I'm new to these forums. So if this type of exchange between members if common here.... THEN COUNT ME THE **** IN!!!
I plan on lifting in the off season. Focusing on endurance/cardio during boxing season. That way i can beat all yall's asses/end rant.
The fighters were arguably superior in the past because they focused on skills and they always did their work. That has zero relevance to the fact that we know how to better condition an athlete these days. The fact that you don't take the many factors into account and made irrelevant comparisons is what led me to calling you an idiot. I stand by that remark. I'm not gonna show you respect when you're talking about a subject without your critical thinking hat on. I don't care how old or young you are, if you are close minded towards progression in regards to training then you are an idiot in my book.
Periodisation is a good thing but don't cut out your cardio training, it doesn't take long to detrain when it comes to cardio fitness, while you are lifting for strength you should still be throwing interval training in once or twice a week to maintain. Same in boxing season, you should still be doing strength work once a week or fortnight to maintain that aspect of your fitness. I'm taking it you want to be both strong and fit.
but i thought you just said old timers are better because "they focused on skills and they always did their work". for some one that wants to be as good as the old timers wouldnt it be infinately better to just focus on skills and do your road work instead of all that and weights? not that i have any problem with doing weights only once a week. just wondering why you would say the people who focused on just boxing were better then tell some one who planned to focus on just boxing to include weights?
When am I saying one or the other? Skills in a sport are your number one priority, being a conditioned athlete allows you to apply those skills without having to worry about gassing out or not being strong enough. Why not push both aspects as far as you can. If you're boxing you don't have to run or lift weights, but if you know what you're doing you don't need much time to do a couple of interval runs and strength training sessions a week and get some excellent results. You have plenty of time to work on skills and conditioning. Nobody should be aiming to be like the 'old timers', they had the skills and work ethic but the old timers didn't understand anaerobic fitness or strength work. Long slow distance running still has a place as it helps your recovery time from anaerobic work and it has an effect on mitochondria biogenesis so we can process fats better for fuel aswell as oxygen inside the muscle, however it doesn't improve stroke volume or VO2max. If you just do aerobic work you're not going to be able to step it up a gear without getting gassed. You should be doing all sorts of training, it's not old school versus new school, anaerobic vs aerobic or fast twitch vs slow twitch. You want all sorts of training and to match it to the demands of the sport you are playing. Whatever sport you are playing your skills in that sport are the number one thing to focus on, try and match your conditioning to the movements in your sport and always incorporate skill work into everything you do.
