Boxing Personal Training - Another New Client!

07.01.2026

CCMA Boxing Personal Training

My second new client of 2026 (and my fourth in just over a month) began today with a Boxing Personal Training. Aged 50, like many busy professionals who live in the Cotswolds, his love for training in Boxing was hampered by a hectic schedule of regular commuting and business commitments. This is why his wife helpfully suggested training with me. After completing his pre-training questionnaire I discussed with my client how he would like to approach his Boxing course. Rather than opt for Tripe C Fitness approach, he wanted to learn actual Boxing. This involves fun games and structured sparring to develop practical skills in the art and science.

New blog post alert! Discover how a busy professional, aged 50, is reigniting his passion for boxing with personalized training in the Cotswolds. Explore his journey of balancing work commitments and fitness through practical skills and structured sparring sessions.

Footwork Games

We began with two rounds of foot-stepping. The first version simply involves trying to step on each other's feet whilst avoiding getting stepped on. This teaches intuitive footwork and understanding range. Getting the feet to the target is a great way to teach Boxing fundamentals, as many beginners over-reach with their punches and don't think about their positioning. The next round refines this training somewhat by now restricting the foot stepping to trying to step on an opponent's right foot with your left and avoiding your opponent doing the same to you. This helps shape stances whilst moving in addition to range sensitivity mentioned in the previous game.

The next game were two shoulder tag games. The first one involves calling one, two or three before trying to tap your opponent's shoulder. Both players are positioned either side of a line and on a metre squared mat. In order to not get tagged the player has to escape to the metre square mat behind them. Each player takes turns. The next game is freestyle shoulder tag. Nothing is called and neither player has to wait for the other to call numbers. This brings the lateral, angled and circular footwork back into play. There is a further game where foot-stepping and shoulder tagging are combined, but we didn't use that one this time.

Head Defence Games

My next priority was to get my client to better defend their head. This is achieved by slipping versus getting jabbed. We both took a round each to pit jabbing against slipping. My only instruction was to move the the away, keep the shin tucked and use one's shoulder as a shield.

Heavy Bag Workout

The lesson was completed with a single round on the heavy bag. I divided it up into three minutes of technique, speed and power. Minute one was marked out with cones, where my client had to reach the front cone with his lead foot in order to reach the back and then reach the rear cone with his foot. The rear cone was positioned to the side, encouraging lateral, circular and angles footwork when leaving the bag zone. When moving towards the bag, my client was instructed to concentrate on slipping his head from side to side whilst keep his chin tucked.

Minute two's speed saw 30 seconds of rapid jabbing followed 30 seconds of rapid jab cross. Minute three consisted of heavy jabbing for 30 seconds followed by heavy jab/crossing for the final 30 seconds.

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