Kevin Corish has devoted a good portion of his life to the gym; an effort to prepare himself for an opportunity to one-day compete in the field of professional boxing. Stay in touch with Kevin Corish at twitter https://twitter.com/KevinCorish

1. Kevin Corish: Training for a Fight
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2. Kevin Corish has devoted a good
portion of his life to the gym; an effort
to prepare himself for an opportunity
to one-day compete in the field of
professional boxing. After than more
than 20 years of committed,
undeterred training at the local
boxing gym, Corish realized his
dream. At the age of 40, Corish
earned the opportunity to fight in a
professionally-sanctioned match,
which he proudly and ably pushed to
a draw.
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3. As Kevin Corish knows, preparing
for a fight is hard work, and
requires an intense amount of
training and focus in two primary
areas: the hands and footwork.
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4. Training Your Hands
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5. Areas many boxers focus on
when training their hands
include:
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6. -Punching technique, which
helps to improve endurance
and power.
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7. -Clean, smooth drills at the speed
bag.
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8. -Intense, three-to-five-minute
intervals hitting the heavy bag.
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9. -A strength-training regimen to improve and
sustain arm and upper body strength.
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10. Footwork Kevin Corish

11. Training your feet for a boxing match
generally involves:
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12. -Interval training several times a
week.
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13. -Alternating between long runs,
short sprints and shadow boxing
between interval training days.
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14. -One-to-two slow,
long-distance runs
a week to aid in
stretching.
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15. -Jump rope exercise
during each training day.Kevin Corish

16. About Kevin Corish
Kevin Corish committed over 20 years of his life
to training and exercise at the local gym.
Determined to reach his goal of fighting in a
professional boxing match, Kevin Corish devoted
much of his time to strengthening his body,
improving his agility and honing his skills in the
ring.