Will doing weights shorten my reach?

[fraidycat]

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

2,100 posts and only half a dozen in the T&N forum? What's the matter, fanboy? Am I not wank-worthy enough for you?

[Alexandros]

lol @ the yoga lololol

[fraidycat]

lol @ the yoga lololol

Laugh all you want. Flexibility increases reach, balance improves footwork, and coordination increases punching power. A well-developed punch is like a good golf swing. Flexibility, balance, relaxation, and whole-body coordination make for a devastating punch. You get all of the above from yoga. I also recommend learning to dance.

Or hey, you can be a flat-footed douchebag and swing like Charlie Zelenoff for all I care. Everybody's got their own thing. Whatever works.

[pyrovampx]

lol @ the yoga lololol

never underestimate yoga. I knew this jamaican yoga master was flexible and built like a mother****er. His arms were twice the size of his legs and he was able to do crazy yoga stances.

[fraidycat]

never underestimate yoga. I knew this jamaican yoga master was flexible and built like a mother****er. His arms were twice the size of his legs and he was able to do crazy yoga stances.

I wish I'd discovered yoga back when I was single. Every class I go to, I am surrounded by fit, flexible women for a solid hour. After class, when asked, "What are you doing here?" you get to say, "I'm a boxer. My coach recommended that I take up yoga." In their eyes, you're a welcome change from the ponytailed vegan metrosexuals who normally take the class.

And dance classes? Gee, you're FORCED to meet women and dance with them.

[sukhenkoy]

I would personally start going to the boxing gym and getting fairly comfortable with the technique before starting to do intense strength training exercises, be it in the form of calisthenics or weight-lifting. Once you feel loose and relaxed during your boxing-specific exercises, then I would start implementing strength-specific exercises into your regime.

The reason I say this is because I used to do weights over 1.5 years ago, and then switched to strictly calisthenics after I started going to the boxing gym. I had to stop going to the boxing gym because of school and work so I only did strength training through calisthenics, and now that I'm back in the gym, the coach says I'm much too tight from all of the push-ups and pull-ups I did on my own.

He wants me to focus more on stretching and boxing skills right now because I'm too tight on the bag, and only do quick, fairly small numbers of push-ups so that I don't strain when I do them.

This is just me speaking from personal experience though.

[BOXING'SSAVIOR]

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

[fraidycat]

Okay, chump. Put up a pic of your dumb ass.

Let's see the "savior" of boxing.

[keepthemhandsup]

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.

this is one of the best advice on the topic

[keepthemhandsup]

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.

calis are good if you wanna streach out yo muscles and make em endure more. i do neck calisthenetics to make sure my neck asorb the punches to my head