Want to start and get serious. 18y/o

[c10d]

Internet forums are a good place to get caught up in side issues. If you want to be a boxer you should be a bit more concerned about learning to box. How many of these dirt-poor Mexicans spend their time worrying about complex carbohydrates? From what I have seen, most of them can fight like hell!

Ya know what man, you're absolutely right about the fact that I should be more concerned about learning to box rather than what my diet is like.

I think I'm so stuck on diet and what I eat because at one point I became (almost) anorexic and dealt with some psychological B.S. called "body dysmorphic disorder" and then while the whole bodybuilding deal helped get me out of it, my life still revolved around what I ate in a sense.

But ok guys enough of this girly talk. I made the choice, and this boy's boxing

Time to up the cardio like whoa, start stretching a lot, and put my heart into this

[j]

c10d,

welcome aboard.

i don't know how many people here are training boxing, or a similar craft, or are just repeating things they hear or read. so, as common sense would have it, listen to everything but be carefull in what or who you believe. i think this goes without saying though. having said that, some boxing forums(like this one in particular) are great places to chat about things like this. we do have some boxers here for sure - although i'm inclined to think that not everyone posting here is a boxer(myself, i practice chinese boxing) or has much experience in the craft or the sport part of it.

i have roughly 6 years of formal martial arts training starting from over a decade ago. i mention this because you seemed like you might also be interested in MMA. ahh - just reading your last post you seem to have decided upon boxing.

in general, boxing does seem to pay more. i haven't heard about many MMA guys who have made a couple million or more in a single year.

here's a link to some current salaries per fight from a wide range of ufc fighters:

http://www.themmaboards.com/showthread.php?t=886

first, my personal opinion on overtraining. i like the idea of training in various cycles. i don't feel it is necessary to train with an extremely high intensity every single day. try to "keep fresh" as i say. as a side note, i have found that more muscle building exercises will reduce your capabilities in sparring and boxing related drills. if you exercise in that way often, i would plan longer, harder/more intense boxing only training for days when you are not hitting the weights hard.

diet is important. your body can only make use of what you put into it. but as you said, don't let your research and concern with diet affect your training in boxing. i generally agree. also, feeling fit is more important than looking it - they are not always exclusive.


so formidable boxing skills are what you want to attain, heh? since your family is mostly boxers as you put it, sounds like you already have a strong base from which you can gather knowledge and advice from.

if you have some "old timers" in your family, you might want to pay particular attention to some things they say. a lot of the earlier twentieth century fighters seemed to me to have a stronger pound for pound punch - my great grandfather(a golden glover) was a tough bastard as well. boxing history, as i've studied it, seems to have a pattern that our earlier boxers had more creative boxing exercises. look into it.

keep me/us informed. i'd like to hear about your experiences as you progress through your training.