Always Sore After Workouts? 5 Ways to Recover Faster By Dominic Paris, strength and conditioning coach A fighter I trained came to me halfway through an eight-week camp, frustrated and a little embarrassed. He wasn’t fading in his sessions. He was just permanently sore, permanently tired, and starting to dread a schedule he’d handled easily…
Why Do I Crash Mid-Workout? 5 Causes and How to Fix Them By Dominic Paris, strength and conditioning coach I’ve worked corners for world champion boxers, and I’ve trained executives who could barely find an hour between meetings. Different worlds, same complaint, almost word for word: “I was strong through the first part, then I…
The shadow boxing workout that builds a real conditioning engine is 6 to 10 structured three-minute rounds, where most rounds run at a controlled aerobic pace and a few are loaded with short, all-out bursts, so you train both the base that powers recovery and the repeat power a fight actually demands. By Dominic Paris,…
How to Improve Repeat Sprint Ability Performance Repeat Sprint Ability: What It Is and How to Train It By Dominic Paris, former conditioning coach of Oscar De La Hoya Most athletes train to get fast. Fewer train to stay fast when it matters most — in the third round, the final quarter, or the last…
Build Conditioning and Power with this High-Intensity Kettlebell Circuit Boxing asks for a rare mix of qualities. You need the explosive power to finish a combination, the muscular endurance to keep your hands up in the last round, and the grip and shoulder stability to stay sharp when you’re tired. You also need a heart…
Fight Camp Conditioning: The 8-Week Plan to Stay Sharp in the Late Rounds The short answer Build fight camp conditioning in four phases over eight weeks: base (weeks 8–5) for work capacity, specific (weeks 4–3) for round-based intensity, sharpen (weeks 2–1) to cut volume while keeping speed, and fight week to arrive fresh. Skill work…
Most athletes see shadowboxing as a warm-up. It’s the thing you do before the real training begins. A few minutes of throwing punches at the air to get loose, practice a combination, and then move on to the heavy bag or the weights. By Dominic Paris, former conditioning coach of Oscar De La Hoya According…
You’re doing everything right. You train hard, follow the program, and never miss a session. So why do you feel perpetually drained? Why are your legs still heavy two days after a hard run? And why are athletes you used to keep pace with now pulling away in the final stretch? By Dominic Paris, former…
Boxing Cardio: Build the Engine That Lets You Punch Hard Twice Most boxers understand how to throw one explosive combination. By Dominic Paris, former conditioning coach of Oscar De La Hoya They can load the hips, rotate through the shot, transfer weight, snap the punches, and finish with enough force to make the combination matter….
A lot of shadow boxing workouts fail for a simple reason: every round tries to do everything. By Dominic Paris, former conditioning coach of Oscar De La Hoya The boxer moves quickly, throws combinations, slips, rolls, pivots, changes direction, visualizes an opponent, and tries to stay exhausted enough to call it conditioning. When the form…
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