I work in construction and it's physically demanding. We're also extremely busy often working 12 hour days. My training is suffering. I was training 5/6 times a week prior to getting so busy as I was working in head office and not on an actual construction site. What's the minimum number of boxing sessions a week I need to be getting in to be competitive and improve? What about road work / strength work? I was thinking of doing this on a Saturday?
I think it depends on how good you are. I could spar with the coaches and they do fine even though it seems like they only spar once a month and don't train much, unless they do it when the gym isn't open and I jut don't know it.
5/6 days a week is ideal. Realistically, i'm only in 4 days a week. It's all I can do, while competing. I got a job that has me on the road often. A 10 y/o daughter whose life i'm very involved in. An elderly mother that requires a lot of care and should be in a nursing home, but isn't. I get home 10pm each night. It's exhausting, but hey, that's part of being a responsible adult. So I try to make it count. Work hard and make every minute count. There's no magic number. Just do the most you can do with what you have.
3 90 min. heavy days of boxing. 3 60 min. light days of cross training, plyometrics, speed training, 1 day of rest
Can you put a bag at home to do some work on? Going downstairs or into the garage to get in a focused 30 minute workout can do wonders in not letting skills degrade. Could even help in conditioning a bit.
me, i´m 33, 6´0 tall and weight about 170-175. i fight (and have fought) at basically the lower Levels all my life. i won two silver gloves, but thats it. however, i´m very expierienced, having about 85 fights in boxing, kickboxing and even a few toughman contests. i won the majoriy of my fights, but then again, i always aimed low (mostly entry Level competion, or in the open class catagory). im a jack of all trades at entry Level: fighter, cornerman, Referee, judge and Coach. in other words: at my Level, i know what im doing. i go Swimming 3-4 times a week (SWIMMING: MY SECRET WEAPON!!! i will do a post on that issue) as an atheletic base. i teach 1-2 boxing classes a week........that´s where i do my Basic technical Training. i spar about once a week. thats more than enough Training for me. but then again, i´m talking base Level.
