Lifting Weights Everyday?

[Takeover]

Boxing continues to be one of the only communities that discourages lifting heavy weights. Personally being a HW, I lift about 5 times a week and I do a split. My endurance hasn't suffered at all...

[Ringo]

Have to go against the grain here. The answer to the original question - can you lift "every day," is yes (I'm assuming you mean 7 days). Is it good for you? No. Most training splits have a maximum of 5 days on weights. Some have 6, but they are set-duration training periods.

As for boxing - the reason that weight training "slows you down" has nothing at all to do with "the size of your muscles shortening your reach," or anything similar. Hand speed and foot speed slow down because weight splits involve a staggered work/recovery cycle. For example - you work chest on Monday and legs on Tuesday. While you are putting your legs through a breakdown cycle, your chest (and tendons, stabilizers, etc) are still recovering - albeit at a reduced rate because you are not in "complete rest," you are in "working rest." Your body adapts over time to compensate for this kind of workrate, but when you are adjusted to a lifting split and try to get in the ring, you are going to have some disconnect.

I hope this helps.

[Takeover]

I see what you're saying but for some reason I just can't make really good progress on a upper/lower body routine. I feel like if you recover pretty good then you will be ok...

[Randoh]

Well, what about doing an actual boxing work out every day, like let's say hitting a heavy bag every day? Does this hurt your muscles the same way working the same muscle group in weights will?

[Equilibrium]

i don't suggest lifting weights everyday unless you want to gain muscle mass. For combat sports one should always focus on functional strength over simply gaining muscle or trying to bunch press more.

Any other kind of work out is fine, as long as you listen to your body. As in; rest when your body needs and and eat right.

Also i suggest atleast 1 or 2 day off a week to rest properly.

[Teedoe3]

Alternate days. Your muscles need to rest as much as they need to workout. Too much can stunt and/or deplete certain muscle areas