Going to attempt to FINALLY start amateur boxing on Jan. 31

Different weight class for a start

 

Im voting in favor of 168. WIth your can do attitude surely you will be the one top topple Andre Ward!

 

Having glanced through this thread, I feel like you are a practicer of positive affirmations or something? No-one's saying you're going to quit so just relax, go to the boxing gym and enjoy it.

As a sidenote, there are quite a few people at my gym who are pretty damn strong and punch like freight trains despite the fact that they don't lift weights. Don't assume that because you're doing a lot of cardio you're going to immediately become a 120 pound scrawny weakling. Focus on going to the boxing gym as often as you possibly can and once you're used to it and your technique is improving, work out how you can add a strength program in. If you're actually interested in boxing, worry about becoming better at it and then adding the secondary lifts in afterwards in my opinion.

 

Nothing wrong with looking skinny. Can't see the problem here?

 

5ft 11 is a bit short for light-heavy maybe not in the ams in america though.

 

You Can overtrain.

 

Like I said mate, there's nothing stopping you at all - but it's a sport where people don't really ever stop learning and improving. There is only so much time. The type of strain you put on your body from boxing training 4-5 times a week is completely different to the strain from weightlifting - I was just suggesting that you get used to the boxing and then fit your strength training in after, rather than letting your boxing suffer as a result of not paying enough attention to it. This all depends on your goals of course, but since you were talking about competing...

 

If you train 4-5 days boxing a week, and you aren't used to it, it will be hard on your body.

Yeah, talk to your trainer. Just be aware that he might be old school, and hate weights and think its impossible to overtrain.

 

honestly id look at evander holyfield's training regime, he lifted weights and was successful, but i'd wait until after you have been boxing for atleast a month so you don't over train your body because your going to be using alot of muscles you have never been using, and you are going to have to change your diet, i know alot of MMA guys use the build like a badass weight training system thats something id also look into

 

i didnt read all the other threads sorry if this was repeated but dont worry about how your physical body looks like after you get consistent with going to the gym. worry about functionality. speed and technique first. please dont go into the gym banging the bags like you're some super powerful heavyweight. no disrespect intended, but you're too heavy to be banging with the seasoned big boys. but who knows? Maybe you were born for this ****