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    Ever pushed yourself to the limit?

    Ever pushed yourself to the limit in training? You know, the point where your body doesn't want to continue but your mind is still at it?

    I do it once in a while in training, simply to test my will and endurance.

    Tonight was one of those night. I just came back from the gym.

    Arrived at the gym and one of the trainer told me: "We're working together all might long'' I just smiled and replied "You can't hang all night with me old man."

    I warmed up, skipped rope for a round wrapped my hands up and we started for 6 rounds of pad work. I knew he couldn't hang with me, after 4 rounds he wanted to stop because his hands were getting sore.

    Then he made me work the bag while coaching me and telling me what to throw. He made me throw over 80 punches a round, thats a lot for a heavyweight. I expected him to make me do my usual 6-8 rounds on the heavy bag but he had 12 in mind. Honestly after the 9th round i was exhausted but i kept going. At the end my t-shirt was completly soaked.

    Just when i was walking to the locker room he shouted "Hey! Did you run today?" With his old fart grin. I said "No."(I couldn't really run, he had a huge snowstorm around here, snow almost to my knees.)

    He made me get on the stationary bike for 30 minutes.

    Now i just came back home, took a shower and here i am. My shoulders fists and forearms hurt, my legs are tired and i'm exhausted but i have never felt better.

    Now i'm going to eat something and watch a movie.

    What about you guys? Ever kill yourself training? In my case it just motivates me to train harder all the time.
    Last edited by Equilibrium; 12-09-2008, 11:34 PM.
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    There was a period where I pushed it to the limit every session. Then 1 day I ****ed my hand on my coaches head. Havnt been able to push it to the limit since then.

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      #3
      i try to push myself through that barrier every night.

      yesterday and today we had to do 6 rounds of heavy bag work non stop power punches, through bells and everything.. thats roughly 20 mins of hitting the bag. we were partnered up 2 on each bag, alternate every 30 secs and holding the bag for the person wasnt easy either, had to simulate a real person so person holding bag had to work too... yesterday was worse tho, we had to run prior to that with medicine balls, and do suicides with them. today wasnt that bad. along with the usuals... rope, shadow, ab work...etc i feel pretty rough right now too but good at the same time.

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        #4
        this has nothing to do with boxing but i played a 3 day hockey tourney with the stomach flu, that was pretty hard

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          #5
          I try to push it to the limit everyday as well

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            #6
            I don't think we have the same definition of "limit".

            I mean, training to the point where you have no energy left, when you can barely keep your hands up.

            If you guys train like that every single day. Sorry to say but that's not good for you. Over training in general is more bad than beneficial.

            That's why i only do it once in a while.

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              #7
              only once when i had just came back from a 2 month break,.
              believe it or not i fainted!

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                #8
                Originally posted by Equilibrium View Post
                I don't think we have the same definition of "limit".

                I mean, training to the point where you have no energy left, when you can barely keep your hands up.

                If you guys train like that every single day. Sorry to say but that's not good for you. Over training in general is more bad than beneficial.

                That's why i only do it once in a while.
                I've done two days on water . One time I ran 6 miles came back in and done strength and conditionig that night . I threw up water all over my carpet shadowboxing It was intense.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Equilibrium View Post
                  I don't think we have the same definition of "limit".

                  I mean, training to the point where you have no energy left, when you can barely keep your hands up.

                  If you guys train like that every single day. Sorry to say but that's not good for you. Over training in general is more bad than beneficial.

                  That's why i only do it once in a while.
                  Sorry, but that is not overtraining. Overtraining is not something you do in a single training session, it is a physical state that is accumulated over several months.

                  I do agree, that doing what you did shouldn't be done every night. Depending on your work capacity and level of athleticism, it can easily be done 3-4 times a week though, and everyday (or even 2-3 times a day) for shorter periods (training camps etc.).

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                    #10
                    Ya gotta push yourself. That's the entire point. Red line it. But ya gotta learn how to rest too. I'm just learning about resting.

                    Remember: There's always someone out there training harder than you.

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