Body shots

[GranFire]

Meh, I took a couple solid punches square to the sternum today...last time I got hit right on the short ribs on the right side.

I know, I need to block :

Anyhow...I am feeling a little sickly about it...no throw up sick but blah..


I guess I am just whining...and wondering if anybody else has experienced something like it - not the body shots, but feeling unwell after. Mind you, we only sparr with light to medium contact and don't wear a chest guard! (Might have toget one if I don't learn how to block!)

[GranFire]

I have been told that (MIL cracked hers in a car wreck)

I am not feeling bad, just kinda icky. Hard to describe. (but the hits to the ribs - any further to the middle, I'd blown chunks for sure...)

Usually I daon't have to worry about my fellow warrior women wannabees to het me too hard, but man, I need to BLOCK! <SIGH>

[treelizard]

Getting hit sucks. You may want to try homeopathic arnica (or arnica salve.) I just bought like five tubes to give out the guys I train with.

Blocking is good. Hopefully you have decent training partners who help you solidify form with your blocks in a controlled environment before sparring (even if it's just light to medium contact.) Drills should be progressive and challenging but do those before sparring.

I think you can buy chest guards on the Ringside boxing site.

Good luck! Hands up!!!!

[GranFire]

( iamainstructorintraining )

And the Boss would really put the hurt on me should I show up with extra gear! ;D

ARNIKA! Why did I not think about it! Got some somewhere....

Need to hit the gym and build up some muscle...SIGH!


But all kidding aside. Can a soso kick to - the liver - kinda make you feel queezy for a spell. I understand a solid hit there can drop you like nothing flat, but just a tab?

(Damn, I hate getting old! Twenty years ago non of that would have phased me! )

[DickHardman]

i got kicked by spin back kick right in my stomach that sent me flying across the ring one time during a sparring session

[Sagacious Lu]

I've never felt sick, but after one particularly hard sparring session my ribs hurt every time I coughed, laughed or sneezed for a couple of weeks.

[Hardball]

Don't rely on blocking so much. Use more parries and footwork. Get the hell out of the way. LOL

[GranFire]

I've never felt sick, but after one particularly hard sparring session my ribs hurt every time I coughed, laughed or sneezed for a couple of weeks.

Cracked rib! Man I swear it's going around right now! (But everybody else does it coughing )

[treelizard]

There's a really good mass gain program in the Performance Menu that I've been doing--I've only been doing it for five weeks and I gained some muscle pretty darn quickly. You can download an issue for free, so if you haven't yet it's issue #17

http://www.performancemenu.com/backissues/index.php?show=issue&issueNum=17

Yeah, liver kicks can and do hurt for a while. Arnica helps!! If I know I'm really gonna get pounded, I'll do some arnica as a preventative before I go in.

[GranFire]

There's a really good mass gain program in the Performance Menu that I've been doing--I've only been doing it for five weeks and I gained some muscle pretty darn quickly. You can download an issue for free, so if you haven't yet it's issue #17

http://www.performancemenu.com/backissues/index.php?show=issue&issueNum=17

Yeah, liver kicks can and do hurt for a while. Arnica helps!! If I know I'm really gonna get pounded, I'll do some arnica as a preventative before I go in.

Thanks!

I'll check it out!

@ Hardball: I hear you! It's the best way to avoid getting hit: don't be there when it lands!

[Tom Yum]

Ok, we've talked about the bad body shots, now let's talk about the good ones...

[GranFire]

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[GranFire]

There's a really good mass gain program in the Performance Menu that I've been doing--I've only been doing it for five weeks and I gained some muscle pretty darn quickly. You can download an issue for free, so if you haven't yet it's issue #17

http://www.performancemenu.com/backissues/index.php?show=issue&issueNum=17

Yeah, liver kicks can and do hurt for a while. Arnica helps!! If I know I'm really gonna get pounded, I'll do some arnica as a preventative before I go in.

I downloaded and printed it, but there is so much I don't understand, fitness lingo evades me currently (heaven knows, I have a hard enough time to sound half way intelligent and not like a babbling fool...)


Arnika, where is my Arnika.....

[treelizard]

I downloaded and printed it, but there is so much I don't understand, fitness lingo evades me currently (heaven knows, I have a hard enough time to sound half way intelligent and not like a babbling fool...)

Don't worry, I've asked the dumbest questions to the guys who wrote that and they are always spelling out everything for me. Or if you want I can answer any questions as I'm on the 5th week of that program.

[DickHardman]

Ok, we've talked about the bad body shots, now let's talk about the good ones...

you need to do it off her boobies, not her stomach.