Boxing

Looks like I've had enough of just lifting metal, such as lifting dumbbells and bars, this half-term I'll be focusing on boxing I do not know why this idea popped up into my head, but it is helping me gain a lot of upper body strength. The first week did not go as planned, both my knuckles were worn to the bone, even while wearing proper protection, now however my skin is hardening up and just ordinary boxing tape is good enough. The first step to boxing was learning the correct positioning, which turned out to be no problem as the stance is the same in hockey, but then came the punches: Jabs, Crosses, Uppercuts  and Hooks, I took these skills in relatively easily, in the first week or so. The past few weeks I've been building my agility and practicing combinations of hits. to continue to build up physical strength a use weights tied to my wrists (approximately weighing about 3 kg) and do exercises on pull-up bars, do different kinds of sit-ups and push-ups. Overall this half-term I have undertaken a new challenge and obtained new skills, as well as increased my awareness of my strengths and weaknesses.