"About 90% of boxers in this country in my opinion, lead unprofessional lifestyles."

Muscular Endurance is needed all over the body in boxing, why wouldn't it be..? Its common sense, and even if you don't really understand sport science just back observation you would understand this.

I don't know whether you was taking the **** Ero-sennin.

Maybe being sarcastic, maybe so.

Skipping is more of a motor skill exercise, but can be manipulated into anaerobic or aerobic exercise.

I used to refuse to skip when i went to boxing, thought it was a joke exercise.

 

Why does it seem to be the norm for boxers to get up and run ridiculously early?

Serious question. What are the benefits of running at this time?

 

Probably something mythical, from the days of William Wallace.

 

Did you know free weights prevent injury, because they strengthen fixator muscles/tendons/ligaments more.

Body Weight Callisthenics, Free weights are both better than MACHINES.

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I believe it's partly to do with discipline and partly to do with burning fat, kick start the metabolism.

 

It just seems strange to me!

If you find that's the best time for you to run then fair enough but it seems to be expected of boxers. You always hear them referring to "getting up early to do road work".

 

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Cheers for the response, to be fair those reasons make sense!

 

Maybe its just as simple as the training faciliites arn't generally open to do any other type of training? A few miles early in the day, then breakfast, then rest is making decent use of time without affecting the rest of the days training.

 

You know what kicks starts the metabolism in the morning...? Eating.

If you train, and don't eat! like many boxers, you body can switch to famine mode.

This is why many boxers, in-between training camps gain weight faster than Vanessa Feltz.

Once your body turns to famine mode, because it thinks it is starving it will automatically make a extra effort to break down food into glucose and store it predominately as fat.

Somebody like David Haye mainly eats the same in training camp and out of training camp.

But most other boxers are in starvation mode, so when they are in-between training camps! They don't even have to booze or eat unhealthy, they just have to eat more! and they will predominate gain excess fat! Its a self defence, mechanism the body has.

"During Starvation Mode, you will lose weight! But when you go back to eating a normal diet, and eating when you are hungry and fully satisfying yourself..? You will gain excess fat! This is why people who are constantly on diets, just keep getting fatter and fatter"...

 

But you can easily rattle off 6-10 miles slow, aerobic running in the morning before breakfast without any problems.

 

I will respect your opinion, but boxing is a full body exercise.

Muscular endurance is needed all over the body. If you understand the bio-mechanics in boxing, you will understand that chest, back, legs, Core is all needed in vast amounts to performance to optimal ability.

You must understand, when one muscle is a prime mover, another muscle is a fixator muscle, or a synergistic muscle, muscles all work together to create movements! You cannot just single out a group of muscles or down play their involvement.

This is where people go wrong on this thread, they make their own theories out of thin air.

But that's life.

 

Haye was spending £1k a week on food in the build up to the fight with Wladimir, if my memory serves me correctly.

What Haye eats is AMAZING!