Will doing weights shorten my reach?

[Gettin Jiggy]

i have a realy long reach (monkey arms). but am thinkin about doing some weights to bulk me up and ive been told weights can me you faster if done right, but am worried that doing weights on my arms will shorten my reach something i dont want to happen.

will it shorten my reach doing weights on my arms?

help guys

[D-MiZe]

Only if you become muscle bound, like Bruno.

But doing a few weights won't effect your reach.

[MonsieurGeorges]

no man you'll be fine

[Gettin Jiggy]

thanks dudes!

[maxbodyboarder]

I find if im doing power reps when im doing bench I get stronger but feel a bit more fast, but things like arm curls are stuff they isolate your muscle, and for me it makes me all tight, so do core excercises, we need to be quick and strong, not look good and punch slow..

[fraidycat]

Weights do not make you slow.

Weights make you strong.

Technique makes you fast.

There are some boxers who rely on strength and have sloppy technique, and they give boxers who lift a bad name. Don't be one of those guys. Get as strong as possible, polish your fundamentals and your game, then get in there and pound the crap out of the guys who don't lift.

Weightlifting alone will not make you a good boxer. But a modern boxer who doesn't strengthen his body every way he can -- including lifting weights -- is a moron.

[zeitgeist]

Weights do not make you slow.

Weights make you strong.

Technique makes you fast.

There are some boxers who rely on strength and have sloppy technique, and they give boxers who lift a bad name. Don't be one of those guys. Get as strong as possible, polish your fundamentals and your game, then get in there and pound the crap out of the guys who don't lift.

Weightlifting alone will not make you a good boxer. But a modern boxer who doesn't strengthen his body every way he can -- including lifting weights -- is a moron.

Hey man what do you think of calisthenetics? My gym doesn't have free weights although they have pull up bars, dip bars, and I have a gym ball at home I can use to do push ups with my legs on them. I do lots of push-ups, once I was able to do 60 in a row with my legs on the gym ball.

[MonsieurGeorges]

Weights do not make you slow.

Weights make you strong.

Technique makes you fast.

There are some boxers who rely on strength and have sloppy technique, and they give boxers who lift a bad name. Don't be one of those guys. Get as strong as possible, polish your fundamentals and your game, then get in there and pound the crap out of the guys who don't lift.

Weightlifting alone will not make you a good boxer. But a modern boxer who doesn't strengthen his body every way he can -- including lifting weights -- is a moron.

I find complex training to be the most effective method. The basic movements combined with exercises for speed and explosiveness should be all you need.

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/complex.htm

[fraidycat]

I find complex training to be the most effective method.

No single thing is "all you need."

I run, I lift, I row, I box (of course), I have a 20' climbing rope on a tree in my yard. I do calisthenics every morning, yoga every couple of weeks, I run stairs, I split wood, I hike with a 40-lb. ruck, and I swim.

Everything helps. Strengthen your body any way you can. Whenever you find a place where you're weak, strengthen it.

[STILL_DETOX]

No single thing is "all you need."

I run, I lift, I row, I box (of course), I have a 20' climbing rope on a tree in my yard. I do calisthenics every morning, yoga every couple of weeks, I run stairs, I split wood, I hike with a 40-lb. ruck, and I swim.

Everything helps. Strengthen your body any way you can. Whenever you find a place where you're weak, strengthen it.

if ur doing all that,please tell me thats not u in ur pic