Comments on: Should Boxers Lift Weights? http://boxingequipment247.com/2009/02/should-boxers-lift-weights/ Thu, 10 May 2012 06:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: yo http://boxingequipment247.com/2009/02/should-boxers-lift-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-25850 yo Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:43:23 +0000 http://boxingequipment247.com/?p=240#comment-25850 The first key for weightlifting for boxing training is that you should avoid heavy weight, low repetition sets This is just a wrong fact.How do you expect to build maximal strength if you dont benchpress,deadlift,squat or do olympic style weightlifting(snatch and jerk) hard 85-90 % of your 1RM?Btw when you build this kind od stregth it makes you more explosive as well. you should focus on weight training with lighter weights and more reps, ideally between 12 and 15 per set. Once again wrong...all you do on boxing training strength wise is muscular endurance and repetitive strength.Why do the same thing in the weightlifting gym?Youre not shocking you body right and are doing the same thing over and over and over. Get your fact right man. The first key for weightlifting for boxing training is that you should avoid heavy weight, low repetition sets

This is just a wrong fact.How do you expect to build maximal strength if you dont benchpress,deadlift,squat or do olympic style weightlifting(snatch and jerk) hard 85-90 % of your 1RM?Btw when you build this kind od stregth it makes you more explosive as well.

you should focus on weight training with lighter weights and more reps, ideally between 12 and 15 per set.
Once again wrong…all you do on boxing training strength wise is muscular endurance and repetitive strength.Why do the same thing in the weightlifting gym?Youre not shocking you body right and are doing the same thing over and over and over.
Get your fact right man.

]]> By: justin http://boxingequipment247.com/2009/02/should-boxers-lift-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-7297 justin Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:23:47 +0000 http://boxingequipment247.com/?p=240#comment-7297 im a boxer and i do mostly circuit training, sprinting , skill training, and core exercises. but i do weights as well. i do not do powerlifting, or bodybuilding either. i do a weight i can bang off 10 reps anf do 5 instead. speed coming up with weight. slow and controlled on the way down im a boxer and i do mostly circuit training, sprinting , skill training, and core exercises. but i do weights as well. i do not do powerlifting, or bodybuilding either. i do a weight i can bang off 10 reps anf do 5 instead. speed coming up with weight. slow and controlled on the way down

]]> By: Lee Paxton http://boxingequipment247.com/2009/02/should-boxers-lift-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-5336 Lee Paxton Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:25:35 +0000 http://boxingequipment247.com/?p=240#comment-5336 Good and thoughful comment above; also true, the style of weightlifting is the key. Power is important, not bulk or absolute strenth, therefore, use Olympic type lifts, like power cleans for best results. Good and thoughful comment above; also true, the style of weightlifting is the key. Power is important, not bulk or absolute strenth, therefore, use Olympic type lifts, like power cleans for best results.

]]> By: Weight lifting tips http://boxingequipment247.com/2009/02/should-boxers-lift-weights/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 Weight lifting tips Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:51 +0000 http://boxingequipment247.com/?p=240#comment-4222 Very good article.look forward to more informative reads like this. Very good article.look forward to more informative reads like this.

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