Page 10 - Ian Oliver Boxing Fitness

)N MY EXPERIENCE THERE ARE A FEW FUNDAMENTAL REASONS WHY PEOPLE
TURN TO BOXING

4HEY WANT SOMETHING NEW IN THE WAY OF TRAINING THAT WILL BE DEMANDING
BUT REFRESHING .O MATTER HOW PLACID PEOPLE ARE BY NATURE MOST OF

THEM STILL FEEL GREAT ENJOYMENT FROM HITTING SOMETHING HARD ! MIDDLE
AGED PHYSICALLY DISABLED LADY WOULD COME INTO THE GYM FOR MINUTES
ON QUIET AFTERNOONS TO SIMPLY PUNCH THE HEAVY BAG IN OZ GLOVES

3HE WOULD LEAVE IN A CALM SERENE MOOD TELLING US HOW MUCH BETTER
SHE FELT 4AKING OUT YOUR FRUSTRATION AND ANGER ON A PUNCHBAG IS A GREAT
FORM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SELF HELP "UY A PUNCHBAG AND SACK YOUR ANALYST

WHAT BETTER FORM OF ANGER MANAGEMENT CAN THERE BE #HEAPER TOO
EVEN WITH GYM MEMBERSHIP

4HEY FEEL THEY WOULD LIKE A SHOT AT hWHITE COLLARv BOXING COMPETITION
IN WHAT WAS ONCE MORE OF A BLUE COLLAR SPORT 3CHOOLS DO NOT TEACH
BOXING IT BECAME CONSIDERED DECADENT AND POLITICALLY INCORRECT YEARS

AGO /NLY THE FORCES AND SOME UNIVERSITIES STILL ENCOURAGE IT /XFORD
AND #AMBRIDGE HAVE AN ANNUAL 6ARSITY MATCH AND THERE IS A BOXING
UNION STUDENT FEDERATION /NE OF OUR STUDENTS 2OB (OWARD A FORMER

/XFORD "OXING "LUE WHO GOES BACK TO /XFORD TO HELP WITH TRAINING
HAS SINCE MOVED INTO WHITE COLLAR COMPETITION AND IS AS YET UNBEATEN
"OXING CLUBS EVEN FOR YOUNGSTERS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THEY

DO NOT USUALLY GENERATE MUCH REVENUE AND RISING RENTS AND OTHER
OUTGOINGS HAVE SADLY FORCED MANY CLUBS TO CLOSE 9EARS AGO THESE CLUBS
DID NOT HAVE TO COMPETE WITH HOME COMPUTERS AND KARATE CLUBS FOR

THEIR MEMBERSHIP
4HEY ARE NOT LOOKING TO GET A HUGE BUILD BUT SEEK THE LITHE MUSCULAR

LOOK THAT lGHTERS DEVELOP AS OPPOSED TO BODY BUILDERS $ESPITE THE
CLAIM OF MANY OTHER MARTIAL ARTS BOXING IS STILL SEEN AS THE PRIME
MEANS OF SELF DEFENCE 9OU GET TWO FOR ONE ON THIS SCORE AS YOU

BECOME ABLE TO lGHT AND IN CONDITION TO DO SO AS WELL