I'm supposed to have my first amatuer fight in November and I'm wondering if I should be raising the intensity of my workouts progressively until I fight, or should I raise the intensity until say a week before and then back off or... what? Also, should I eat a high carb meal the night before the fight? I know in other sports its recommended to (for more energy) and usually athletes eat something like spaghetti or whatever. Anyways, thanks in advance!
I would do everything to build skills. That would mean more sparring and padwork for sure and staying on your exercise regiment is important. I'm definitely not a nutritionist so I can't tell you what's good to eat or anything on that level,but I'm sure you'll be fine.
I think the whole big carb dinner thing is a load of crap, I just eat as I normally do. Your biggest advantage in your first 5 fights or so is going to be conditioning. Most novices don't realize how important it is until they gas out and lose a fight because they weren't in good enough shape. The adrenaline will sap your energy big time, so it's best to be in the best shape possible. If you are anything like the rest of us, in your first fight everything you've been practicing in the gym goes out the window with the first punch, especially if you have an opponent who is just as green and goes nuts. So I guess what I'm saying is get in excellent shape and practice your skills as much as possible and try to keep your head in the ring and you'll be fine. Good luck.
Yeah what Amy said is good...... but man dont train flat out right until the fight.... if im fighting on a saturday i usually train hard the monday tuesday before and step it down a bit wed and thursday and just do some fast sharpe work but not a hard session and i dont train at all friday... also i just eat normally....
a week before the fight you should take it really easy. this is what i do. i don't know the scientific benefits or any of the jibberish stuff but i do know from experience that i am more mentally and spiritually fresh and ready to go (assuming that i trained very intensely before the week off)
this is all basically what my trainer said so yeah i'll go with what you said (i just asked him yesterday after i posted) This is what my conditioning looks like I run 3 miles a day 4-6 days a week I hit the heavy bag 8 rounds 3 minute rounds 4-6 days a week at about 200 punches a round (trainer says try for 300 or more) I do core workouts 4-6 days a week, 2 sets of 150 crunches, that one exercise where you sit down, lift your legs and move a medicine ball back and forth laterally: 2 sets of 75, and then i use the ab roller thing until i can't do anymore. I also do other things to mix it up but those are sort of random does this sound good or should I do more of something or am I missing anything?
high carbing made me sluggish I always fought better (it seemed) on next to nothing like a can of tuna or a chicken breast early on in the day and nothing else accept water ....but I also felt better on less than normal sleep everytime I fought in Thailand I felt great because my sleep patterns were so fuked up from the time change, I guess I'm a bit weird
yeah about that.... I spar once a week with my trainer because theres no gyms where i live: I know that's probably not enough but theres really not a whole lot i can do about it, just make the most out of what i can get.
Didn't you start like 2 months ago, Little_Mac? How can you go 8 x 3 on the heavybag at 200+ punches a round?
I "started" in mid may (conditioning specifically for boxing), started actual boxing in june. About 3-4 months or so then... I've always been in pretty good shape i guess, and I suppose other sports I've been in have helped somewhat for that. I dont know, I honestly don't think that thats adequate enough... is it? I mean, you gotta consider that heavy bags don't punch back. Being hit takes alot out of you. I can only go about 5-6 good 3 minute rounds in actual sparring (I always go a few more, but I'm not worth a damn). I also try to go alot more rounds than I can "comfortably" handle because its harder for me to get sparring practice.
