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I lifted weights when i fought amatuer. Started out my junior year in a weight training class in gym. At that time I was fighting either 125 or 132. Took it for 3 or 4 semesters, dont remember exactly. But I started out maxing 95lbs on bench and like 125 on squats. Every month or so I would add 5 lbs to my reps on everything. While the football players were maxing out all the time I was doing everything high rep. I finished out maxing bench at 205 and squats at 320. I was 139 lbs at the time. I gained the strength from high rep. Granted, if I was maxing all of the time those figures would be higher. But its not brute strength at wins most boxing matches.
I turned pro and did not touch any weights except for shadow boxing with 2-3 lb weights in each hand. All my strength came from using my own body weight in exercises. I was in incredible shape and hitting damn hard and fast. I still say that heavy weights are not needed for boxing..............Rockin'
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That is quite impressive but if you may, what do you think about this. Working out 3x a week mixing strength training, muscular endurance and pylos...is this bad? Its been working for me so far too.I lifted weights when i fought amatuer. Started out my junior year in a weight training class in gym. At that time I was fighting either 125 or 132. Took it for 3 or 4 semesters, dont remember exactly. But I started out maxing 95lbs on bench and like 125 on squats. Every month or so I would add 5 lbs to my reps on everything. While the football players were maxing out all the time I was doing everything high rep. I finished out maxing bench at 205 and squats at 320. I was 139 lbs at the time. I gained the strength from high rep. Granted, if I was maxing all of the time those figures would be higher. But its not brute strength at wins most boxing matches.
I turned pro and did not touch any weights except for shadow boxing with 2-3 lb weights in each hand. All my strength came from using my own body weight in exercises. I was in incredible shape and hitting damn hard and fast. I still say that heavy weights are not needed for boxing..............Rockin'Comment
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I just dont like heavyweight lifting. We lifted 3x a week and ran and played softball, basketball and such in the gym class. At thesame time with the boxing in the Ams we trained 4-5x a week, pro 6x a week. Your routine sounds good. And everybody will vary from person to person as to how much energy they put into each area. Perfect example, Hilmer Kenty had me over to his house where we talked about my boxing future and he showed me his belt. I learned alot from that visit but was amazed and am still amazed that he was a 15 round world champion fighter and yet he only ran 2 miles per day. Everybody ticks to the their own clock. But I still would not recommend heavy weights to any figher I was looking after..............Rockin'
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Thank you for your input sir. Much appreciated.I just dont like heavyweight lifting. We lifted 3x a week and ran and played softball, basketball and such in the gym class. At thesame time with the boxing in the Ams we trained 4-5x a week, pro 6x a week. Your routine sounds good. And everybody will vary from person to person as to how much energy they put into each area. Perfect example, Hilmer Kenty had me over to his house where we talked about my boxing future and he showed me his belt. I learned alot from that visit but was amazed and am still amazed that he was a 15 round world champion fighter and yet he only ran 2 miles per day. Everybody ticks to the their own clock. But I still would not recommend heavy weights to any figher I was looking after..............Rockin'Comment
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