Anthony Joshua taking it up a notch in 2015

A BREAKOUT year looms ahead of British heavyweight Anthony Joshua. The Olympic gold medallist built momentum impressively over the last 12 months with eye-catching stoppage wins. He begins his 2015 campaign on January 31 against Americaโ€™s Kevin Johnson and is addinh new methods into his training to boost his performance next year.

โ€œBoxers, weโ€™re always curled up with a lot of the ab [work] we do. Thereโ€™s a lot of stretching, breathing to open up my body. Stuff like handstand presses, which strengthen all your shoulders, stuff like that, obviously leg training. Iโ€™ve always been doing front squats and so on, boxers are moving side to side, a bit more functional training,โ€ he said, explaining some of the new elements heโ€™ll add into his workouts.

โ€œInstead of stretching that keeps me closed you need to be opened up more, a boxer always crouches. Opening up more gives you more range. Water intake, little things like that, just being more professional. 2014โ€™s out the way nowโ€ฆ Itโ€™s time to take it up another notch and itโ€™ll be interesting to see if it benefits me. Towards the summer all the stuff Iโ€™m doing now it should start kicking in when the fights potentially are going to get tougher. Thatโ€™s why I need to start early.โ€

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