The Myth: Weight Lifting is bad for Boxing...

[King Ghidorah]

Anyone agree? Teddy Atlas was talking about Guerrero's opponent last night and he said that a proper strength and weight training is good....

[Kagami Taiga]

Anyone agree? Teddy Atlas was talking about Guerrero's opponent last night and he said that a proper strength and weight training is good....

no myth. too much weight lifting is bad for boxing. you want your muscles designed for more movement and speed than power. i mean its ok to weight lift, but not wise to overdo it.

[Russian Crushin]

Theres weight training and then theres Findley, who was pretty much a bodybuilder.

Every boxer does "weight training". You need it train and strengthen your muscles.

Guerrero's opponent was pretty much a body builder, huge thick arms and body. When you carry that much weight, you become slower, your arms are heavier and all that muscles is draining your oxygen.

[Vasyl’s dad]

no myth. too much weight lifting is bad for boxing. you want your muscles designed for more movement and speed than power. i mean its ok to weight lift, but not wise to overdo it.

A fighter should be lean and limber, not tight.

[Larry the boss]

you dont want big muscles in boxing,they slow you down and zap your energy..cause big muscles require alot of oxygen..if you lift. lift light weights doing high reps

[jpunieves]

just enough weight lifting... over developed muscles are bad for boxing. muscles need to contract-stretch at the right time.

[Luilun]

Best wieght trainning for a boxer is to build the legs like Arriza did with Pacquiao. Your punching strengh comes from your legs not your arms

[Walt Liquor]

there's specific exercises with weights that are excellent for boxing-

deadlift, jump squats, turkish getups, good mornings, face pulls (especially), rows, tons of stuff with cables are a few.

you don't want to build mass as much as explosiveness with weight training in boxing. never maxing out weight wise, maybe repwise.

[rambov]

all martial arts trainers hate weight lifting. Why would you need to lift weights if you can do 1000 puch-ups?

Power punches cant land if you can see them coming.

[SkyKng]

boxing bodybuilder here.. the bigger i get, the more people i can **** up. thats what weight classes are for. if i were to cut down i'd still be strong for my weight and strength and power go hand in hand.. power is important, if you don't respect a guy's power you just walk thru him

there's no reason why you can't be strong and still have cardio/speed