Jason Van Veldhuysen is a former competitive amateur boxer and martial arts practitioner now coaching boxing out of Toronto, Ontario in Canada. He's driven to help boxers reach their full potential, in the ring and in their training. Here, he will discuss the benefits of strength & weight training for boxers.
Weight training for boxing has come with mixed reviews for decades, it seems that only in the last 15-20 years strength training has become part of a standard workout for boxing traine...
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Doping in sport is a serious issue and is one that does not look like going away quickly. How to effectively tackle doping in sport and what the appropriate sanctions for doping offences should be are among some of the strongest debates in sport. Is it a legal or a moral issue? Here we explore the issue in more detail.
Recently doping in sport has been thrust into the media and public spotlight more than ever. The Lance Armstrong doping scandal has opened the sportsmanship debate up worl...
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on 24 Mar at 12:00 AM
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Have you ever noticed how it only takes Rocky 2 minutes 44 seconds to get into shape? Boxing requires all round fitness, with training that mixes high intensity anaerobic exercises with cardio vascular endurance - make sure you can last the full 10 rounds! Here are 5 Challenges to get you fighting fit (though these will definitely require a little more time than 
the classic 2:44).
Learn how to get into you stance: the basics
Before starting any fist throwing, make sure your stance is right...
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on 18 Aug 2012 at 11:00 PM
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on 14 Aug 2012 at 11:00 PM
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Hungarian born László Papp is our Olympic #MondayInspiration this week as the first boxer in history to win 3 consecutive gold medals at the Olympics!
He claimed his first at the 1948 London Games, beating the host-nation's John Wright to the gold medal. Next he took gold again at the 1952 Helsinki Games with a final against South African Theunis Jacobus van Schalkwyk. His record breaking third gold was taken in 1956 at the Melbourne Games against the USA's José Torres. As well as being ent...
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on 10 Jun 2012 at 11:00 PM
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