Ian Oliver, Boxing Fitness

A wonderful piece of work Mr Oliver, I am not a boxer in the pure aspect but use boxing as part of overall fighting.

I have a friend who had some work published and they said "The best compliment you can give an author is to recommend there work to other people". That case sir I have paid you that compliment as there are a number of people both here and in Finland who own a copy.

Good work.

I was looking for a book to provide me with information from an experienced person, this book has improved my knowledge and helped me create new ideas to incorporate into my workouts, has made me laugh and best of all inspired me to get moving. Definitely recommend this to anyone who wants improve on their boxing techniques and fitness.

Ian Oliver, Boxing Fitness - I borrowed an advance copy of this book from my gym, & I think I will definitely buy it when it comes out. I am not a boxer - the closest I've got would be the boxercise classes at my local gym! - but I found the fitness advice really helpful. Apart from a couple of chapters on boxing equipment & some technique, the book is really about how to get as fit as a boxer, not how to box. It provides a fitness training programme, which can be adapted to suit different levels of fitness. I haven't followed the programme completely, but I've been working bits of it into my normal gym routine, & it's really working! My favourite section is the abs chapter - loads of excercises for flattening the stomach, & I also like the bit on stretching. The nutrition section is quite short - for absolute beginners, it might be best to buy a sports nutrition book as well. Overall, I really enjoyed it, it has pepped up my gym routine, got my stomach flatter & improved my general health. It's a totally 'non-scary' fitness book, nice & compact so I can carry it round the gym.