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The most prominent part of any boxing workout is the selection of right pair of gloves. These gloves do not just offer protection to your hands, but also offer the optimum resistance to your arms. When you throw a punch, these bags enhance your muscles strength. Gloves are not limited for boxing enthusiasts only. Many individuals are involved in the boxing sport for working out to relief stress. When you do training with the bag gloves, a lot of precaution should be taken for hands and knuckles. This is the reason why you need a perfect pair of gloves to avoid injuries as much as possible. The gloves are generally insulated to reduce the possibilities of risks to your knuckles, wrists and hands while hitting a heavy bag.

For getting the right pair of gloves for yourself, you should consider the following things that can affect the size of the pair you will purchase:

Your Size: The larger will be the size of the boxer, heavier will be the gloves required for maximum protection. The reason is that the punches tend to have some extra force behind them. If you are having smaller size, the gloves of approximately 12oz-14oz will do. Choosing heavier gloves might result into negative impact on your performance as they will add some extra and unnecessary resistance to your arms after throwing ample of punches. But this factor alone cannot become a deciding factor for your purchase.

Gloves Use: It is also a valid point to consider. The size of the bag gloves will change if you are looking to use the same pair for sparring as well. The size of the sparring gloves is generally varies between 8-10oz. This is why you must take into account whether you want to use gloves for spar or not. Heavy gloves can reduce your speed and add too much pressure on your arms. The normal size of gloves should be 12 oz so as to get increased effectiveness in the training.

Goals of Workout: The last but not the least thing that you should consider is what you actually want to accomplish from your workout? For instance, if you want to gain the punch strength, you should get gloves weighing 16oz or more. For burning your body fat, you will need gloves of lower size varying between 12oz to14 oz, so that you do not have to use the complete strength of your arm muscles before the process of fat burning begins. For toning up also, a pair of gloves with size of 12-14oz can be used as you will not require a large amount of protection. This is because you do not need to focus on hitting the bag too hard.

Taking up all above points into consideration, you can either purchase your bag gloves from online or on-site store, whichever is your preference.

Perhaps the most recognizable of boxing techniques is the Peek-a-Boo. Yes, there is a childs game by that name. The execution of the Peek-a-Boo is very much like the game. In the game, the hands are placed over the face to hide it.

In boxing, a boxers hands go up in front of his face to provide extra protection to the face and head. It is a commonly used stance in fight scenes in movies. It has been used in everyday fights as well. Children on the playground instinctively put their hands up in front of their faces, fists balled in preparation to defend or attack. Boxers use the Peek-a-Boo in a similar manner. It allows them to launch combinations from a defensive stance.

To properly carry out the Peek-a-Boo, a boxer places his hands in front of his face. The forearms remain loose and the gloved hands are held somewhere on the same level with the nose or eyes. By holding the arms and hands up, the face and head are guarded. This position also provides an excellent stance from which to deliver punches to your opponent. You can block an incoming punch with one hand and throw a punch with the other hand.

Combinations also work well from the Peek-a-Boo. The one-two punch is well set up. Others may include punching the body, the head and then the body again. Or two punches to the body followed by one to the head. These combinations are usually practiced on equipment such as a boxing dummy or punching bag to improve speed and force before going up against a live opponent. Practicing with a small punching bag, known as a speed bag, also teaches the boxer to keep his hands up in the Peek-a-Boo.

The Peek-a-Boo also provides ease at avoiding incoming punches. The head can be moved from one side to the other. Bobbing and weaving are often done as well. The head and neck can be hastily moved to dodge a hit. Rapid ducking can become the force behind a punch on the way back up.

Perhaps the most widely recognized of boxing stances, the Peek-a-Boo is very versatile. As a defensive move, it protects the face and head. It also puts the hands into a good position for delivering blows to the head and body of your opponent. It doesnt have to be strictly one or the other. It flows easily from deflecting to punching with little need for adjusting or pausing. It is one of the most common and also most effective boxing techniques.

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If you really want to look sharp in the ring as well as being able to get the most out of your boxing workout, Everlast Leather Boxing Shoes may be just what you need. Stylish as well as high quality, these shoes are exactly what you need when you want to look great as well as being able to execute all the right moves in the boxing ring. They are a traditional style that are 12 inches high, offering all of the support and styling that is needed to win the event.

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The Left hook and the right uppercut from an Orthodox stance

LEFT HOOK

The left hook is technically one of the most difficult punches to learn, but if correctly executed it can be a powerful weapon , whether used at medium to full range, to the head or body.

The punch starts with a weight transfer to the left side, the left elbow is brought up almost parallel to the floor so that the arm forms a sort of hook shape ; your left palm should be facing downwards, at the same time, pivot on the ball of your left foot, left heel facing outwards, your left leg and torso turning sharply to the right. Hit through the target.
Note that the arm does not move independently, it is powered by the leg, hips and back in a twisting motion.

The hook is a difficult punch to defend against because it is thrown from outside the line of your opponents vision.
When throwing the left hook, remember to keep your right hand up and recover your left hand back to guard.

RIGHT UPPERCUT

The uppercut is a very useful close/medium range punch. It is delivered straight up inside your opponents guard.
The uppercut is also a favoured punch for a tall fighter against a much smaller crouching opponent.
At medium range the uppercut can be a devastating counter punch.

Transfer your weight slightly to your right hand side, dip your knees slightly so your right elbow nears your hip, rotate your fist (palm facing yourself), without cocking your arm back, propel the punch upwards by twisting your torso ( right side of your body), accelerate, contact and recover to guard.

Care must be taken not to telegraph the punch.

Note for southpaws
If you are left handed or prefer to box with the right foot forward, reverse the instructions where applicable.

Keep practising and remember UK Boxing store supply quality boxing gloves and boxing equipment.