BoxRec

Hi everyone,

Hope this is the right forum for this topic - I've done a search and couldn't find this mentioned previously.

I have just started doing boxing training after being a boxing fan my whole life (I'm 30). Even though I'm just starting out I absolutely love it.

I have been doing technical training rather than fitness training and its with boxing coaches rather than fitness instructors or personal trainers. I really appreciate the detailed knowledge the boxing coaches bring.

I have tried two different gyms here in London. However, although the actual coaching has been brilliant I've found both gyms to have music so loud that I really struggle to hear what the trainers are saying. Even when I can hear them I find it hard to concentrate on my work due to the bar-loud music. And thats not even mentioning the hearing damage I would probably get over time when my ears are ringing coming out of these places.

I fully appreciate that boxing gyms are, by default, loud places with lots of machines and bags being used at once. I love the noise of the bags etc in gyms. However I feel that having very loud music on top makes it hard to understand anything. I don't want to ask the people running the gym to turn it down really as im new and others obviously like the music. If it was a standard gym I was going to just to keep fit on my own i'd wear earplugs or headphones but obviously this isnt an option whilst being coached. I think the fact that both my trainers have been old guys who speak very softly hasn't helped.

Is this situation normal, or should I be able to find a gym that although loud isn't so loud that I can't hear instructions?

Any advice would be really appreciated.

Cheers

I would have a chat to the trainer at the start of your next session, just say you have trouble understanding his instructions due to the music volume, as your probably paying for the coaching/membership, and boxing gyms are for all, pretty sure the coach will turn it down a bit for you, as you will improve more quickly by hearing his instructions and concentrating

mkirkhope wrote:Hi everyone,

Hope this is the right forum for this topic - I've done a search and couldn't find this mentioned previously.

I have just started doing boxing training after being a boxing fan my whole life (I'm 30). Even though I'm just starting out I absolutely love it.

I have been doing technical training rather than fitness training and its with boxing coaches rather than fitness instructors or personal trainers. I really appreciate the detailed knowledge the boxing coaches bring.

I have tried two different gyms here in London. However, although the actual coaching has been brilliant I've found both gyms to have music so loud that I really struggle to hear what the trainers are saying. Even when I can hear them I find it hard to concentrate on my work due to the bar-loud music. And thats not even mentioning the hearing damage I would probably get over time when my ears are ringing coming out of these places.

I fully appreciate that boxing gyms are, by default, loud places with lots of machines and bags being used at once. I love the noise of the bags etc in gyms. However I feel that having very loud music on top makes it hard to understand anything. I don't want to ask the people running the gym to turn it down really as im new and others obviously like the music. If it was a standard gym I was going to just to keep fit on my own i'd wear earplugs or headphones but obviously this isnt an option whilst being coached. I think the fact that both my trainers have been old guys who speak very softly hasn't helped.

Is this situation normal, or should I be able to find a gym that although loud isn't so loud that I can't hear instructions?

Any advice would be really appreciated.

Cheers

Hi, have sent you a PM with some info

Pardon?

Politely say you struggle with your natural aural devices the best of times and would it be pertinent not to indulge in excessive electronic poptastic gay anthems volume 7 whilst pursuing pugilistic enlightenment. Suggest -7dB root means square for the speaker arrangement in the establishment, assuming the speakers are of average sensitivity and this should bring about a happy medium to the SPL in your locality. Obviously 'loudness' is all logarithmic but I can advise of the the peak power of a sine wave of RMS value X is √2*X; conversely the RMS value of a sine wave of peak X is (1/√2)*X. For a resistive load - the average power is the product of the RMS current and RMS voltage which you will reduce.

Or put simply, tell him to turn the bastard down.

G0mez wrote:Politely say you struggle with your natural aural devices the best of times and would it be pertinent not to indulge in excessive electronic poptastic gay anthems volume 7 whilst pursuing pugilistic enlightenment. Suggest -7dB root means square for the speaker arrangement in the establishment, assuming the speakers are of average sensitivity and this should bring about a happy medium to the SPL in your locality. Obviously 'loudness' is all logarithmic but I can advise of the the peak power of a sine wave of RMS value X is √2*X; conversely the RMS value of a sine wave of peak X is (1/√2)*X. For a resistive load - the average power is the product of the RMS current and RMS voltage which you will reduce.

Or put simply, tell him to turn the bastard down.