Building muscle and strength for boxing?

[KrnxMan86]

I've just recently started boxing and have been lifting weights regularly for the past few years. I've not had much luck with increasing the weight I can lift in that time, but I started doing Starting Strength (Ripptoe) a month ago and have been making good progress on it with the weight.

Obviously boxing is my main goal, hence I don't spend excessive amounts of time lifting weights, I'm only really interested in compounds lifts and functional training. I'm wanting to build muscle and strength so I can fight at a heavier division to help make up for me starting at a late age (20).

What sort of routine is a heavier division boxer supposed to do with weights for building size and strength? Do you need to worry about bodybuilding training if you're training for boxing? Like all the business about Novice, Advanced, upper body-lower body splits, push-pull legs etc.?
Any examples of ones that work well?

[Mr.MojoRisin']

You should focus on your weaknesses and focus on what your goal is. Shift away from isolation exercises and stay towards compound lifts doing them explosively. Seems you're on the right track.

Weight lifting will not make you a better fighter. It can help bring up certain weaknesses in some circumstances but lifting weight just to lift weights and "be stronger" in boxing is pretty useless. There should be a reason behind every single rep you do.

You can still bulk up for boxing without lifting weights. Just eat in a caloric surplus with the right amount of protein, carbs, and fats. Being ripped doesn't signify you're a good fighter. You'll find that a lot of boxers have very average physiques just very ripped abs. In my opinion, calisthenics blend together much better with boxing than weight lifting. Unless you are a full time fighter, it is very hard to squeeze in a 1 hour weightlifting session, an hour and a half to 2 hour boxing routine, and roadwork.

If I were you I would just eat more and train. You'll put on weight, especially in the right places.

[Warrior Scholar]

take a plate and go over their head with it, then come and go in front of their bodies low bending the knees a bit quickly and then coming up top with it, rinse and repeat. Go with a 45 after you get warm with a 25. and you can practice uppercuts with the plate this way, get in your stance and spring up with it. Just an interesting recommendation that has helped my power recently.

work cited:

o.g. russian training vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAG9FcCR8-g&t=1737s

[Warrior Scholar]

You should focus on your weaknesses and focus on what your goal is. Shift away from isolation exercises and stay towards compound lifts doing them explosively. Seems you're on the right track.

Weight lifting will not make you a better fighter. It can help bring up certain weaknesses in some circumstances but lifting weight just to lift weights and "be stronger" in boxing is pretty useless. There should be a reason behind every single rep you do.

You can still bulk up for boxing without lifting weights. Just eat in a caloric surplus with the right amount of protein, carbs, and fats. Being ripped doesn't signify you're a good fighter. You'll find that a lot of boxers have very average physiques just very ripped abs. In my opinion, calisthenics blend together much better with boxing than weight lifting. Unless you are a full time fighter, it is very hard to squeeze in a 1 hour weightlifting session, an hour and a half to 2 hour boxing routine, and roadwork.

If I were you I would just eat more and train. You'll put on weight, especially in the right places.

Great advice. I like that. Reasons behind every rep. I enjoy seeing people working out in ways that directly benefit something that could help them. You see so many people working out in ways they think they're supposed to, rather than ways that benefit something that they actually could find useful.
Yoga is good for anything, especially boxing, good for a travelin' man.

[Warrior Scholar]

Also, Ripp's methods are good. I generally do deadlift sets and squat sets in a Rippesque fashion...(Large miserable sets that end with pools of sweat under my elbows, where you can talk to God between sets....) Large, minute+ sets. I have my 5-12 rep sets that I'll do also. But I always finish up with 2 ripp sets on each lift. Soakin shirts up in this mah

[OctoberRed]

take a plate and go over their head with it, then come and go in front of their bodies low bending the knees a bit quickly and then coming up top with it, rinse and repeat. Go with a 45 after you get warm with a 25. and you can practice uppercuts with the plate this way, get in your stance and spring up with it. Just an interesting recommendation that has helped my power recently.

work cited:

o.g. russian training vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAG9FcCR8-g&t=1737s

I do those myself. I saw a guy once lift a plate that was too heavy and go flying right over.