From Fundamentals to Seasoned Fighter – Dan’s Story

As our latest Fight Skool intake kicks off, we thought what better time than to tell you a bit about the fight skool journey. Dan Cloak has being undertaking this journey regualry since 2017.   We asked him to tell us his story, what does he get out of putting himself through 10 weeks of intense… Continue reading From Fundamentals to Seasoned Fighter – Dan’s Story

Alex’s journey

Find something you love and get consistent with it – the physical results will come as a by product of feeling good After battling with depression and piling on weight Alex decided it was time to make changes.  Last April he walked into 12 Rounds Boxing and started our boxing fundamentals programme.  18 months later… Continue reading Alex’s journey

Join our Open Day for World Mental Health Day

At 12 Rounds Boxing, we’re a small boxing gym with big dreams of showing everyone how boxing can make us all better at dealing with life’s inevitable punches. Our #BoxingMakesYouBetter Campaign launches on World Mental Health Day (10th October 2019) and encourages people to share their experiences of what boxing has done for them. Our… Continue reading Join our Open Day for World Mental Health Day

13 Reasons why you should learn to box

There seems to be a trend at the moment in 13 reasons why blogs. I don’t know why it’s 13 but it seems to be popular so I thought I’d continue that theme in my blog today. Yes you guessed right, 13 Reason why you need to start boxing I’m sure I can think of… Continue reading 13 Reasons why you should learn to box

7 Essential Exercises to Build a Boxers Physique

Want to know how to get the body of a fighter?  Todays blog comes from guest writer Jamie Stewart at www.warriorpunch.com Fighter’s bodies make the average guy (or gal) on the street extremely envious. I mean, these guys walk around cut up while packing serious muscle. A fighter’s body is the epitome of fitness and… Continue reading 7 Essential Exercises to Build a Boxers Physique

Boxing Fundamentals – FAQs

What’s boxing fundamentals all about? Scrap any ideas you have about beating a punching bag by yourself, boxing fundamentals is very much a social way of learning how to box. Classes are usually made up of around 8 to 16 people and concentrate on pad work, bag work and building your fitness. This means you… Continue reading Boxing Fundamentals – FAQs

Are the stories you tell yourself keeping you fat?

Most of you probably think at 12 Rounds were all about hard training and restrictive diets but here’s a few thoughts I’ve been sharing with my clients recently. Since entering the fitness industry I’ve changed my views so much on what’s important and what gets results. Most of us who want to lose weight want… Continue reading Are the stories you tell yourself keeping you fat?

Losing inches

So 1 week into diet plan and heres how my weeks panned out Training sessions 4 Lattes 0 Hot cho 0 Chocolate mon-Fri 0 Vodka + cranberry 1 courtesy of Martin Wasson at eh boxing show last Thursday Lindor chocolates 7 Chips 1/2 a portion Cheat day only involved a decaf coffee, some chocolate almonds… Continue reading Losing inches

Eat some carbs…

Bet you never thought you’d here may say that! When I talk about following a nutrition plan lots of people get put off as they think it means no carbs. You can still eat carbs. Just healthy low GI ones like sweet potato, brown rice and lots of veg! Vegetables are carbohydrates and also full… Continue reading Eat some carbs…

Going cold turkey

Its day two of my 28 day get back into my jeans plan. I’ve gone cold turkey. No alcohol, no sugar, wheat or processed food. I’m actually glad. I’m ready for it now. I’ve actually sickened myself of eating crap food and my body is craving the healthy stuff. The hardest thing is going to… Continue reading Going cold turkey