Chapter 8: Conditioning

For a week in a row, Wang Ben practiced footwork, standing posture and straight punches.

Boxing practice is boring, Wang Ben has completely adapted to the rhythm of boxing, but he has been practicing these basic skills, which always makes people feel a little irritable, so he found Coach Lu.

"Coach Lu, I feel like I've almost practiced it, can I teach other new boxing techniques, such as hook boxing, hook boxing, and other heavy punch boxing." Wang Ben asked in a low voice.

Coach Lu smiled, shook his head and said: "Wang Ben, the practice of boxing is not posing, but with the goal of actual combat, you feel that your boxing and footwork have reached the standard, in fact, there is still a long way to go, practicing boxing has to go through three stages, the first stage is the basic action, the second stage is the conditioned reflex, and the third stage is to integrate and understand." ”

"You're only in the first stage of practice, not only to keep the movements standardized, but also to let the muscles of the body form a memory, to form these basic movements into unconscious movements, you can do it without paying special attention, just like breathing to become your body's instinct is basically qualified. Boxing pays attention to the rules, if in the boxing fight, the action is not standardized, will be deducted points, so, you must practice repeatedly, mastering the correct posture is not the most critical, the key is to form a fixed behavior pattern in your mind, these standard movements are thoroughly qualitative, and form your instinctive movements. It's like when you were in the ring with Ali before, you unconsciously wanted to attack with your legs, which is not allowed in boxing. ”

Wang Ben nodded, indeed, when his body was attacked, his first reaction was not a boxing move, but a martial arts move he had learned before.

"What do you mean by conditioning and integration?"

Coach Lu said with a smile: "The conditioned reflex is to integrate the basic movements of boxing with your nervous system, and you have to change some of the body's conditioned reflexes, just like your eyes. ”

Before he finished speaking, Lu Biao suddenly punched Wang Ben in front of him.

Wang Ben's instinctive body was about to avoid it, and his eyes were closed.

However, Lu Biao's fist did not continue to strike, but stopped half a foot away in front of Wang Ben, and said with a smile: "Look, this is the conditioned reflex, when you face an attack, your eyes will be unconsciously closed, and the second stage of boxing is to change this bad conditioned reflex, at any time, your eyes can't be closed, you look at my hands." ”

Wang Ben glanced at Coach Lu's hand, but then his eyes instinctively wanted to narrow.

It turned out that Coach Lu was holding a rubber band between his fingers, and the rubber band was tensed back, as if it was about to pop out at him.

"Is there a conditioned reflex to dodge, but, you actually know very well, this rubber band can't hurt you at all, and excellent boxers, even if the opponent's fist hits the body, will not blink, not only to avoid, but also to seize the opportunity to fight back, dodge with the best shaking posture, and then fight back with a standard posture of the fist, if you can train to this step, when the body is hit, you can fight back with standard boxing movements without thinking about the brain, and the action specifications are not deformed, That's what makes a good boxer. ”

Putting away the rubber band, Coach Lu continued: "As for the integration of the third stage, only very good boxers have the ability to punch fast, and be able to mobilize the muscles of the whole body, concentrate the power on the fist, and give the opponent a fatal blow, without brewing halfway, there is a saying that how to say?" Yes, both rigid and soft, do whatever you want, Wang Ben, if you can practice boxing to this level, I believe you will definitely get a medal in the Olympic Games. ”

Wang Ben frowned, combining rigidity and softness, doing whatever he wanted, how could he feel so familiar.

Soon, he remembered that he had heard the old man talk about these boxing principles before, and the old man taught himself boxing techniques, and paid great attention to the theories and skills of various boxing techniques.

It's a pity that no matter how good the theory of boxing is, if there is no actual practice, no matter how good the martial arts boxing will evolve into a showcase, it is estimated that the old man also understands this truth in his heart, but today's society is not as good as before, and Wang Ben can't be allowed to fight with others, right?

Therefore, no matter how good the martial arts are, as long as the cultivation method deviates from the actual combat, it will not be able to form a strong strength in the end.

Wang Ben lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and soon understood that it was not that Chinese martial arts were not good, but that cultivation lacked actual combat, and once it was trained in actual combat, Chinese martial arts would definitely be able to form a huge lethality.

After listening to Coach Lu's explanation, Wang Ben did not mention the matter of learning new boxing techniques, and returned to the side to continue practicing boxing footwork and straight boxing.

During this time, Wang Ben did not go out to work, he came to the gym after breakfast in the morning, rested in the gym at noon, and continued to train in the afternoon, of course, in order to improve the muscle strength of the body, Wang Ben took a hundred yuan to improve the food.

This is what Lu Biao requested, to eat less and more meals, not to eat too much at a time, and to eat more beef to increase muscle strength, like fritters can no longer be eaten.

Wang Ben is not particular about what he eats, although Coach Lu decided that the ingredients did not taste very good, but Wang Ben ate very deliciously, even if he chewed half raw beef in his mouth, he didn't have much opinion.

Half a month later, the effect of the training has come out.

Wang Ben can clearly feel that the muscles have become tighter than before, the fat content has decreased a lot, and the six-pack abs, which were not very obvious before, have now become eight-packs, with perfect lines.

After half a month of training, Wang Ben completely mastered the basic boxing and body footwork of boxing, swinging thousands of times a day, and five days ago, Coach Lu also taught him air punching and punching bag practice.

Smack, smack......

The fist repeatedly hit the sandbag, making a dull sound, Wang Ben punched very fast, the strength is very strong, from the beginning of a little rusty to the current boxing is natural and casual, these are all sweat in exchange.

At this time, he has been deeply attracted to boxing and has completely fallen in love with this sport, of course, he did not lose the Chinese martial arts he practiced before, but thought of a way to practice with boxing.

Lu Biao stood not far away, watching Wang Ben practice, with a satisfied smile on his face.

Then, he began to teach Wang Ben to punch combinations in boxing, and added rope ladder exercises to improve the body's reaction speed.

Before I knew it, the time had come to the beginning of August, and Wang Ben had been practicing boxing for a month.

It was Wang Ben's turn to repay the gym's tuition, and from that day on, he continued to serve as a sparring partner in the gym.

Lu Biao is right, as long as Wang Ben practices boxing, he can become a qualified sparring partner.

In the boxing ring, Wang Ben was like a cow, bombarded by the gym students in turn, but the final result surprised everyone, and everyone was tired and unable to make an effective attack on him.

"Wang Ben, can you shake it slower, I can't keep up with this speed." One of the students shouted in frustration.

"Okay, I'll take it slow." Wang Ben said with a smile.

These students in the gym are not very strong, at least he thinks so, even if there are a few fighters who have studied for five or six years, he can cope with the attack speed and fist power.

"I'll let you slow down, why are you still so fast, damn, you kid cheated me." The student punched too hard, and he didn't stand firmly, and his body fell to the ground, shouting loudly.

"I'm already very slow, come again, you have to know, I'm a sparring partner, not a target, don't keep thinking about knocking me down, but standardize your own movements." Wang Ben said with a smile.