what should i be eating and how much weights should i be lifting without hindering my boxing performance? at the moment im about 124 pounds but would like to get to about 132 -135.. any tips on nutrition?
Generally big weights are not good for boxers. Low weight but many reps is good. Eat meat, but don't over eat. Maybe 3 times a week ( meat ), i aint realy an expert on that, i bet someone could give you better advice.
Why? If the OP wants to gain muscle at least make it functional muscle. 3x10 reps (a basic hypertrophy range) is ok for size, but won't gain much strength, which would obviously be better.
Great answer. Why would you want to weigh more? Just learn how to box, eat well, and see where your body ends up. If you're too weak you will gain muscle, if not you're at a good weight.
Chicken, eggs, protein shake, turkey, 1% milk. Best building blocks that I can think of. If you want to get bigger, there are a few supplements that are out there that I have found to be worth the money. Creatine Amino acid Fish oil Best advice I could give you. I gained 5 lbs. of pure muscle within 3 weeks because of those 3 things right there (and working my butt off).
I'm not saying you didn't get stronger, but most of that 5 pounds was probably water weight from the creatine. No one adds five pounds of muscle in 3 weeks. And personally I would stay away from creatine. The jury is still out on the long term effect.
True statement but some of the newer creatine out there adds more like 90% muscle mass and 10% water. I was on cell tech hardcore for a month (during this last winter) and gained 10 pounds that month with probably 9 of it being muscle. And no im not kidding, people commented on how much bigger I looked so quickly and it really showed on the weights in the gym. Trust me it wasn't water weight. I also added amino acid and glutamine pills for that month and ate well.....but anyways like you stated in your post the jury is still out on possible effects of that stuff. There was something ridiculous like 75 grams of sugar per serving to spike your insulin levels so that you could absorb all of the creatine,,,,or something along those lines. Spikes like that cannot possibly be without some sort of side effects (if used enough of course). I'm no expert, but just my 2 cents.
The human body cannot produce 10lbs of pure muscle per month, that's 120lbs per year. If that were true bodybuilders wouldn't need steroids. From what I've read with a good diet, good genetics and weight routine the average guy can gain .25-.75lbs of dry muscle tissue per week. That's 1-4lbs per month, 12-26lbs in a year.
You dont need more mass, like RDJ says just train and you body will fall where its supposed to be. Strength is not derived from muscle mass, it come from how quickly your central nervous system fires. Actually overtraing maximal strength will NOT help your punching power