigga.

>>76532513
the right boxing coaches know all the dirty moves

>>76529066
Max Schmelling would spit on you

>>76529059
>Lazy nigger gets chewed out for not doing roadwork
post hand, darkie

>>76532282
>find a better gym
Do you mean WORSE gym? Why would pros want to teach out of shape old cunts how to do one of the most demanding and injury prone sports on earth? "Adult learners" are all retarded. If you wanted to box so bad you'd have learned it as a teenager, just accept that its over and go dabble in BJJ with the rest of the dreamers.

>>76532632
That's what I'm wondering, it seems like OP and a bunch of retards just want to do essentially cardio and some proper bag training
You can learn this easily from youtube videos or dare I say reading a book

>>76532643
I mean even george foreman barely lifted but he hit hard as shit, he was worn out from cardio all the time.

Boxers never just lift, its difficult to get enough practice in even after lifting and for it to be effective. If i was starting from no experience with either id be doing boxing fresh once a week or 2 just to see where my speed is, and be doing an upper body split with legs/core at the end of the week before resting 2-3 days minimum and youll need 2wk deloads more often than just lifting.

>>76532632
>>76532643
Should I do karate as a 19 year old then? It’s still relatively cheap compared to my bjj gym

>>76532804
Depends on your goals, you can just self-train anything you need without paying for a specialized gym
The only reason why you would want a specialized gym would be to compete so you can get real world advice from people who did compete

>>76532804
19 isnt too old to learn any martial art except wrestling. Assuming you are in good shape and dont need 6 months of cardio.

>>76532282
Slovenia

>>76532632
>Why would pros want to teach out of shape old cunts how to do one of the most demanding and injury prone sports on earth?
most of the guys who are at the gym recreationally are in their early 20s

>>76532866
How old would you say is too old?

>>76532933
It depends from the coach ego

>>76528773
>he told me he was great a wow parse, when i checked his parses they were grey (bad) and i feel thats why he banned me
What does this even mean

>>76533433
his world of warcraft log parse, like how good you did compared to other players.
i realised a few months later that most boxing coach have a very frail ego.. my friend told me that he shouldnt be praising his parses if they were grey and that i deserved the ban for going to a noob gym lol

>>76528379 (OP)
The problem with combat sports in America is that it’s all a business. I’ve had a stand up punching bag in my living room for years now where I just practice my punches and kicks whenever I’m bored for fun and I’ve gotten pretty decent. If you’re on the bigger side and have decent cardio it’s good enough to fuck up anyone untrained and they’d probably have you just doing bagwork anyways if you went to an actual gym. But also I don’t really care if my striking is kinda dogshit, only good enough because I also have grappling experience so take this with a grain of salt.