I had the opportunity to drop in at open gym at Powerhouse Boxing and met Juan who gave me a great introduction to Powerhouse and what they are all about.
They cater to a wide variety of athletes from fitness to competitive boxers. They will be hosting matches in June. Group conditioning classes are interval type training sessions.
We started at the mirrors and he showed be the left jab, right jab, left hook combination and then the left jab, right uppercut, left uppercut combination.
Then we applied those movements to the heavy bag for the hooks and tear drop shaped bag for the uppercuts. He was very observant and emphasized staying on your toes and bringing your guard back. One universal was dipping back to the start position. They let me borrow some gloves for this.
Next station was defense and he had this bag on a pendulum to teach timing with slipping the bag as it came back and forth. As easy as it sounds twisting the shoulders or stepping out is not intuitive.
Then we went to a bag mounted at the ceiling and the floor. This was for speed and timing. Except by dumb luck, I never hit it with both the right and left in succession.
Finally we finished on the speed bag. This is a rhythm exercise that I was marginally better at, but still tough.
Overall between instruction and 3 minute rounds, I was there for about 90 minutes and had truly been put through my paces.
Daniel was among another (4) athletes training at open gym. They all seemed to have their routine and if I continue to attend I am sure I will find mine.
I was pretty sore afterwards, despite reducing my intensity. I felt it the most in my biceps for some reason and my wrists.
Adult training packages start at $95/month and go to $320/month depending on whether you are looking for group classes or personal sessions. $40/session is pretty reasonable considering the quality of intstruction. While I may never get to spar, I do think I would enjoy the training.
