Quitting boxing for weight lifting

[Grimgash]

I believe Floyd Mayweather once said... paraphrased... "People say look at how jacked he is, he's going to kick your ass. I reply this isn't a weight lifting competition, it's a fight."

[Japanese Boxing]

If you can't provide evidence, you're just talking out of your ass.

Also, how do you obtain "explosive strength"?

Oh yeah, lifting and doing plyometrics. There's a reason Olympic sprinters and professional sports players (football, baseball, basketball, etc.) do squats and deadlifts.

And before you say those are different sports that require different training methods, just remember that hitting a baseball is EXACTLY the same as throwing a punch.

Pro football/baseball/basketball players couldn't make it in the ring with the lack of training they do. Just being honest.

Weightlifting is good for muscles endurance, but I wouldn't try to build off of lifting weights as a fighter.

[ZeeBrah]

Pro football/baseball/basketball players couldn't make it in the ring with the lack of training they do. Just being honest.

Weightlifting is good for muscles endurance, but I wouldn't try to build off of lifting weights as a fighter.

Yeah, because they aren't boxers. Obviously they don't do boxing drills. But my point is, if you want a more powerful, quicker punch, you'd be an idiot to not hit shoulders, legs, back and core with heavy weights.

There's a reason Tyson was so quick and powerful. He lifted heavy and was strong as hell.

[Danny Gunz]

It's just amazing that people actually think making your body stronger and faster can somehow hurt them in boxing

[Layzie Kidd]

Do you actually believe this bull****?

Who is your trainer? Seriously, he needs to be put down.

I'd imagine my trainer and the people that visit my gym must know what theyre talking about especially having been home to the winner of the welterweight Olympic gold medalist for the US a few years back.

Please, tell me which part is bs.

[ZeeBrah]

I'd imagine my trainer and the people that visit my gym must know what theyre talking about especially having been home to the winner of the welterweight Olympic gold medalist for the US a few years back.

Please, tell me which part is bs.

Just because a BOXING trainer is a good BOXING trainer doesn't mean he knows jack **** about strength, conditioning, medicine, or nutrition, which all help tremendously in all sports.

[Danny Gunz]

I'd imagine my trainer and the people that visit my gym must know what theyre talking about especially having been home to the winner of the welterweight Olympic gold medalist for the US a few years back.

Please, tell me which part is bs.

Lets see....

Punching strength doesn't come from lift heavy weights. When you heavy weights youre working out different muscle fibers that allow you to lift heavy things, not throw a punch. Its called maximal strength. A punch comes from explosive strength/twitch fibers. Thats called explosive strength. The only time lifting weights aids in punching strength is if youre putting on massive weight with it. I said that all on the first page.

I assume you are talking about fast twitch and slow twitch fibers. Fast twitch fibers are the fibers that supply explosive movements. Ironically enough heavy weightlifting completely trains fast twitch fibers! So you have essentially been dismissing you're own point. Slow twitch fibers are aerobic they are used for endurance type training because they, as the name suggests, twitch slowly.

I'm not sure what mystery fibers you are talking about that only let you lift heavy things.

Skill comes into play when you know how to be in balance, shift your weight, time your body for the most powerful punch you can throw. Which, if youre contracted from lifting heavy weights, you cant do to the fullest extent.

Skill and technique will always be beneficial getting your weight behind the punch is essential to making it powerful but to suggests that lifting weights would hinder this just isn't true.

I dont feel like googling anything for you so I'm sure you can just google what I said and find it on your own. Its been said countless times, even in Jack Dempseys 1950's book, Bruce Lee's, the excellent Ross Enamait books, and countless other places.

So when youre complaining about people here discouraging about weights or not giving two cares, then thats your problem and nobody really is going to care because fighters dont necessarily need to lift weights.

This is fighting and skill, not looking cute. You come here to primarily talk about looking cute then youre going to bump heads.

Last thing I will say is a punch is a complex movement. The energy is transferred from the ground through the body and to the fist. In order to take full advantage of the potential energy you want all muscles of the body in which the energy is travelling through to be strong. Which means strong legs, strong core, and strong upper body. Compound exercises such as squats, deadlifts, and clean and jerks strengthen all parts of the body and is absolutely beneficial to boxing.

If people dont like to weightlift and box, thats fine they can do whatever they want. But people in boxing are way to naive and ignorant to continue this myth that somehow lifting heavy makes you a worse boxer.

[Layzie Kidd]

Just because a BOXING trainer is a good BOXING trainer doesn't mean he knows jack **** about strength, conditioning, medicine, or nutrition, which all help tremendously in all sports.

Especially not one who trained a fighter to be an Olympics gold medalist.

Lets see....



I assume you are talking about fast twitch and slow twitch fibers. Fast twitch fibers are the fibers that supply explosive movements. Ironically enough heavy weightlifting completely trains fast twitch fibers! So you have essentially been dismissing you're own point. Slow twitch fibers are aerobic they are used for endurance type training because they, as the name suggests, twitch slowly.

I'm not sure what mystery fibers you are talking about that only let you lift heavy things.



Skill and technique will always be beneficial getting your weight behind the punch is essential to making it powerful but to suggests that lifting weights would hinder this just isn't true.



Last thing I will say is a punch is a complex movement. The energy is transferred from the ground through the body and to the fist. In order to take full advantage of the potential energy you want all muscles of the body in which the energy is travelling through to be strong. Which means strong legs, strong core, and strong upper body. Compound exercises such as squats, deadlifts, and clean and jerks strengthen all parts of the body and is absolutely beneficial to boxing.

If people dont like to weightlift and box, thats fine they can do whatever they want. But people in boxing are way to naive and ignorant to continue this myth that somehow lifting heavy makes you a worse boxer.

Seems like you just barge in to call people stupid and regurgitate the same thing without really debating anything. That was barely much new from what I said besides the slow fiber.

I said weight lifting is absolutely not necessary and most boxers arent seriously into it. And that because you tend to get contracted, it loses your range of motion needed to make the punch while also making you slower. And that you have to rework your body to undo what you did lifting weights thus creating more work and less time to focus on fighting. And I also said the best benefits if youre putting on massive weight gains with it, as it would increase your punching power. You didnt even debate what I said and just babbled on about the same things.

Jesus Christ, guy.

[ZeeBrah]

And that because you tend to get contracted, it loses your range of motion needed to make the punch while also making you slower.

False. Show me evidence.

NOTE: I know for a fact that it is false, but I want to see where you're getting your bull**** info from.

[Layzie Kidd]

You dont know what contractions are and why you seem cramped up in your picture? Dont see how that effects range of motion? Well alright, thought that was common sense.

Lost cause.