Under the leadership of Vincent Giaccobi, the performance manager, the Yellow and Blue took advantage of the facilities and skills of ASM Omnisports to diversify their physical preparation session. So it was at the Gauthière sports complex that they set up a “training circuit” combining cycling, boxing and judo: enough to get your cardio going…
Diversifying physical preparation is always a source of motivation and weeks without matches are always more favorable to “special” slots. So, after a classic recovery yesterday in the gym and on the lawn of the training center, the Yellow and Blue found themselves in the Boxing room and in the Dojo of the ASM Omnisports for an original morning. No ball, but boxing gloves, cardio bikes and a tatami mat as companions for the ASM players who worked in small groups around these 3 original workshops.
On the tatami, Mourad Abed, the head of physical preparation and former high-level judoka (third dan black belt) led this first workshop with two immobilization techniques on the program as well as some turning maneuvers on the ground. A technical initiation without intensity, however sufficient to start increasing the cardio for certain “heavy weights”.
The build-up continued in the neighboring Boxing room where sprints on interval cardio bikes were the point of passage before putting on the gloves alongside Dominique Mansaré (coach at ASM and former vice-champion of France de Boxe preselected for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996).
First around the ring, the Auvergnats followed the advice of their teacher of the day, for a final warm-up before going into the “noble art” square for mini themed fights (dodges and escapes from the grip of his opponent then mini fight with blow to the shoulders…). Different rhythm and efforts to push the players to the limits of lucidity as Dominique explains. “Boxing is a very demanding sport in terms of cardio. There is a lot of movement and a constant search for a seat in order to be perfectly anchored in the ground, like rugby players on the lawn. So it’s quite complementary. Boxers who are often very high in cardio must remain lucid and vigilant. Pushing the players in these conditions means using all the muscles of the body but also the brain to be able to maintain vigilance, speed and explosiveness in order to be able to deliver the power of a shot at the right time. …it’s quite an art: the noble art! » Throughout the morning the ASM players tried to master it by trying other combat sports while working on their cardio.
