What Foods To Eat And Not? Also Training.

[jerzeboye]

Very true Kayo the muscle building phase happens in the recovery period.
Maybe he has limited weight lifting equipment and feels he's not doing enough if he doesnt do them everyday

[In The Heart]

do you run outside or on a treadmill?
what hours do you go to school on mon. tues. and wed.?
do you try to fit your running and your weight training in first thing in the morning?
do you have access to weight training equipment besides dumbells?
do you do any sort of boxing training like speed bag or heavybag work?
do you have a stretching routine for before and after your running and weight lifting?

I run outside.

At College i leave at 7.30am and get back at 5pm.

Yes i fit everything in the morning.

Yes i have access to a body building gym or i can buy the correct weights.

No, i have not got any boxing gyms near me there all 2 hours away. But i might be able to advertise for trainer or i could buy them myself and train myself with dvds.

Yes, i always do a warmup.

[jerzeboye]

running 4 miles a day is great

I read you were gonna try to go up to 6 miles per day.Do you time those 4 miles? instead of going up to 6 try to get your time down on the 4 miles and note them each day to see your progress from week to week make your self a new goal each week to shave offtime ofyour 4 miles,it's really rewarding to see your progress each week or even every 2 weeks
Next your ab exercises look good keep at those 4 sets of 25 of each of those stomach exercises but i would also work in an oblique exercise to hit every region of your abs since you generate punching power from your waist. Even if its just broomstick twists for now,but i could recommend a few more if you wanted.
try doing your running and stomach work first thing before school and i would say do your weight traing after you get home from school and have a good dinner particularly high in carbohydrates like i said before,but i would wait an hour or so before lifting after dinner.
As far as the weight traing i would definately recommend some core strenght exercises to build your foundation.
I can give you suggestions on anything you have questions on so don't be afraid to ask!

[Ringo]

yes but hes doing them PER DAY which isnt productive at all

Oh, my bad. I misread. Kayo is right, then. I thought this was "when I work out, this is what I do." Per day....all of that is bad. You need rest, man. Cant build muscle without letting the muscle refabricate itself. My fault.

[In The Heart]

Okay my Workout is as follows:

Run 6 miles
Skipping for 20 minutes
Shadow boxing - 3 x 2 minute rounds
Sit ups - 2 sets of 50
Crunchies - 2 sets of 50
Leg raises - 2 sets of 50
Dumbell Flys - 2 sets of 50
Side bends - 2 sets of 50
Press ups - 5 sets of 15

Is this better? The weight training is now only dumbell flys and side bends. dumbell flys work on my shoulders for faster jab and chest for extra protection. Side bends to help my waist and ribs for protection. I,m unsure if this correct.

[NJFighter91]

That's a really bad routine. If you're gonna use weights, do a full body workout 3x a week, upper/lower, pull/push/legs, with using 5x5.

[slickwalt210]

weight training

what's up fellas ??? i have noticed that new guys to boxing are doing weights. i boxed for about 12 years as an amateur. in my opinion lifting weights are not good for new boxers. new boxers should learn how to punch first before they deal with weights. weights are not for all fighters, it is good for some though. you have to get your muscles adapted to punching first and then weights. weights can be incorporated after a few years for some fighters. i have learned from being in and around the game for 25 years, each boxer is different and they train different. you won't find many trainers who train a like nor fighters who fight alike.

a fighter starting out should go with push-ups, dips and pull-ups. of course you need core training (crunches, kneelifts etc..) running is one thing that you can't get away from, but more concentration should be on interval training as opposed to just distance. pylometrics should be incorporated for explosion also.

just speaking from a wealth of experience...

[SquareCircle]

First of all i want to thank everyone and jerzeboye i wanna thank you man so much for doing this. okay, the exercises i,m doing now are:

Running 4 miles per day
Skipping for 15 minutes per day
4 sets of 25 crunchies per day
4 sets of 25 sit-ups per day
4 sets of leg raises per day
4 sets of bicep curls per day
4 sets of tricep extensions per day
4 sets of dumbbell flys per day

I have only started doing these exercises for about a week and i push myself to do anything. I do college on mondays, tuesdays and wednesdays. I do work on weekends. I get up every morning to do those exercises at 5am. I need to know if i,m building too much muscle to be a speedy boxer and if i,m doing the correct excercises a speedy boxer should do. I also need help on what foods i should be eating through the day and what i should be drinking. I live in scotland so i have very clean and tasty tap water. And also i,m 71kg in weight and i,m 6ft and also 16 years of age(17 in october). Big thanks again.

4 miles a day sounds like too much to me. then again my running method may differ from yours but i guarantee it directly benefits my boxing, im not sure if yours does. heres some tips for running.

Use lightpoles as distance judges, me, ill start on a decent paced run. I run for about 2 minutes and 30 seconds then when the 30 second mark comes I break into a full sprint. I haul ass. then when that 30sec is up i slow to a comfortable walk for 30 sec. When that 30 sec is up I start over from the beginning.

Start running like that and i guarantee youll see stamina improvements in the ring.

[fraidycat]

As far as what to eat, cut out sugar. All sugar. All soda. All candy. All donuts. All canned or frozen juice, too. No Pop Tarts. No soda. Did I mention no soda?

Cut out packaged foods if you can afford to. Eat raw fruit, raw vegetables, and lean meat. Turkey is better than chicken. Tuna fish is good. Grilled fresh fish is my favorite. Go to Goodwill or a thrift store and buy an iron skillet with raised ridges for broiling. Oughta cost about $5 and after you taste grilled meat, you won't ever fry food in oil again.

No hot dogs. No fast food. Drink tons of water. 1% milk or nonfat milk if you can handle the taste (I HATE nonfat milk.) Black coffee. Oatmeal. Breads with a rough consistency -- whole wheat or multi-grain.

[In The Heart]

As far as what to eat, cut out sugar. All sugar. All soda. All candy. All donuts. All canned or frozen juice, too. No Pop Tarts. No soda. Did I mention no soda?

Cut out packaged foods if you can afford to. Eat raw fruit, raw vegetables, and lean meat. Turkey is better than chicken. Tuna fish is good. Grilled fresh fish is my favorite. Go to Goodwill or a thrift store and buy an iron skillet with raised ridges for broiling. Oughta cost about $5 and after you taste grilled meat, you won't ever fry food in oil again.

No hot dogs. No fast food. Drink tons of water. 1% milk or nonfat milk if you can handle the taste (I HATE nonfat milk.) Black coffee. Oatmeal. Breads with a rough consistency -- whole wheat or multi-grain.

Thanks! Can you give me a food routine for one day thats perfect for a boxer? I would like to know this as in what for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. As of now i,m drinking 2.5 litres of water every day. And should i drink milk aswell , i,m unsure?