10/21/2025
💥 Re-create the Pressure 💥
If you only ever feel the pressure or nerves when you compete — that feeling will always hit hard. The trick? Re-create it. Train it. Normalise it.
Find ways to practice the pressure long before you step into the ring or the field. Build muscle memory and mental memory around that feeling — so when the real moment comes, it’s just another round you’ve already fought.
Try these ideas 👇
1️⃣ Ring Entry Drill – Practice your walk-in, stepping through the ropes exactly as you would on competition day. Make it part of your training ritual.
2️⃣ Controlled Intimidation – Ask someone who makes you nervous or pushes your comfort zone to steward, coach, or watch you train. Feel the nerves now so they don’t own you later.
3️⃣ Train in Public – Choose a busy environment where people might watch. Let the eyes on you raise your heart rate — and learn to stay steady anyway.
4️⃣ Pre-Ring Routine Practice – Run through your full pre-ring routine regularly — in different environments. The more variety, the more adaptable and grounded you become when it’s time to perform.
5️⃣ Visualisation – See it all in your mind’s eye: the ring, the lights, the judges, the atmosphere. Walk yourself through every detail until it feels familiar. If you can see it, your body and mind can believe it.
Find moments that simulate the stress — and you’ll turn pressure into something familiar, even comfortable.
Because when you’ve already trained through the chaos… the ring just feels like home. 🥊🔥
