I’m getting home from a fairly frustrating workout. My workouts have been infrequent, shorter than usual and I’ve been skipping on abs and roadwork. I’ve been working so much on my footwork, head movement and power, that my “punch endurance” has been dropping.
I cranked up my punch output this week, which hasn’t been going so well. Why?
- Tendonitis in the shoulders.
- Punching power is weakening. Seems like when my endurance goes up and bodyfat melts off, my power dimishes. Right now I’m at 192, no way that’s a good weight for me, I should be in the 170s. But what will happen to my power in the 170s?
- The extension on my punches sucks. They’re short and slow.
Staying Positive
Alright, this is the part of the post where I remove head from butt. I want to get back to where I was last year, but with power and great footwork. Here’s what I’m going to do:
- Continue to increase the punch output of my workouts, minus whining and worrying.
- Mitigate shoulder issues with ice, range of motion exercises and physical therapy.
- Roadwork. I’m going to run 2 miles this week and get back to running hills.
- Ab work with every workout.
- I’m going to spend one session/week on punch power. I’ll break out the 20oz gloves for shadow boxing and go back to lifting a little weights.
