Boxing and Bricklaying

[T-J1991]

Hi every1 ,I am 15 at the moment and am doing a building course and hope to have my own building company but i would love to box professional as well ,but if i was earning alot of money i would only work say3days a week but would i have enough time to train if im bricklaying,also is there any professional boxers out there who used to be builders?

Cheers,jace

[fraidycat]

You are joking, right?

Marciano was a bricklayer.

Now me, I'm no legend, and I'm not a pro. But I work for a living; I do building maintenance, which entails a lot of construction-type work. Heavy lifting, climbing, working in tight spaces, using sledgehammers, saws, pipefitters' tools, and shovels; walking 5-6 miles a day wearing a 15-lb. toolbelt and often carrying a 20-lb. toolbox for part of it, too; and did I mention lifting? Like lifting & carrying heavy -- like 50-100+ lbs -- objects? And shoving, rocking, levering onto dollies, and moving REALLY HEAVY objects (a full, fireproof filing cabinet comes to mind; I spent two days last week rearranging 40 of them at 300-400 lbs. apiece.) I break a sweat at work every day and I have for years. Before this, I built boats. I had developed what people call "functional strength," and I do think it's one of the reasons I learned to hit well quickly and had "natural" endurance at the outset. Of course, I augment my work with boxing training, running, and weightlifting, but I was pretty damn strong to begin with when I took up boxing eight months ago.

Working for a living is a good thing; the kind of job where you have to take a shower at the end of the day is good for you on a lot of levels. It keeps you active, and makes you strong, and it's very rewarding at the end of each day to realize that you DID something.

Go for it. You'll make the time to train if you're meant to be a fighter.

[NJFighter91]

thats exactly how my dad is...hell be able to carry 150 lbs of sand on his shoulder or moveif furniture easy but cant lift weights at all.

[potatoes]

Hi every1 ,I am 15 at the moment and am doing a building course and hope to have my own building company but i would love to box professional as well ,but if i was earning alot of money i would only work say3days a week but would i have enough time to train if im bricklaying,also is there any professional boxers out there who used to be builders?

Cheers,jace

Well, if you are lifting bricks then you won't have to waste your time lifting weights in the gym!

Set your mind to learning good boxing skills. One way to do that is to quit listening to these nattering nerdy-boys who never hit a heavybag nor lifted a ****in' brick in their entire lives.

[NJFighter91]

i dont understand the question...ur asking if you become pro, will u have enough time to train?

if its that, then yeh, you work 5-6 hours a day and go to the boxing gym for another 1-2 hours...if if ur bricklaying, i wouldnt do any extra stuff like lift weights...

if your asking what to pursue at 15, bricklaying or boxing...just gotta balance it out.

to own a company, a bricklaying company at that, you need to be smart in business, its not like you need a 4.0 GPA to be good at owning a company.

so just working and building up in your job status will get u to owning a company