I'm thinking about weight lifting soon, but from what i've heard and seen weights can slow you down noticably. So I was wondering if there is an exact weight excersize you can to improve hand speed and other things beneficial to boxing..

I'm thinking about weight lifting soon, but from what i've heard and seen weights can slow you down noticably. So I was wondering if there is an exact weight excersize you can to improve hand speed and other things beneficial to boxing..

well from my experiance it will only slow you down if you do weights like 2 days before boxing.

you can only benifit from the strenght and power you develop from it. However 1 or 2 days after weights you are muscle bound which means you cant move as well as your muscles are still repairing. but possibly another 1 day after you feel extreamly strong.

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Weightlifting can mess up your speed if you overdevelop what I like to call the "Nightclub Muscles"-which are your biceps, triceps and chest...in boxing these muscles do not have to be huge and in fact will hinder you if overdeveloped. The best thing a boxer can do is build the back and shoulders. This will allow you to build power while keeping your quickness.

If you want to lift, (And you aren't a pure boxer) do squats or deadlifts, (pure boxers shouldn't squat or deadlift, bigger leg muscles mean you'll use more stamina moving backwards and to the side, and it uses more energy to move backwards and to the side rather than forward, so it will hinder your style) and pushups/pullups...explosively.

Weights won't slow you down. Just as long as you work on the 3 types of lifting well.

1.) Max Effort
2.) Repetition Effort
3.) Dynamic Effort

Go to t-nation.com and read any of Dave Tate's articles. Although his training for him is more powerlifting, it works well for athletes. I've tried it during football and can say it works great.

If you want to lift, (And you aren't a pure boxer) do squats or deadlifts, (pure boxers shouldn't squat or deadlift, bigger leg muscles mean you'll use more stamina moving backwards and to the side, and it uses more energy to move backwards and to the side rather than forward, so it will hinder your style) and pushups/pullups...explosively.
Well the style I use when I box is basically boxing itself. You'll never see me trying to bang even if I am stronger than my opponent..

Weights won't slow you down. Just as long as you work on the 3 types of lifting well.

1.) Max Effort
2.) Repetition Effort
3.) Dynamic Effort

Go to t-nation.com and read any of Dave Tate's articles. Although his training for him is more powerlifting, it works well for athletes. I've tried it during football and can say it works great.


It depends on what muscles you build. If you overbuild your biceps ,your triceps and chest...trust me it slows you down in boxing. Why do you think you hardly see any world champions looking like Mr. Universe.

From what I've got from it 4Corner you are really tall for you're weight class. I personally think you could benefit from weight training but I wouldn't do it. I personally would advise you to do some plyometrics with the medicine ball. Look up plyo's with the arms and with medicine balls and this will no doubt increase your speed/powe. I guarantee on a 3 week program you will notice a change.

It depends on what muscles you build. If you overbuild your biceps ,your triceps and chest...trust me it slows you down in boxing. Why do you think you hardly see any world champions looking like Mr. Universe.If you don't want to build muscle, lower your calories to stay at the same weight or to lose weight. The high repetition days can also be used for working the ligaments and giving them a break from max effort lifts.