I am 16 years old, and have trained strenght for maybe two years now. I will join a kickboxing club, and train kickboxing 2 times a week and mma 1 time each week. I will train strenght and cardio 3-4 times a week, and stretching. Im a little afraid of joining the club, i dont know anyone and they are pretty good i think. I have trained some kickboxing, maybe one year. But nothing serious. Does anyone have tips for me? Was your first time joining a club scary?
Norway said:
I am 16 years old, and have trained strenght for maybe two years now. I will join a kickboxing club, and train kickboxing 2 times a week and mma 1 time each week. I will train strenght and cardio 3-4 times a week, and stretching. Im a little afraid of joining the club, i dont know anyone and they are pretty good i think. I have trained some kickboxing, maybe one year. But nothing serious. Does anyone have tips for me? Was your first time joining a club scary?
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ALL new experiences are somewhat scary but you have to put that aside and join. My first time was scary 10 mins in and then after that i realized that i can do this. Join and do work on the pads.
i've never joined a club, but i think if you act all nervous people will make you act nervous, so to speak, just act friendly and i'm sure everyone will be friendly back.
Be open and receptive to the things they teach. Listen. Don't be douchey outside the club just because you've been training. Ask questions if you're unsure about something, especially when it comes to technique. Don't go all ham when you start sparring.
It's natural to be nervous going into a new situation - in fact a few nerves are good, because it means you care - but as long as you're humble and a hard worker you'll be fine.
Unless the club is really just a front for an organised crime ring, in which case make sure you scope out the exits really well. You may also want to look into getting a fake passport.
I was afraid at first. But after the warm up I was fine! Also it's better to train with good people, you'll learn more & quicker.
Just don't act like a douche and be friendly. You'll be fine man.
I prefer to train with advanced people, they always show me stuff and help me with the techniques.
Norway said:
I am 16 years old, and have trained strenght for maybe two years now. I will join a kickboxing club, and train kickboxing 2 times a week and mma 1 time each week. I will train strenght and cardio 3-4 times a week, and stretching. Im a little afraid of joining the club, i dont know anyone and they are pretty good i think. I have trained some kickboxing, maybe one year. But nothing serious. Does anyone have tips for me? Was your first time joining a club scary?
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Don't use your strength, learn the technique and apply it without using strength, get the right movements down first before you apply power and strength. You are in shape by the sounds of things but that will not get you very far if you don't embrace the techniques. My tip would be to drop one kickboxing class and pick up a jiu jitsu class instead. The one hour of MMA per week will not teach you enough of the ground game for you to survive with guys your age who will be training 3 or 4 times a week in jiu jitsu. Change half of the strength and cardio training to mma, jiu jitsu and kickboxing. Without technique, your strength and cardio are useless. It is important to maintain good cardio but not at the expense of good technique.
Going into a new class can be intimidating but just be nice to people and you will be fine. Make friends, get their phone numbers, add them on facebook and train with them outside of class if you can, going to class is much easier if you are going there to hang out with friends.
darcebandit said:
Don't use your strength, learn the technique and apply it without using strength, get the right movements down first before you apply power and strength. You are in shape by the sounds of things but that will not get you very far if you don't embrace the techniques. My tip would be to drop one kickboxing class and pick up a jiu jitsu class instead. The one hour of MMA per week will not teach you enough of the ground game for you to survive with guys your age who will be training 3 or 4 times a week in jiu jitsu. Change half of the strength and cardio training to mma, jiu jitsu and kickboxing. Without technique, your strength and cardio are useless. It is important to maintain good cardio but not at the expense of good technique.
Going into a new class can be intimidating but just be nice to people and you will be fine. Make friends, get their phone numbers, add them on facebook and train with them outside of class if you can, going to class is much easier if you are going there to hang out with friends.
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It also doens't help that rolling cardio and striking cardio are completely different from running cardio.
When I joined a Muay Thai Club 4 months ago, I immediately thought it was a bad idea but I REALLY loved Muay Thai. I would get hit and flinch EVERYTIME . I'd even flinch when they came at me. I had only ever been in 1 real fight my entire life and that was way back when I was still in High School.
I was a little hesitant to ask questions or throw any actual force behind a punch because I didnt want to accidentally hurt these people I barely knew. It had me losing many sparring matches.
I slowly got to know everybody and upped my training from 2 hours a week to 6. My Kru now calls me a "Wolf" because I keep coming at people regardless of what they throw.
Everybody is friendly with Me and joking around now. My confidence is MUCH higher too! Muay Thai for Life!
