What You Should Know Before You Spar

September 15, 2011
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I have written about what you can expect the first time you spar, but my friend Amy Scheer — also a boxer — recently asked me what I thought a new boxer should know before getting in the ring for the first time. She also framed the question this way: Which Comes First, the Learning [...]

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I LOVE Not Being the New Person in the Gym

September 2, 2011
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It is so incredibly hard to claw your way up the learning curve — and I’d rather say the straight-up learning cliff — in boxing. You can put years into it, and still feel like a beginner. But once you’ve gotten solid enough in boxing to get in the ring and spar (for me that [...]

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DJ Stepz

August 19, 2011
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I was only vaguely aware of the rave scene in the late 90′s. I knew it involved secret parties in abandoned or unused warehouse spaces, basements, and condemned buildings. Invitations were spread via word of mouth on the day of the event, and by that evening a crowd converged to rig lights, steal electricity, and [...]

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Hey! Boxing Training is Not Killing Me! Isn’t That Nice?

August 15, 2011
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I took a month –  five weeks, actually — off of boxing training this summer. I ran a time or two, hiked one week, but I was entirely out of the gym, out of the ring, just out, period. For multiple reasons which are blah blah blah. So it was with some trepidation that I [...]

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What Boys Eat For Breakfast

August 13, 2011
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You knew this was gonna be weird, you just didn’t know how weird. I have to begin by saying that this is not at all an unusual breakfast food combination for any of the four guys I live with. But somehow the pepperoni-sausage-and-black-olive pizza, hard boiled egg, and cantaloupe just demanded I take a photo, [...]

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How to Choose the Right Pair of Boxing Gloves

July 28, 2011
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Even if you are only boxing for fitness, you will need a decent pair of boxing gloves. But before you buy the first pair you find in the local sporting goods store, here are a few things you should consider. Communal gym gloves reek. And they’re worn out. There are plenty of people who use [...]

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Lessons from a Tent-Camping Newbie

July 24, 2011
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About ten years ago (more?) my husband got a Coleman 7 x 12 tent for free, in some kind of “be healthy” contest. He took the boys on an overnight to a nearby lake one year, then the tent sat in our garage, waiting. So we decided to tent camp in the NC mountains last [...]

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What to Expect the First Time You Spar in Boxing

July 8, 2011
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Whether you started boxing for fitness or because you want to compete, one of the most scary and exciting things you’ll ever do is step into the ring for your very first sparring session. Depending on how long you’ve been training, who you’re stepping into the ring with, and how trustworthy your trainer is, your [...]

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Fight Walk-In Rock Playlist

July 3, 2011
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During my second fight I had really wanted some calm, soothing music to keep my heart rate under control during the long hours of waiting before I actually entered the arena to get in ring. That playlist was called “The Unexpected Bell” (since I didn’t know I was going to fight until the day of) [...]

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