Biggest Training/Conditioning myths

[MikeT86]

Okay guys what are the most prevalent/annoying myths about training and conditioning you've heard.

The one that bugs me the most is that weight lifting will make you (instantly) muscle bound and slow, but if you use body weight this won't be a problem because body weight exercises are inherently better due to being old school.

[The Future]

Okay guys what are the most prevalent/annoying myths about training and conditioning you've heard.

The one that bugs me the most is that weight lifting will make you (instantly) muscle bound and slow, but if you use body weight this won't be a problem because body weight exercises are inherently better due to being old school.

actually weightlifting is bad, but i have to add "typical" weightlifting is bad. go into a gym and you will find 90 percent of the people doing bodybuilder type weightlifting. max weight, slow extensions. and that's horrible for a boxer if that's the main type of weightlifting they are doing.

body-weight exercises are way better, fluid movements/motions, and is a great muscle conditioner. but is how you do them. its really core strength and conditioning workouts. min weight but for minutes on end not 10 slow reps. add some weightlifting in that kind of theme and your golden.

so anyways, your myth is not a really myth

[hookoutofhell]

Okay guys what are the most prevalent/annoying myths about training and conditioning you've heard.

The one that bugs me the most is that weight lifting will make you (instantly) muscle bound and slow, but if you use body weight this won't be a problem because body weight exercises are inherently better due to being old school.

errrr......actually thats true

does skipping really help with footwork?

does the speedbag really improve your handspeed? i know that it improves muscle endurance, makes you focus and might improve accuracy but i dont think it improves handspeed.

[alza1988]

Weights slow speed as well

[j]

i just cant stand the myth about punchers being born. it is rediculous.

i think teddy atlas propogates this trash the most. just makes me sick.

even before teddy knew his ABC's(and i wonder if he does even now), we had guys like legendary jack dempsey telling us that this myth was pure BS.

it's not like that has to be enough to convince anybody, but having personally known and met many people who were not natural athletes that trained to be able to hit like a monster, i know what i know. so, honestly, i hardly care what is thought by others.

i only say this so that future prospective boxers do not get discouraged.

[RightCross94]

errrr......actually thats true

does skipping really help with footwork?

does the speedbag really improve your handspeed? i know that it improves muscle endurance, makes you focus and might improve accuracy but i dont think it improves handspeed.

**** yes.....

[MikeT86]

actually weightlifting is bad, but i have to add "typical" weightlifting is bad. go into a gym and you will find 90 percent of the people doing bodybuilder type weightlifting. max weight, slow extensions. and that's horrible for a boxer if that's the main type of weightlifting they are doing.

body-weight exercises are way better, fluid movements/motions, and is a great muscle conditioner. but is how you do them. its really core strength and conditioning workouts. min weight but for minutes on end not 10 slow reps. add some weightlifting in that kind of theme and your golden.

so anyways, your myth is not a really myth

You go to a gym and 90% of what people are doing is wasted motion, ****ty form too fast to actually work their muscles, the reason you go slow is so your body does the work not inertia. If you go fast you put a lot into that burst but not into the rest that's why you resist on the way down.
The problem with just body weight exercises is that they're still a form of weight lifting.
And it's not like if you go to the gym today to try to add some strength or endurance you'll walk out in 3 weeks muscle bound and slow. This is a problem you're going to see coming and can adjust your exercise. The only real downside to weight training is it can make you a bit stiff on your straight punches, but a good trainer can work that out of you in one session.

[F l i c k e r]

pretty much the weight lifting thing and born puncher thing gets me. If I shot put a 30lb shot put ball, I wont get a faster punch? Is it not the same motion as a punch? Do I not have resistance against and require much more explosive force when I do a shot put? Isn't a shot put basically a weight?

what gets me the most is the supplement thing. "I want to be all natural, no supplements" well what the hell is a supplement then? It's just an isolated vitamin or protein or whatever the hell your eating/taking. So instead of eating some tuna and getting protein, oils, fat, and mercury from it. You can just drink some optimum whey and get 100% protein with no added stuff from whatever the fish was swimming in or eating.

gotta try to always improve. find new ways to do things and what not.

[LA BAD BOYtake2]

that aint true that weight lifting slows you down.
Thats crap.

Why 100 meter runners lift weight?

TYSON lift weight 24/7 and he was always damn fast.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER,ROY JONES, and other fast guys lift weights.

You need to lift weights if you want to do sports proffesionally.

There is no other way around.

[Phenomkidd]

errrr......actually thats true

does skipping really help with footwork?

does the speedbag really improve your handspeed? i know that it improves muscle endurance, makes you focus and might improve accuracy but i dont think it improves handspeed.

Umm not its not. You don't get muscle bound from lifting weights. You wanna lift for boxing, sprinting, etc do powerlifting exercises/routines.