Russian strength training

Does anyone know how the russian national team lift weights, what excercises etc.? They all seem to be very sturdy and balanced, those crazy soviet sports scientists know something :think

 

I thought you said weight training was cancer?

 

The 'crazy soviet scientists' take the ones that are not 'sturdy and balanced' out back and have them killed. Thereby, ensuring that only the best make it to the team.

 

:rofl

 

On a more serious note...

strength training is subjective to each individual coach, from what i know and have seen most strength coaches who have NO or little experience with/in boxing (not all) will have you doing 2-3 sessions of Maximal strength training per week with one day of dynamic/explosive lifting on one of the 3 days, not knowing/caring about other workload.

BUT the few who have an understanding of boxing and its demands know that strength is ONLY 1 small aspect of all around fitness, conditioning/strength coaches such as Alex Ariza, ****** Fortune, Fritz Sdunek (also a boxing coach, trains Vitali klit) and Ross Enamait (notice they are not the big named coaches) have all been boxing or involved in boxing for a long time, their methods IMO are the best, their methods are that skill training comes first and then strength and conditioning to be worked around that, the method of strength training they incorporate to their boxers is the 'complex training' method where you perform a maximal effort lift followed by a dynamic lift/movement e.g bench press followed by clap push ups, they have their fighters doing that ONCE a week, the rest of the workload is full of sports specific training, track work and interval circuits.

iits up to you which method you follow but remember strength is nothing without conditioning and neither is anything without skills.

 

Thanks this is helpful, so jumping after doing squats etc. that sort of thing? I was only planning doing it once a week to supplement my boxing training, just want to do it right so i don't sacrifice any speed or fluidity and the soviet teams seem to do it right

 

Pretty much.

look up 'complex training'

or i would recommend you buy Ross Enamaits book infinite intensity, its more geared towards conditioning but the part about strength training is spot on, it has some pretty good examples.

 

Joe Calzaghe didn't use any of these modern fads and he seemed to do alright.

 

I'm too busy right now, but will stranslate some stuff in a few months. But for many years now, top Russian/Soviet boxers have been lifting weights, albeit in a boxing specific way.

 

A few months? Dangit man, you can't give us a brief summary? If i die in the ring because of my lack of strength i'm coming back to haunt you you know.


Actually my mother was russian and i'm learning to read and speak it at the moment so if you have it on your computer you can just post/send it as it is and that'd be much appreciated.

 

Yeah but his success was based on workrate, heart and adaptability, if you judge him purely as an athlete he's not particularly powerful or explosive is he, he may of been even better with some more modern training thrown in aswell, as it stands he was a great stamina athlete and that was him and his style. For me personally i'd like to find a balance, i'm a naturally explosive sort of guy and i'd like to nurture that in the most effective way.

 

He took supplements:hey

 

The only thing explosive about modern boxers is they way they fart.

 

I agree with that because for most of them "modern training" simply means lifting weights and "modern nutrition" means eating six times as much protein as needed.

 

No it isn't, which boxer do you know that eats six times as much protein as needed?