![]() ![]() What does ‘training smart’ mean for a boxer at the top of her game? In a nutshell it's sessions tailored to a specific skill to ensure her AM and PM workouts tax the body differently. ‘Poor coaches (of which I’ve had many), will have you do two to three hours of 60 consecutive 100 metre sprints with the belief that beasting you will make you better. shorter, sharper sessions working on specific areas of weakness, is all it takes to improve’, says Ramla, who won both the British and English titles in 2016. Why? The boxer believes that being smarter with your programme is far better than running yourself into the ground. Here, the boxer tells WH how she is working to make her Olympic 2020 dreams come true - and why gender, race or religion should have no hold on whether someone can enjoy sport. Ramla hid her training from her strict family who viewed her passion as immodest - and the day she became the first Muslim woman to win an English boxing title, she told them she was simply going for a run. As an obese teen - she doesn't know her exact age (only that she was born in the early 1990s) - she began boxing in secret to shift 24kg in weight. She fled as a child from the Somalian civil war on a boat bound for the UK. The British featherweight champion has been named as one of 15 inspirational women featured by the Duchess of Sussex on the cover of the September issue of British Vogue.Īnd, oh boy, does Ramla deserve her place in the impressive line-up. There are few women who have punched high enough to reach the dizzying heights of male-dominated boxing glory - and just one, Ramla Ali, who can name Meghan Markle in their personal fan club. ![]()
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