''Big muscles make you bulky and slow''

[TheBoxGod]

High weight low rep is no good where low weight high rep is good for boxing, its all about strength conditioning not building bulk.

This is actually backwards. Heavy weight low rep is to build strength, lower weight high reps is for hypertrophy (Muscle size aka BULK)

[sentax]

There's a law of diminishing returns.

A certain amount of muscle is going to help but once you get too big it becomes a drain on you.

Everyone can naturally carry a certain amount of muscle well and it's different for everyone, an example at heavyweight would be Mike Tyson, he was very well muscled, not like a bulked up bodybuilder but he had a good amount of muscle even when he was 16

AJ by contrast is naturally a tall slender guy, he operates well in the 230 to 240 range with a strong athletic physique but when he went up to 250+ and was all bulked up and looked massive, his body isn't supposed to carry that amount of muscle

More muscle = more blood being pumped around, it uses more "fuel" which is why strongmen and bodybuilders have garbage stamina.

Works the same way with like marathon runners being really skinny and sprinters being more muscular, its different types of athlete.

AJ is a basketball player body wise who pumped himself up to become a bodybuilder.



Now a guy like Mike Tyson was a bulldog since before puberty.

[aboutfkntime]

[Armchairhero]

I laugh when I hear about Tyson not being massive like a bodybuilder...

He was 5’10 at 16st... that’s huge, Mike was almost 3D he was so thick, that top 1% genetics.

I’d argue your a lesser fighter if you don’t do any strength training, unless you don’t want to be strong and explosive..it should be part and parcel of sparring, road work, drills etc etc.

Don’t use weights for anything but getting stronger, get conditioning from drills etc

[KingHippo]

If I was a boxer, I would only train the body parts that matter, back, glutes, pecs... And bulk is nothing. Hypertrophy comes from lifting moderate weight for multiple reps. Bulky muscles demand too much energy with none of the benefits. You want strong compact muscles. Like a powerlifter.

[Kezzer]

There's a law of diminishing returns.

A certain amount of muscle is going to help but once you get too big it becomes a drain on you.

Everyone can naturally carry a certain amount of muscle well and it's different for everyone, an example at heavyweight would be Mike Tyson, he was very well muscled, not like a bulked up bodybuilder but he had a good amount of muscle even when he was 16

AJ by contrast is naturally a tall slender guy, he operates well in the 230 to 240 range with a strong athletic physique but when he went up to 250+ and was all bulked up and looked massive, his body isn't supposed to carry that amount of muscle

More muscle = more blood being pumped around, it uses more "fuel" which is why strongmen and bodybuilders have garbage stamina.

Works the same way with like marathon runners being really skinny and sprinters being more muscular, its different types of athlete.

This is largely true, although a lot of commentary and fans assumptions that people get tired easily because of muscle isn’t all true. Reality is that punching in general is tiring and it’s easy to blame muscle when in reality it’s often largely not the main cause. The term “punched themselves out” is frequently used and applies at all levels, however particularly the bigger weights. The big difference is the endurance/cardiovascular fitness levels and lower weight classes need to spend more time on this - partly also just to make the weight they want to also!