So, what did I learn from my first lesson (yesterday) and today? This is hard training. Even with a very basic session… I am old, and I am sore! I had a difficult night sleeping because both of my shoulders and my neck are painful when pressed on or when moved. Net result: I’m even more tired today from lack of sleep. | |
I slowed down my punching (attempts) as yesterday I missed the target at least a third of the time. The target is a basketball suspended with bungee cords. You would think it would be “easy” to hit something as big as a basketball… It ain’t!! Particularly when it’s moving / rebounding from an earlier strike. So, the first lesson is start slow. Learn the correct form. Form leads to accuracy. Speed will follow from form and accuracy. (Eventually.) | |
The nice thing about never intending to hit (or get hit by) anyone is I can take as long as I want to practice individual punches: left and right jabs, hooks, upper-cuts, straight punches. Standing traditional and “peek-a-boo”; conventional and southpaw. I can also practice slipping and bobbing to my hearts content. (My heart is pretty content after about a 30 second stretch.) Then, it’s pause for 5-10 seconds to catch your breath and then start something else (or do it again). | |
I learned I need to wear my mouth guard and I’m going to need to get a head protector. The ball “hits” back. Not hard, like a real person. But it’s hard enough to bite your tongue or the inside of your cheeks if you’re not concentrating. The lacing holding the ball can slice you (forehead and cheeks) if you’re not careful. And, lastly, basketballs have a course “pebbled” surface which makes them easier to dribble, but it will chafe you pretty good if it hits you at the wrong angle. It might have been smarter to start with a smoother surfaced ball, like a soccer ball. Oh, well… | |
End result: pouring sweat, exhausted, exhilarated – fun! | |
Wife’s reaction: “You’re too old to be doing this everyday. You need to start with every other day or just a couple of times a week.” When I pointed out she made me promise to use the gloves if I was going to buy them, she replied: “Yes, but you’ve already used them twice as much as I EVER thought you would.“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | A Surprisingly Good Way |
It’s Official X-mas (Tree) At Home | |
2018 | Weight / Health Update |
What’s Happening With You? | |
2017 | The Great Leveler |
Conservative Depressions | |
2016 | Election + 1 Month |
2015 | Dance And Sing |
2014 | A Measuring Stick For Progress |
2013 | Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit |
2012 | Have We Met? |
2011 | Efficiently Useless |
Archive for December 8th, 2020
Boxing (#2): First Lessons
Posted in Boxing, Health, Philosophy, Quotes, Sports, Workouts, tagged Boxing, Head Protector, Health, Lessons Learned, Mouth Guard, Workout on December 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I Can’t Stay For Long
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Eric Clapton, Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Tears In Heaven -- music video, Time, YouTube on December 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Tears In Heaven |
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Favorite Line(s): | |
Time can bring you down, | |
Time can bend your knees | |
Time can break your heart, | |
Have you begging please, | |
Begging please | |
Beyond the door, | |
There’s peace I’m sure | |
And I know there’ll be no more | |
Tears in heaven | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | A Surprisingly Good Way |
It’s Official X-mas (Tree) At Home | |
2018 | Weight / Health Update |
What’s Happening With You? | |
2017 | The Great Leveler |
Conservative Depressions | |
2016 | Election + 1 Month |
2015 | Dance And Sing |
2014 | A Measuring Stick For Progress |
2013 | Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit |
2012 | Have We Met? |
2011 | Efficiently Useless |
Wear A Damn Mask!
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bishop Robert Brown, COVID-19, Freedom, Health, License, Philosophy, Privileges, Public Good, Quotes, Responsibility, Rights, Wear A Mask on December 8, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Freedom is not the right to do whatever we want; | |
It is the privilege of doing what we ought; | |
It is not private license; | |
it is public responsibility; | |
It is not freeing ourselves; | |
it is binding ourselves for the good of all. | |
— Bishop Robert Brown | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | A Surprisingly Good Way |
It’s Official X-mas (Tree) At Home | |
2018 | Weight / Health Update |
What’s Happening With You? | |
2017 | The Great Leveler |
Conservative Depressions | |
2016 | Election + 1 Month |
2015 | Dance And Sing |
2014 | A Measuring Stick For Progress |
2013 | Courtly Love Or Victory Over Habit |
2012 | Have We Met? |
2011 | Efficiently Useless |