OK, so my experience with being hit in the face by a punch is quite minimal. I don't think it's actually ever gotten there before. I am, however, somewhat familiar with being kicked in the head from Taekwondo experience a long time ago, so it's not as if I can't absorb some punishment. Anyway, that rather obvious point aside, I go back to school in 2 weeks. It's my senior year in HS and odds are likely I won't be in NYC after this year. I find myself lacking in after school activity. I mean, I'm basically not doing anything. I've always wanted to find something to do that wasn't kicking intensive (partly because I just hated my experience in Taekwondo, partly because of the difficulty of somebody with my thigh size getting a kick off). Boxing was included, but I never found a gym near my school.
Until a few days ago, when randomly looking through a map of lower Manhattan for some other reason, I find there's a boxing gym a few blocks away from the WTC site. It's not that far from my school; I could get there in about 20 minutes if I walked. They have a site, I checked it out, it looks alright, could be a quality time. I'm fairly certain they train 17 year olds. I'm living mostly by myself, but my pops definitely wouldn't mind it because the money would come out of my own pocket, and he'd likely sign off on it.
But then there's a reason I'm making this thread. For one, this would be a relatively short term relationship. I have no plans to continue going to this place after this next year of HS. Also, I'm not quite sure how credible this gym is; reviews for it were good, but this looks like the kind of place that trains people for the money instead of the talent. I'm worried about that a fair bit. But the biggest problem is conditioning; I have a bit of the power needed and I have the toughness to handle combat with helmets, but I definitely do not have the endurance. I can't run a mile flat. Maybe 1/2 if I try hard enough. This is the disadvantage of a Russian gut, besides people calling you fat. If I did go to a gym, any one, I would have to go through conditioning, which might or might not be good. I don't know is the problem.
Based on all this info, Escapistdom, should I get into this gym and boxing as a whole? Is it worth it?
Until a few days ago, when randomly looking through a map of lower Manhattan for some other reason, I find there's a boxing gym a few blocks away from the WTC site. It's not that far from my school; I could get there in about 20 minutes if I walked. They have a site, I checked it out, it looks alright, could be a quality time. I'm fairly certain they train 17 year olds. I'm living mostly by myself, but my pops definitely wouldn't mind it because the money would come out of my own pocket, and he'd likely sign off on it.
But then there's a reason I'm making this thread. For one, this would be a relatively short term relationship. I have no plans to continue going to this place after this next year of HS. Also, I'm not quite sure how credible this gym is; reviews for it were good, but this looks like the kind of place that trains people for the money instead of the talent. I'm worried about that a fair bit. But the biggest problem is conditioning; I have a bit of the power needed and I have the toughness to handle combat with helmets, but I definitely do not have the endurance. I can't run a mile flat. Maybe 1/2 if I try hard enough. This is the disadvantage of a Russian gut, besides people calling you fat. If I did go to a gym, any one, I would have to go through conditioning, which might or might not be good. I don't know is the problem.
Based on all this info, Escapistdom, should I get into this gym and boxing as a whole? Is it worth it?
