Weight training slowing me down?

You need to box and wok on your speed.

 

use bands instead of weights but still you need to box

 

If your serious about boxing then dont worry about bulking up, many fighters lose some of their natural gifts (speed/power) when they move up in weight. That said weights cannot 'bulk you up' the only way to put on mass is via diet.

How many sets and what rep ranges are you doing in your weight routines?

 

Reversibility and specificity at work.

 

excesssive heavy strength training can diminish the force and speed of a boxers punch (siff,2003a)

 

i notice a lot of fighters who have done a weight training programme

said their power increased eventually

Bruce Lee threw fast punches/kicks and was religious on all sorts of weight training.

 

dont just focus on max strength or hyperthrophy, mx it up and keep variety, dont let your body adapt, focus on explosiveness and muscular endurance, and forget about **** like bicep curls

 

bench with dumbells instead, requires alot more stabilization,
squats , pullups and chins are excellent, just dont give too much focus on maximum strength.

and by variety i mean, change up ur rountine and exercises every while... dont let yourself adapt to workouts.


speedbags and double end bags sound like the obvious answer but its the way for it... explosive movements like plyometrics also, but more importantly always have the intention of speed, focus on it,

 

Great advice from pocket shot. Just do the weights 2 -3 times a week. Ur not trying to b a bodybuilder the more u work out with the weights the less time for boxing.

 

You can do weights and do boxing. I believe that you will benifit from strenght training as a boxer. More strenght/punch power.

But you need to do the strenght training on top of your boxing training. It needs to be something extra. So don't replace boxing sessions by weight training.

Also you might be slower in the gym because of sore muscles. Altough the effect will get less over time. But it does not matter how you do in the gym. It matters how good you are on fight night/what you are really capable of doing.

Last, I find that isolation excercises screwed up my coordination. I think it is better to do benchpress and so.

 

im not saying you cant do weights.. when done righ it can be very effective. strength doesnt mean **** if you cant effectively apply it... and strength does NOT equal power,


'IF' you want strength focus on the 3-4 rep range with a 5 rep max weight or functional isometric contractions.....you want power... focus on explosive lifts and plyometrics, explosiveness and strength endurance is way more important in combative sports than max strength

 

Or combine the max strength/isometrics with explosive movements to form a complex...