Anyone ever had an off day?

[Spacey1991]

Right, well here it is... I have been going Boxing for nearly 5-6 weeks now and am thoroughly enjoying it and have progressed more and more per session... last week I was really happy with myself on how intense it was and how I pushed through the burn, etc.

Anyway, last Thursday the gym was closed due to an awards night and I hadn't of gone because I was quite new... this knocked me off my schedule of running every night and I left it until last night when I started running again. Today, gym was open... everything back to normal and I was really anticipating it and looking forward to it, but for some reason I couldn't perform... I don't know why because it has been more intense before but my body wouldn't keep up for some reason and I don't know why, I felt like everything I had was drained from me on the day... I did descent on a few things but descent isn't good enough in my opinion, I WANT TO DO EXCELLENT! It just feels like I progressed so much and then just one day I couldn't get it going, I really don't know why. So I have a few questions;

1. Have you every had an 'off day' (where you perform worst than usual)?

2. If you have how have you coped with it afterwords and what did you do to bounce back?

3. What do you think may have caused the off day, or was it just one of them things?

Any advice on anything will be appreciated, thanks in advanced!

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Yea, I think everyone has them.

Things don't seem to work right?

I dont know why it happens, but you'll be back to normal soon

[botbender]

Yeah dude, whenever I miss a workout (morning run, train, or resistance) it seems like I feel weaker. I would like to know why as well.

[Spacey1991]

Yeah, I mean the running wasn't so bad this time... but it was press-ups and stuff for some reason I was terrible at them, I mean they are a weak point on my half yeah but I have built on them over time and got better and better and this time I did really terrible.

It just felt like I was hopeless... I wanted to push through it all because I know I have worked harder before and been in a lot tenser workouts but this time I don't know I just couldn't... it wouldn't fit together. I am unsure if anybody saw that I was more lacking than I usually do (though the trainers probably did), but I am not bothered if they did... I don't feel embarrassed to whether they saw me or not, I felt embarrassed at myself!

Well I am glad to see other people have had the same problem, I guess it fixes itself then eh? I will just keep going... gaining more determination and keep working harder and show good spirit and I should get over and through it and start progressing again.

Thanks guys by the way... green karma for you all!

[heavy_right]

the problem i come across is if i take a day off my timing is noticeably worse, even if its just skipping, but especially head movement and parry.

But the weaker part is something you can work through, its in your head, its the same reason that when you watch sprinting in the olympics at the end of their race they are dead, same in boxing, if the fight it scheduled for 4,6,8,10 w.e if it goes the distance most of the time you feel like you couldnt have gone another second, and its not because you finished strong or killed yourself its because you told yourself after this im done. so if you go into the gym thinking damn i missed a day, i feel weaker BS your not, your muscles are not getting weaker because you skipped ONE session, maybe one session EVERY day, (you never went) lol then you it might matter

Just to add a bit, i ONLY boxed for 5 months, nothing off the clock, i was always 3 minutes on 30sec/1min off, and it took me some time once i started playing rugby again to get my head out of the gutter were i had the mentality after 3 minutes i get a break, i always felt myself getting a little tired after 3, i wasn't actually it was just my brain saying im used to this break were did it go lol

[d_lyrik803]

getting sick and coming back from after being sick really throws my game off. also missing practice by more than a week really messes my routine up.

[Spacey1991]

the problem i come across is if i take a day off my timing is noticeably worse, even if its just skipping, but especially head movement and parry.

But the weaker part is something you can work through, its in your head, its the same reason that when you watch sprinting in the olympics at the end of their race they are dead, same in boxing, if the fight it scheduled for 4,6,8,10 w.e if it goes the distance most of the time you feel like you couldnt have gone another second, and its not because you finished strong or killed yourself its because you told yourself after this im done. so if you go into the gym thinking damn i missed a day, i feel weaker BS your not, your muscles are not getting weaker because you skipped ONE session, maybe one session EVERY day, (you never went) lol then you it might matter

Just to add a bit, i ONLY boxed for 5 months, nothing off the clock, i was always 3 minutes on 30sec/1min off, and it took me some time once i started playing rugby again to get my head out of the gutter were i had the mentality after 3 minutes i get a break, i always felt myself getting a little tired after 3, i wasn't actually it was just my brain saying im used to this break were did it go lol

Thanks, this helped and all... but I had no mental worried, I was there and ready to get down to business... but my body let me down. I understand what your saying though and it probably did make a difference, thanks for the advice and input!

[CMaines]

I think your body just gets use tthe routine and when you try and jump right back into it, your body can't keep up. Sometimes it's good to take your work out down a notch and give your body time to recover. It is your tool for the sport after all so taking care of yourself is key and sometimes that means taking it easy. Listen to your body.

[Sox8055]

It's happen to everyone I think, I've had it happen to me 3x time this year already. I Just go next day and explode. It happens.

[andrewcuff]

Right, well here it is... I have been going Boxing for nearly 5-6 weeks now and am thoroughly enjoying it and have progressed more and more per session... last week I was really happy with myself on how intense it was and how I pushed through the burn, etc.

Anyway, last Thursday the gym was closed due to an awards night and I hadn't of gone because I was quite new... this knocked me off my schedule of running every night and I left it until last night when I started running again. Today, gym was open... everything back to normal and I was really anticipating it and looking forward to it, but for some reason I couldn't perform... I don't know why because it has been more intense before but my body wouldn't keep up for some reason and I don't know why, I felt like everything I had was drained from me on the day... I did descent on a few things but descent isn't good enough in my opinion, I WANT TO DO EXCELLENT! It just feels like I progressed so much and then just one day I couldn't get it going, I really don't know why. So I have a few questions;

1. Have you every had an 'off day' (where you perform worst than usual)?

2. If you have how have you coped with it afterwords and what did you do to bounce back?

3. What do you think may have caused the off day, or was it just one of them things?

Any advice on anything will be appreciated, thanks in advanced!

I used to do Muay Thai for a year and I've started boxing the last few weeks. Everyone has off days. Some sessions you just don't have the focus, which could be a myriad of reasons: tiredness, stress, anxiety etc. I used to just try and tell myself that everyone has off days and next session I'll be twice as good. Getting back into the swing of things (no pun intended!) is a matter of confidence.