on bodyweight exercises

[kdynamite]

had a quick question on bodyweight exercises....is it better to do a muscle group a day or is it better to do all the muscle groups everyday

[fraidycat]

had a quick question on bodyweight exercises....is it better to do a muscle group a day or is it better to do all the muscle groups everyday

Depends how often you train and what kind of exercises.

If you train everyday, I'd recommend doing one muscle group per day -- have a day for arms and back (chins), one for legs (burpees, squat-jumps), one for chest and neck (pushups, one-armed pushups, bridges), and one for hands (squeezing tennis balls or hand exercisers, one-arm hangs, finger pushups.) This is of course in addition to your regular boxing training -- bagwork, padwork, roadwork, etc. Abs should be hit at least twice a week hella hard, and you should do crunches every morning, IMO.

If you train twice a week, you should concentrate on half your body one day and half the other. If you're young enough, you might be able to do your entire body twice a week. You should take enough time between working a bodypart that it isn't sore anymore. Stiff is OK, sore is not. That soreness is from microscopic tears in the muscle; as the soreness heals, the muscle tears regrow and the muscle becomes stronger and -- if you repeat the process long enough and eat enough protein -- bigger.

Some bodyweight exercises should be done every day, IMO. Pushups, situps, chins -- you should do a set of these a few times a day. At least. IMO, you should strive to at least be in the condition that a few sets of pushups and situps per day should not make you sore.