Describe your relationship with your coach/trainer?

[evalistinho]

I find this to be very important. My last trainer did not give a shit about me and used me as her punching bag for her favorites in the gym. I thought i had to earn her respect but she didnt believe in me and never paid attention to me. I was feeling down about it so i said the hell with her and found another gym.
My new trainer treats me well and has taught me new things. He always calls me up to see if i have been eating right and to watch tapes with him on how to fix my weaknesses and polish my strengths. He pushes me alot but at the end hes proud of me and that makes me feel better and look forward to the gym.

What kind of relationship do you guys have with your trainer?

[amy]

Like an adopted dad to me.

[MaliSlamusrex]

punch her in the boobs.

[evalistinho]

punch her in the boobs.

Seriously i was close to drop kicking her.

[MaliSlamusrex]

There was a girl in my gym and she was good at boxing and we spared at just boxing, i didn't want to hurt her because she was a good ametur and she wanted to prove a point fighting the big guy, I thought i'd go easy on her but when i went to tap her gloves she faked a jab and led with a hook, after that i just kept my range and taged her softly and didn't snap a single punch, she went mad started to clinch and stamp on my feet and just threw down instead of using her boxing, this lasted 2 round so i thought i'd punch her in the boob instead of the solar plexis because i didnt want to mess up her face. She dropped down, she had it comming but i felt really bad then.

in short i think women in gyms have a complex, they try and win the respect of the big guys and pick on the newcommers, nothing sexist but its the way women are in the gym.

Seriously i was close to drop kicking her.

[avk47]

There was a girl in my gym and she was good at boxing and we spared at just boxing, i didn't want to hurt her because she was a good ametur and she wanted to prove a point fighting the big guy, I thought i'd go easy on her but when i went to tap her gloves she faked a jab and led with a hook, after that i just kept my range and taged her softly and didn't snap a single punch, she went mad started to clinch and stamp on my feet and just threw down instead of using her boxing, this lasted 2 round so i thought i'd punch her in the boob instead of the solar plexis because i didnt want to mess up her face. She dropped down, she had it comming but i felt really bad then.

in short i think women in gyms have a complex, they try and win the respect of the big guys and pick on the newcommers, nothing sexist but its the way women are in the gym.

Not like that in my experience. THe women I've trained with were more prepared to quietly realize their mistakes and work on them, compared to the guys who always wanted to prove they were beter than others within the gym, used sparring as a bout instead of a chance to try something new etc.

On the other hand, the women always used to go full out on me, but being a heavyweight I was kind of expected to deal with it. My coach liked to put them in with me, tell them to go full out, and me to only defend and not throw punches. It was a good learning experience.

As for my relationship, when I was still training, until very recently, there was no relationship. He doesn't really have one with anyone, in fact, I don't think he gives a damn. If you win, he sucks up to you in a blatantly obvious way, but he does fuck all to raise your level, messes up matching, and misses trainings while going on the piss. My previous coaches I was close to on a personal level, but as coaches, they just lacked the abilities to take you further once you've learned the basics - i.e. tactically etc. Heard some funny stuff in the corner. "Go for him, he's tired" was the favourite phrase of one of them, and he said it even after the first round, when the guy was dancing around in his corner during the break! Or "tripple up on your left hook" :-( I never noticed I was Floyd Mayweather!

[paloalto00]

My coach and I aren't real close, but we do joke around and such. I respect him very much. He works 1 on 1 with me and everyone else in my gym, and tries to get all of us in for atleast 2 rounds of only body sparring if we don't have a pass book.

[amy]

in short i think women in gyms have a complex, they try and win the respect of the big guys and pick on the newcommers, nothing sexist but its the way women are in the gym.

No. Probably just that girl. I've never met any like that.

[MaliSlamusrex]

fair enough I can see how that could be patronizing, but there are women who feel they have to prove themselves more than the guys and overcompensate in strange ways.

No. Probably just that girl. I've never met any like that.

[amy]

fair enough I can see how that could be patronizing, but there are women who feel they have to prove themselves more than the guys and overcompensate in strange ways.

I've found it to be the opposite actually. Almost every coach I've met has said they prefer training girls because they don't have anything to prove. They show up to the gym wanting to learn how to box without a lifetime of machismo before they got there.

[curly]

I've found it to be the opposite actually. Almost every coach I've met has said they prefer training girls because they don't have anything to prove. They show up to the gym wanting to learn how to box without a lifetime of machismo before they got there.

Yeah your right. A lot of blokes think there theshit until they get taken down a peg or two. Doesn't really happen in my gym though, we're a close knit group, always having a laugh.

[paloalto00]

Yeah your right. A lot of blokes think there theshit until they get taken down a peg or two. Doesn't really happen in my gym though, we're a close knit group, always having a laugh.

That's how it's suppose to be, in a gym you should be like family :)

[GPater11093]

the first ever trainer who really took me under his wing was good he showed me all the basics and tahts as far as he took me as he was never a boxer or anything, i still train with him on the pads though to improve punching power as hes good at that and we have a great laugh together


my relationship with my trainer right now is good

i respect him listen exactly to what he says and practise it even if i feel its the wrong thing but it turnms out it never is. He picks up on stuff i didnt even know existed so in terms of a tehnical coach he is perfect fro me as he sees exactly what im doing wrong and what i need to do.

In terms of phycology he know exactly what to do with me so he knows me pretty well and in corners always tell s me the right things to get me fired up and motivated. Since he is a fighter he underrstand things with me.

my relationship with him is good we speak about boxing and have a laugh but arnt like best mates as i respect him too much, i think our relationship is exactly how it has to be

[Pork Chop]

in muay thai and kickboxing i've always been close with all my trainers, I feel they all helped me out as much as they could given the circumstances (some I wasn't with very long, some I couldn't train with regularly).

in boxing, i had one really good coach who helped me a lot at the beginning. after that, as I moved & had to change gyms, I became like evalistinho - just the guy that the trainer used as a punching bag for his favorites. Stunk too, coz most were much smaller than me and I wasn't allowed to hit back with any kind of effort.

[liver shot]

there are a few coaches.one of them most people arent too fond of because he always shouts,like a drill sergeant,but he was in my corner for my 1st win and we get on well now,i listen and work hard & he teaches me alot.i hated him when i started thougth.
another trainer is really into his boxing history & fihgt films so we get on,chatting boxing & stuff.
theres not anoyone,fighter or coach that i dont get along with.

[twoohands]

I've found it to be the opposite actually. Almost every coach I've met has said they prefer training girls because they don't have anything to prove. They show up to the gym wanting to learn how to box without a lifetime of machismo before they got there.



sorry to be rude, but what a load of shite............

[jordaw]

My coach trains mostly pros and I (being an extremely inexperienced amature) was lucky to even meet him so I didn't expect him to really take me under his wing but right after i started training with him something just connected and we developed a great relationship. He always puts me in with the right people and sometimes I am the punching bag in the ring but I always learn something new that either him or the person I am fighting teaches me. he knows me well enough to know how to motivate me. He is a genius in boxing and every time I train with him I learn something knew. He is basically like a second father to me.

[RedDragonBoxing]

My trainers great and is a good laugh. Mind you i got like 4 trainers but my main one is kinda like a school teacher

[colin7878]

i give him money get little in return :bbb

[RDJ]

My trainer is a very old school man, firm but fair. There's only one way to get his respect and that's by earning it the hard way in the ring. I owe this man a lot for saving my sanity, so I try to be a robot in training. If he gives an order I'm doing it before he ends his sentence, no questions asked.

[spittle8]

I've been training for two weeks and he's a good guy. It's a busy gym so there isn't much one-on-one time, but he gets me on a routine and has started me on sparring. Fair dude, seems to know his shit.

[Relentless]

Every gym i have trained at (2 gyms) there have been more than one trainer but one head coach.

In my first gym West Ham abc the head coach was a strict old school no nonsense guy, he was/is a great trainer, knew exactly the right things to say etc, but some reason after about 1.5 years training with him, we fell out, dont know why but he just wouldn't care about me, i was just some guy who regularly trained there so i decided to change gyms.

the 2nd gym i joined was Newham ABC, a very good club, old school coaches, not as big or as well known as West Ham but one thing i loved was everyone there was like family, we were there as a team, the coach wouldn't put one person over another, treated everyone the same and would have time for everyone, he was surprised that i left West Ham to join his gym because West Ham was supposed to be a top gym but i explained my situation to him and he let me in his gym.

[amy]

sorry to be rude, but what a load of shite............

Not really, ask any coach who trains women.

[RDJ]

Not really, ask any coach who trains women.

Mine agrees with you :good