Best time to do your roadwork?

when ever you can in the sense that if you say im going to jog every day right after training and one day comes that you have a doctors appointment after a gym session, thats no reason not to jog after your doctors appointment.

though i agree that you should definitely go to the gym or do what ever training before doing the LSD cardio of your choice.

 

Man virus is clueless!

 

So clearly you can prove me wrong. Are you going to explain why you think I'm clueless or just leave your point with no explanation because you're utterly clueless yourself?

 

All you guys that are running long distance every day just like the "pros" do it....... whens your first pro fight for 6-12 rounds? atschatsch

to me the argument of weather long distance running is benificial to a boxer completely misses the point! people that say pro boxers do it so im going to do it! When at best your going to be fighting 3-4 2 min rounds at worse your just doing the odd bit of training.

Its arguable weather top professionals fighting over 12 rounds need to do daily road work. For the majority of people fighting shorter fights where you need more intensity over a shorter period of time, your time could certainly be better spent.

Also theres the over training aspect for people who arnt even close to being prepared for that level of training and dont have the proper nutritional support for their bodies like virus said!

 

No i dont do it or used to do it cause i dont box anymore because professionals do it. I used to run first of all because i followed my trainers advised on training. I've dont plenty of sports from baseball, basketball and boxing. And in every sport running was a big part of the conditioning program.

You keep saying boxers dont need to run but every boxer does it. So everybody is doing it wrong i guess and you know more than them. Boxing is a billion dollar industry you dont think boxers hire professionals to help them with their training.

I never signed to fight professionally but was close to it. And i met plenty of professional boxing trainers and fighters. Felix trinidad made millions of dollars fighting. And i can tell you from first hand knowledge that he ran a lot. He had a nutritionist, conditioning trainer and a physician to help him with his training. And he always used running to get ready to for his fights.

And never in my entire life being involved with the sport of boxing have i heard anybody from boxer to trainer to manager to promoter said that running is not good for you or that there are other alternative ways that are better to get in shape for a fight.

So since you know so much and the rest of the boxing family is doing it the wrong way you should start a boxing gym and you'll make millions with your great ideas that nobody uses in the sport.

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You say you don't run because the pros do it then make an entire post about how the pros do it. atsch And you really need to stop making things up. Where did I say running is bad for you?

What don't you understand when I say running is not a requirement for boxing?

Look at it this way, if you have 2 boxers, one only runs for cardio the other cycles and rows, are you telling me that the guy that only runs will definately win in a boxing match? If you say no do you know what that means? You don't have to run to box. That's been my point all along. Do you get it yet?

 

No, it's solid for anyone. Science is trendy.

 

Science is trustworthy unitl it's mixed with boxing or religion.

 

Well you dont get my point either first of all i keep mentioning trainers and boxers as an example of why i used to do it. Do you get the following other peoples advice that have done it and are experts in the field. When i started boxing i was only 13. And throughout the time i did it i met and trained with professional boxers and professional trainers.

A boxer that doesnt run will not be in the best shape possible for a fight period.

By the way do you box or boxed before.

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So you ran because the pros ran. That's what I've been saying.

Explain how you came to this conclusion and try giving actual facts, not "well boxers run!" or "champions ran in the past!" this really proves nothing about the necessity of running to a boxer.

Are you going to answer my question from my previous post or avoid it?

BTW, I've participated in Kung fu, kickboxing and boxing over the past 6 years. I've never had any problems with my cardio or fighting ability and I've ran maybe 3 times in the past year. I guess what you're saying is wrong then ah or do I just have amazing genetics?

 

you ask for facts but you havent given any just your opinion that's all and boxing for fun is not the same as competing and at high level

running is the best cardiovascular endurance exercise there is, you dont get the same by running a bike, swimming or jumping rope

running is the basic of all sports training if it wasnt that important why every fitness test there is out there has some type of running in it

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Because I don't see anything amazingly unique about running, hence the point I'm trying to get accross.

I row, cycle, swim, do circuits, complexes and specific training for my sport, that's easily enough cardio and no running :scaredas: shocking I know.

 

You've been punched too many times, you don't seem to get it. Running isn't bad for you for the most part, but it's not NECESSARY. To be a top boxer you need to be a skilled boxer, you can just spar and get fit enough. Long distance running is something that a lot of PROs use to get themselves used to moving for 30+ minutes for 12 round fights and to keep their weight down. Any top pro is also going to use interval running as well to get their actual fitness up.
An amateur fights 3 or 4 rounds, wouldn't running interval training be the most relevant mode of supplementary training for the energy systems used in the shorter, faster bout?
Evander Holyfield didn't do roadwork since you wanted a name.
Here's a quote about Pernell Whitaker, sure he was a bit of a bum with no stamina but anyway.....
"Regarding roadwork, Pernell would never run more than 3 miles, and he’d do that maybe twice a week. I think fighters want to run too much these days. It’s not all about the running. Pernell never got tired in any fight, and that’s why. Too much running can kill a guy. But he’d do sprint runs. The way he did the sprints was unlike any other fighters. He would run for around 15 to 20 yards, then he’d stop and throw a 15 to 20-punch combination. Then he’d sprint again and the stop and throw punches again."
Sounds a bit like that trendy sports science interval training eh?

 

It is you making a claim (running is required for any boxer) so it is your job to provide proof for this claim not me to disprove what you haven't even proved yourself.

Proof of this?

Is this really meant to prove something? Maybe because running is fairly simple and anybody can do it any time anywhere as stated by myself in an earlier post. There's no special reason it's used as a test other than that.

Either you don't get what I'm saying or you're just too dense to understand, either way I'm getting bored of repeating myself.