Gym Notes: The Best Time To Work On Defense.
One of my students has a fight coming up this weekend. He’s in great shape and ready to go. The area that I’ve been focusing on in the final preparations is staying composed when fatigued.
Many fighters literally fall apart as they fatigued getting caught AND KTFO! They often work on their defensive drills when they’re fresh.
I like to push my fighters a different way. I have them work on slipping, rolling, and blocking punches when they’re dog tired from the different bag drills we use.
I train them to fight through the fatigue, manage it, and then overcome it by taking it head on after these taxing drills.
It’s VERY challenging to stay composed and maintain good defense when the fighters baked. Working on defense while in this state allows the fighter to grow a stronger backbone and allow them to stay together for a win in a tough close fight.
Everyone looks like a champ when fresh, but fatigue shows what a fighter is really made of. My fighters are liking what they are becoming by taking it head on when training this way and I know you will too.
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