This week’s Community Spotlight feature is on Ali Ahmed, a professional boxer at Dreamland Boxing. Ali is the most disciplined athlete I’ve ever met – he stays in shape year round and never fluctuates in weight. In this interview, we discuss his amateur career, winning the Golden Gloves, the Olympic Trials, his diet, training during Ramadan, and adapting to the current shelter-in-place.
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Today’s Community Spotlight feature is on Dreamland’s own Alex Rodriguez. Alex has been boxing for since he was a teenager and previously fought for Dreamland in 2016-2017. In this interview, we talk about his time in boxing and placing at the Golden Gloves, fighting undefeated pro Tony Munoz, the mental side of boxing, the books “Top Dog” and “Born to Run”, his journey into trail racing, the Big SURreal Virtual Marathon, and more!
Today’s Community Spotlight feature is on Dreamland’s own Sara Koshfam. Sara has been boxing for around 7 years and been training and coaching at Dreamland for the past 2. In this interview, Sara takes us through her journey walking into a boxing ring, having her first fight (overseas!), training at Dreamland, coaching, sparring world class fighters such as nationally ranked Alexis Gomez, and how she’s keeping herself busy today.
Hey everyone, I’ll be putting out a weekly series to highlight some of the trainers, boxers, runners, and other members of our community. This week’s feature is on none other than my mom! My mom is the founder and owner of Downtown Yoga Shala in San Jose, CA. She’s also one of the major influences in my life – we regularly like to geek out over health and wellness and share podcasts, books, training plans, etc.! In this interview, my mom and I discuss: -Our shared interest of podcasts, Mark Sisson, Zone Training, my status wearing a CGM (continuous glucose monitor), Self-Quantification -My mom’s… Read More »Community Spotlight: Veronica Cruz (Downtown Yoga Shala owner, and my mom!)
If you’re looking for a boxing gym to train at in San Jose, CA – look no further. While my experience has been exclusively at Dreamland, I’ve been at enough tournaments to see the familiar faces and programs that have successful (and long-lasting) boxing programs. Below are the top boxing gyms in San Jose if you are looking to compete. Dreamland Boxing: Dreamland Boxing is a 501c(3) non-profit boxing gym in San Jose, CA. Originally founded in 2004 by the late David “Sarge” Neeleman and his wife Maria Neeleman, the gym was named after “Dreamland Auditorium”, which is where Maria’s… Read More »Best Boxing Gyms in San Jose
This week at Dreamland Boxing: • Chris The Warrior Washington is fighting on 3/1/19 at the DoubleTree in Sacramento. Tickets are on sale at Dreamland now!• Ali Ahmed is fighting on 3/23/19• Rick Noble brought Carina Moreno and some amateur fighters for sparring• Mariana Gonzalez came by for sparring• Vicky Qianyue Zhao came by for sparring• Adrian Serrano came by for sparring• The amateur team continued training for the “Never Give Up” Boxing event on 2/16, here at Dreamland• The amateur team is training with @teroculture at @performancegaines on Saturdays in preparation for their upcoming bouts• Sign-ups for Sandra Magallon boot camp are going on now: first… Read More »This Week at Dreamland Boxing (01/21/2019)
This week at Dreamland Boxing: • Happy birthday coach Royce! (12/23) • Welcome new coach Sarah who will be teaching the Thursday class at 6pm • @_amangoo stopped by for sparring • The raffle for 2 bikes to raise money for ring improvements will be held on Saturday at the Dreamland Coaches and Sponsors Lunch • The Dreamland Boxing team continues to train for our show on 2/16/19 📷: As always, by Brett Ostrowski • The gym will be closed on 12/24 and 12/25 • Happy holidays!
This week at Dreamland Boxing: • Training camp is coming together to prepare for our show on February 16th • The amateur team ran up Mt El Sombroso • We have two bikes that we are raffling and you can purchase tickets at the front desk: 1 for $5, 3 for $12, and 5 for $20. The contributions from this raffle will be used for ring improvements. The drawing will be held at our Coaches and Sponsors Dinner on 12/22/18 • The Dreamland Masters World Championships will be held in San Jose, CA in September 2019. Registrations are already taking place… Read More »This Week at Dreamland Boxing (12/15/2018)
This week at Dreamland Boxing: • @Lairdandersonn came by for sparring• The amateur team continues to train for the “Bay Holiday Showdown” on 12/15/18 at King’s Boxing Gym in Oakland