I am thinking about fighting at amateur level but i have no idea about sort of foods boxers eat got alot of confused opinions online just looking for a bit of advice as i am a heavyweight about 15 stone i am a small heavyweight so i want to get bigger as well not massive maybe 1.5 stone help
Eat good carbs like brown rice and sweet potato. Carbs and not protein is what'll help you gain weight. Obviously your protein has to be in check too...get enough for your body weight. If you're 200 lbs, get at least 210-220g of protein a day. Carbs would be well over 500g if you wanna put on size. Eat clean and eat a varied but balanced diet. Don't fall into this IIFYM/Flexible Dieting bullsh*t. Sure it's easier, but it's also a slower process. Eat very very strict...lots of fresh fruit and veg every day, nuts for good fats and piling in the calories. Clean carbs, none of this fancy processed sh*t and the same with your protein...fresh and unprocessed. If your food tastes very good, spit it out...chances are it's bad for you. To be a boxer you gotta be very very strict with your craft and your diet.
eat good food. plenty of protein which is you meats,fish,eggs. eat carbs which is rice,potato,yam etc. Dont be scared of eating protein slight high you wont get bulky lol.
Cheers for the info guys alot clearer i am 6ft4 abot 14-15 stone but av not trained in aboot a year and a bit flabby so heavyweight is looking like an option but super middleweight as i was always 12 stone or there abouts but excited to start amateur boxing
That's fine advice for general health, but if you're looking to put on weight and you're already a big sort of person then you need to pile on the calories, and that's not going to be possible on a nutrient dense diet. He needs calorie dense foods if he wants to get enough energy in to put on weight, that means eating some so called 'unhealthy' foods.
There's no such thing as 'unhealthy' foods, but energy dense foods. You know- pizza, ice cream, burgers etc. If you're large, physically active and you want to put on weight there's nothing wrong with eating food like that.
Well, that's kind of my point. "Unhealthy" can be interpreted in different ways. So a blanket statement such as "there's no such thing as unhealthy foods" is going to feed into some petty arguments about what people consider unhealthy. Is it foods that are high in calories and make you fat. Ones that contain harmful chemicals/hormones/antibiotics. Or wholesome vegetables or meat that are otherwise good....but some might consider unhealthy because they are not organic or grain-fed.
