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Lisa Creech Bledsoe (Lisa Creech Bledsoe)

@glowbird

Raleigh, NC

About Lisa Creech Bledsoe:

I'm a speaker, writer, media ninja, and amateur boxer chick. I have three boys at home and I try to make it to most of my husband's rock and roll gigs.

Lisa Creech Bledsoe's Favorite Sports:

Basketball, Kitesurf, MMA, Roller Derby, Speed Skating, Boxing, Hike/Backpack, Jump Rope, Weightlifting, Yoga

Lisa Creech Bledsoe's blog is a member of the Women Talk Sports Network:

The Glowing Edge

Lisa Creech Bledsoe: Speaker, writer, media ninja, Apple fangirl, boxer chick. Online a bunch. Otherwise in the gym.

Women's boxing: How Many Rounds Does it Take to Shake Off Ring Rust?
I lost my most consistent sparring partner to 6 months of overseas travel this year, and while I got rounds here and there when I could, there’s nothing like sparring two days a week, every week, to keep you in boxing shape. NO amount of condition...[Read on]
Top Advice for Boxing Over 40
1. No, it’s not a young man’s sport. It’s not even a young person’s sport. This sport is for the ones who want it, who are willing to work their asses off to advance in it, and who are able to take the hits and dish out a few of...[Read on]
Sparring Lesson: Use ANYthing You Have
Our gym currently has not one, but two coaches with injuries. Both injuries mean they can’t use their power right, at all. Not even a little bit. Interestingly, on sparring night both of them were in the ring with only one glove. Sinclair can&rsq...[Read on]
What Makes Sparring with New Boxers Really Good, or Really Awful
Thursday night is sparring night in our gym. Not everyone gets to spar; only the boxers who have been showing up regularly, putting in hard work, listening to the coach, and proving that they want to move up are invited into the ring. But all that does...[Read on]
Widening the Doors for Fighting Women: Interview with Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu
  Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu’s fight power just keeps growing. And I don’t simply mean in the Muay Thai ring, although that’s true too, since she’s had 35 fights (hurry, that number’s about to change) and she’s aimi...[Read on]
10 Frequently Asked Questions About Boxing After 40
  Is it safe to box in your forties? Are you likely to be injured? Should you even consider boxing if you have small children at home? That’s me, still boxing at 47. I started boxing at 42, I have a husband and three kids at home, and look...[Read on]
The Hairball to Joy Ratio in Competitive Boxing
  I’m still in that slightly blurry stage of tired where I don’t seem to have much to say about losing my fight in Atlanta this week. Actually, I have plenty to say (it’s what I do, no?), but very little of it is about the fight it...[Read on]
The “Screw It” Moment of Training for a Fight
  If you had asked me last Friday “How’s training for your fight going? How are you feeling?” you might have heard me growl and scowl and say I didn’t give a damn anymore. I was wholly, mortally sick. Of. It. Done. Sc...[Read on]
What to Do When You Get Hit HARD in Sparring
Most of the time in boxing sparring, you’re not working with your full power, because if you were, you’d have a pretty short shelf life. Save that shit for the fight, you know? But because nearly everyone spars with people waaay outside their weigh...[Read on]
Atlanta Fight Night 6: A Black Tie, Black Eye Affair
This is not your average amateur boxing fight night. This is no drafty, poorly lit gym or warehouse with 50 metal folding chairs and questionable plumbing. Atlanta Corporate Fight Night is a top-of-the-line luxury boxing event, and it may be the only on...[Read on]