There are 2 main types of boxing training.
The first being for fitness, strength, stamina and technique (gym training).
The second being to applying these to one-on-one boxing matches (in the ring training).
Regardless on your end goal, boxing is a good workout. After factoring in elements including endurance, strength, power, speed, and agility, ESPN's team of sports ranked Boxing as the sport with the highest degree of difficulty (http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills). This came above other sports including Football, Gymnastics, and not surprisingly, competitive Fishing)
As ModBox is trying to reap the health benefits of boxing while avoiding the negatives (human to human impacts being the big one, gym training seems like the place to focus on. Shifting the focus from hurting your opponent to scoring points against them is also a good way forward.
Laura Williams, writing for Money Crashers (https://www.moneycrashers.com/health-benefits-boxing-workouts/), talks through the benefits of Boxing and then continues on with a step-by-step boxing training routine. According to her article the main benefits of boxing training are...
1. Enhanced Cardiovascular Health
2. Improved Total Body Strength
3. Better Hand-Eye Coordination
4. Decreased Stress
5. Improved Body Composition (which is a better goal than weight loss).
A typical 30 minute boxing training session looks like this...
5 minutes
Warm up - skipping rope
3 minutes
Heavy bag work - punching bag
30 second cycles of hard fact punching then soft slow punching
3 minutes
Speed bag - speed bag, floor mat
30 second cycles of speed bag then star jumps
3 minutes
Core work - floor mat, medicine ball
1 minute plank
1 minute medicine ball oblique twists
1 minute leg lifts
3 minutes
Strength - medicine ball, floor mat
1 minute medicine ball squats
1 minute walking lunges
1 minute staggered pushups (medicine ball under alternating hands)
3 minutes
Power work - floor mat, bag
1 minute broad jumps (forward backward jumping)
1 minute side kicking bag left leg
1 minute side kicking bag right leg
3 minute
Repeat heavy bag sequence
3 minute
Repeat speed bag sequence
3 minute
Cool down - skipping rope
If you can do the above without vomiting you win.
Concept # 4
This leads me to think that the routine could be monitored (efficiency, adherence to routine) along with vital stats of the player (heart rate, sweat rate). This data can be shared with the user and with the coach so that performance can be logged and the drill can be adjusted as necessary to suit each user as they progress.
Input would have to be in the bag, speedbag, floor mat, and human worn sensors. The human sensors could be in the form of smart watch or fitbit integration.
A smart-training setup can prompt the user as to what activity to do next, time each round, give visual and audible cues to the timing of each activity (fast / slow). This could be a simple beat, or music with prominent beat to follow.
The first being for fitness, strength, stamina and technique (gym training).
The second being to applying these to one-on-one boxing matches (in the ring training).
Regardless on your end goal, boxing is a good workout. After factoring in elements including endurance, strength, power, speed, and agility, ESPN's team of sports ranked Boxing as the sport with the highest degree of difficulty (http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills). This came above other sports including Football, Gymnastics, and not surprisingly, competitive Fishing)
As ModBox is trying to reap the health benefits of boxing while avoiding the negatives (human to human impacts being the big one, gym training seems like the place to focus on. Shifting the focus from hurting your opponent to scoring points against them is also a good way forward.
Laura Williams, writing for Money Crashers (https://www.moneycrashers.com/health-benefits-boxing-workouts/), talks through the benefits of Boxing and then continues on with a step-by-step boxing training routine. According to her article the main benefits of boxing training are...
1. Enhanced Cardiovascular Health
2. Improved Total Body Strength
3. Better Hand-Eye Coordination
4. Decreased Stress
5. Improved Body Composition (which is a better goal than weight loss).
A typical 30 minute boxing training session looks like this...
5 minutes
Warm up - skipping rope
3 minutes
Heavy bag work - punching bag
30 second cycles of hard fact punching then soft slow punching
3 minutes
Speed bag - speed bag, floor mat
30 second cycles of speed bag then star jumps
3 minutes
Core work - floor mat, medicine ball
1 minute plank
1 minute medicine ball oblique twists
1 minute leg lifts
3 minutes
Strength - medicine ball, floor mat
1 minute medicine ball squats
1 minute walking lunges
1 minute staggered pushups (medicine ball under alternating hands)
3 minutes
Power work - floor mat, bag
1 minute broad jumps (forward backward jumping)
1 minute side kicking bag left leg
1 minute side kicking bag right leg
3 minute
Repeat heavy bag sequence
3 minute
Repeat speed bag sequence
3 minute
Cool down - skipping rope
If you can do the above without vomiting you win.
Concept # 4
This leads me to think that the routine could be monitored (efficiency, adherence to routine) along with vital stats of the player (heart rate, sweat rate). This data can be shared with the user and with the coach so that performance can be logged and the drill can be adjusted as necessary to suit each user as they progress.
Input would have to be in the bag, speedbag, floor mat, and human worn sensors. The human sensors could be in the form of smart watch or fitbit integration.
A smart-training setup can prompt the user as to what activity to do next, time each round, give visual and audible cues to the timing of each activity (fast / slow). This could be a simple beat, or music with prominent beat to follow.
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