It has been a long time since I've been boxing, and I've missed it! I really enjoyed my Title Boxing experience so I was searching for a similar club here in San Antonio. Did I have any luck? No, I didn't. That is why today I gathered my guts and gave Sniper Boxing Gym a try. Sniper. Did you catch that? Sounds intimidating... and it was. Unlike Title, I was the ONLY girl and the boys/men at the gym were more scary than cute. Boxing is fun though, and once I got over the fact that there was NO AIR-CONDITIONING and a very rugged vibe, I had a great time. The owner/coach John had me work on the basics for quite a while (he claims that one day I will want to fight, and he wanted me to be prepared!) and I even got in the ring to work on my footwork. Jumping around the ring was harder than I expected. Then I got to hit a bag, working on my footwork and my 1-2. Next came getting BACK into the ring where John put on these mitts and moved all around the ring and I had to practice good form and follow him and then he would yell "1!" or "1-2" or "2-3" or "1-2-3!" ... you get the idea... and I'd get to box the mitts. I especially loved that part of my workout 'cause it was really great to be hitting an animate object instead of a bag for a change. Another fun part of my workout, and then I'll stop rambling on and on... was the tire. It was giant. I had to step on it, with the proper stance, and bounce back and forth and move around the tire, all while jabbing the air. In the last 30 seconds of the 'round' I remained stationary and then jabbed my fists into the air. So it was fun. And I'm glad I'm signed up. As the owner told me when I left, an hour and 45 minutes after I'd arrived,... "Welcome to the family". Welcome to the Sniper family... Eek!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
welcome to the family
It has been a long time since I've been boxing, and I've missed it! I really enjoyed my Title Boxing experience so I was searching for a similar club here in San Antonio. Did I have any luck? No, I didn't. That is why today I gathered my guts and gave Sniper Boxing Gym a try. Sniper. Did you catch that? Sounds intimidating... and it was. Unlike Title, I was the ONLY girl and the boys/men at the gym were more scary than cute. Boxing is fun though, and once I got over the fact that there was NO AIR-CONDITIONING and a very rugged vibe, I had a great time. The owner/coach John had me work on the basics for quite a while (he claims that one day I will want to fight, and he wanted me to be prepared!) and I even got in the ring to work on my footwork. Jumping around the ring was harder than I expected. Then I got to hit a bag, working on my footwork and my 1-2. Next came getting BACK into the ring where John put on these mitts and moved all around the ring and I had to practice good form and follow him and then he would yell "1!" or "1-2" or "2-3" or "1-2-3!" ... you get the idea... and I'd get to box the mitts. I especially loved that part of my workout 'cause it was really great to be hitting an animate object instead of a bag for a change. Another fun part of my workout, and then I'll stop rambling on and on... was the tire. It was giant. I had to step on it, with the proper stance, and bounce back and forth and move around the tire, all while jabbing the air. In the last 30 seconds of the 'round' I remained stationary and then jabbed my fists into the air. So it was fun. And I'm glad I'm signed up. As the owner told me when I left, an hour and 45 minutes after I'd arrived,... "Welcome to the family". Welcome to the Sniper family... Eek!
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I had no idea you boxed! Sounds totally awesome! I think I'm probably too much of a wimp to box, but maybe you've inspired me to give it a try!
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