Cardio and body building? Over-training? what's your take?

[louiemina]

Hey guys, i totally am no doctor or physical therapist, and a damn noob at this. But i'm a filipino and we here excel in the sport overseas by just pushups, situps and joggings, sparrings and routines and no juices and etc. (I mean it's our poor man's sport, no supplements).

But to hell with that ****, this stuff gets me all confused and my head spinning, i can't find a thread about this.

When all us boxers train to be competitors, we weightlift right? and cardio. anyone knows what happens to our muscles? does it really repair even if the day after we will do a cardio. or even go down divisions, we all know that our strength diminishes, but what's the point right?

to stay at physique? then that means we all have to do high volume reps workouts right? Does this mean that there is such a thing as over training in the sense that you already reached a peak. What i mean is, don't we reach our peak then go down divisions then reach another, then go back up. Gimme a lecture about muscles, just legit ones mate.

Somebody shoot me up some tips here

[Zaroku]

Over training often leads to injury. You don't have to go balls to the wall all the time. Mind body connection is important. Visualization as you throw punches and move around the ring will help strengthen the mind body connection.

[_Maxi]

Hey guys, i totally am no doctor or physical therapist, and a damn noob at this. But i'm a filipino and we here excel in the sport overseas by just pushups, situps and joggings, sparrings and routines and no juices and etc. (I mean it's our poor man's sport, no supplements).

But to hell with that ****, this stuff gets me all confused and my head spinning, i can't find a thread about this.

When all us boxers train to be competitors, we weightlift right? and cardio. anyone knows what happens to our muscles? does it really repair even if the day after we will do a cardio. or even go down divisions, we all know that our strength diminishes, but what's the point right?

to stay at physique? then that means we all have to do high volume reps workouts right? Does this mean that there is such a thing as over training in the sense that you already reached a peak. What i mean is, don't we reach our peak then go down divisions then reach another, then go back up. Gimme a lecture about muscles, just legit ones mate.

Somebody shoot me up some tips here

You should be doing weight exercises I think. All pro's do though most of them keep it secret or don't talk about it.

Two or three times a week. For sure bench press, overhead press, barbell rows and/or pull ups, push ups, dips, and some might include squats and/or deadlifts. Mix that with some cardio and HIIT the days you don't lift weights. You'll get a lot stronger and gain minimum weight.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

Unless you are an elite level athlete (NBA,NFL, etc.) then you don't need to worry about over training. That word is used too much nowadays. The ONLY way to build muscle and get better at you sport is to constantly push yourself outside of your comfort zone.

I box 3x per week and do a full weight lifting routine 3x per week with 1 true day of rest. I have yet to over-train. It's a ****ing myth...for most of us.

[Madison Boxing]

Unless you are an elite level athlete (NBA,NFL, etc.) then you don't need to worry about over training. That word is used too much nowadays. The ONLY way to build muscle and get better at you sport is to constantly push yourself outside of your comfort zone.

I box 3x per week and do a full weight lifting routine 3x per week with 1 true day of rest. I have yet to over-train. It's a ****ing myth...for most of us.

the truth ^. human body is far more capable than people credit it with, only in extreme scenarios does overtraining exist.