Hey all im new to these forums and this is actually my first post so hello to all.

I have recently started university and am extremely busy. I used to do boxing for about a year and a bit when i was around 16 (i am now 18) and was training for my first amatuer fight. Until one day my gym just closed and hasnt opened up again since. Anyway i havent got back into 'training' again and am looking forward to starting at my new gym.
The gym runs 3 days a week. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Is this enough training a week? I do weight training at a 'real' gym on the alternative days.

Anyway because of time constrainst with university and work im only going to train BOXING with a coach 3 times a week and will barely be able to fit in the weights sessions.

Is this enough training to improve?

yea its enough to slowly improve and keep fit, but not enough if your looking to fite

yea its enough to slowly improve and keep fit, but not enough if your looking to fite

I agree, I think you need some road work and cardio vascular work on alternative days.
Boxing especially amateur is mostly heart and lungs, obviously your 3 sessions a week will partly address that as well as improve your punch stamina and technique but unless you have actually fought a competitive fight (unsure if you have) its hard to explain how tiring it is.
Cant you get up half an hour early and do a 30 minute blow out session, for example pick a 3 mile route, and do some interval training, thats where you jog for say 2 minutes, increase the pace up to say 70% for a minute then sprint for thirty seconds, then repeat until you have completed the 3 miles route.
This is one of many sessions you could do that would improve your stamina (slighty) and cardio vascular.
Theres always a way!

Yep, that's plenty of time, but not enough to go pro, for instance....

yes so il be training boxing activly 3 times a week but working cardio on alternative days. I believe this is enough to fight amatuer. Iv done it before it just takes longer to be 'ready'. por ejemplo...6 months trainign before hand.

You could pull it off. I don't think you're giving yourself the best possable chance to advance with this routine. To be honest I would leave the weights alone. Make sure you wrap your hands good, get really good glove, practice form and go off on the bag. You don't need big muscle to defeat other fighters. Doing something is a lot better then doing nothing, good luck.

yea its enough to slowly improve and keep fit, but not enough if your looking to fite


400+ posts on a boxing site and you can't spell fight? :confused:

helllll nah.....i jsut started for about a month..and the best way to get work in..is if you do different things everyday...im usually in the gym 4 hours, 6 days a week...always mixing things up...but if you go to a gym for 3 different days...you wont be able to mix thigns up....i say that would be good for exercise...but for competitive fighting... no....but then agai... im a newbie

400+ posts on a boxing site and you can't spell fight? :confused:

ohhh so im lazy on the keyboard, sue me

the gym is only open mondays wednesdays and fridays. so it would probably be good to fut weights time in right????????

I've had twenty amateur fights training three times per week, since I am in school and everything. If you are in the gym for two hours, working hard for these three times, it actually should be enough. More might be a bit better, but it should do. On your off days you should be lifting weights, doing roadwork, cardio, etc. If you put in 10 really good hours a week in total, everthing included, you can fight as an amateur.

3 times a week for young amateurs is good

I train to improve myself technically in boxing 3 days a week and the other days are spent resting and doing strength training and cardio work. It is sufficient to start with and then maybe buy sum boxing equipment so you can box while the gym isnt open. 3 days a week is sufficient for now to get you up to scratch.


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the closest gym from my house is an hour drive away...so im looking at atleast 2 hours roundtrip for just the commute..do you think I should just train at home or get to the gym atleast 3 times a week? btw, im training just to get in great shape and build confidence..maybe considering amateur matches in the future, but im still pretty much a beginnner...

3 times a week is plenty of time. I go 3 times a week for 2 hours each time plus the 15 minute run i do to get there. Plus I usually go another 2 25 minutes runs each week and play football (thats soccer) either two or three times a week.