Nath

Just wondered if anyone does boxing as I joined the local one last night ...feck knows why as I'll probably end up getting done by some little squirt thats been doing it for years

I must be mad to start doing this at 37

Hrsturbo

How much it cost? I wanna start but not sure where to go!

brad

been there done that , fookin good laugh at 1st then you get kinda fed up with goin to work with a broken nose or bruised ribs
it will get you fit tho m8 , wait till ur 1st sparr after 2 rounds you will wonder how` the fuck they manage to go on in pro bouts

Physio

Yep done boxing for a while (i still have a good workout on the bag thou) but i started doing thai boxing & enjoyed that more. But boxing's brill mate, sharpens you up etc. Dont worry about being 37 & starting it, your never too old to take up some sort of sport, sport

JAP CRAP

Na, your never to old to get fit and do sport

I have been thinking about starting thai boxing up for a while now too
Just have one problem...........My face is just too damn pretty to get fucked up

although also my mate said he went and the first session was just kicking each others shins to toughen you up.........sod that

PF Ben

iTrader: (1)

Yes mate, was working towards my first amateur bout at the end of this year but got very ill in may so that went outta the window. It's great fun, hard work and when you start up makes you realise just how unfit you are. I'd say the opposite of brad, when you really start to get into it you get fed up of going into work... full stop! you just want to train all day and count down to 5:30 like never before!
Good luck mate,
Ben

tonyk

My dad used to take youngsters for training down at our local boxing gym, he had been doing it for over 30 years and has sparred the likes of ray close, david lowry and others. He retired about 10 years ago at 55 years old and was still sparring proper fighters. Not the mate that everyone knows/has thats a kickboxing champion age means nothing mate.

Nath you wont be put in the ring until you are ready to and when you do it will only be a light sparing session until you are ready or indeed if you want anything more.

The idea behind sparring (in learning situations) is not to hurt u or your opponent, its to teach you movement timing etc.. and put all the things you have been learning into practice.