not a "my workout is better than your workout" thread, but which of these work better for you as far as athletic performance? Floor work - what i've seen mostly done in the boxing gyms. i.e. a lot of isolated ab exercises, supplemented by push ups, bridges. Core work - limited ab work (if at all) but focus on total body work that emphasise core muscles. e.g. lunges, med ball push ups, russian twists, physioball stuff. i find that core work is much better for athletic performance. i feel faster, more agile, and stronger overall. on the other hand, i'm not sure core work would work well in boxing (as i haven't sparred in nearly 10 years, and only a limited number of times). i'm not sure if not doing a lot of isolated ab exercises would prepare you for taking body shots. what say you?
So being faster and more agile doesnt help you in boxing...? Call me an overachiever but I do both. One of my good aspects in the ring is how hard Iam to hit. Im good at distance, (152 and 6'1, 5.8%, so I got reach ) and Im always cutting corners, pivoting, and moving the upper body.
I agree that a mixture of both is important. The core work is good because it stimulates multiple parts of the body at once and strengthens it as a whole (and a punch is a whole body affair). Whereas the ab/floor work is important as it strengthens and toughens areas that are targeted by your oppenents.
that's true, and the "core work" that i explained does work out and strengthen your abs. the main difference i guess is that, from what i have seen at least, boxers tend to focus on floor work, which spends a lot - and i mean a lot - of time doing ab-specific work like situps, crunches, leg ups. core work, which i have seen more and more of late in the training of other sports (see e.g. mark verstegen's stuff) do very little ab work by comparison. i'm interested to hear from 2 types of peeps. 1) non-pro or am boxers (which i am) who enjoy boxing as a workout and as a sport. i'm thinking core workouts are better for this type given time constraints. 2) pro or am boxers (which i'm not) where boxing takes up a significant part of their time. i'm guessing that you guys do both, but a lot more floor workout. thoughts?
I fall in group 2 as I'm an amateur boxer, and I would prefer core work as it benefits me a lot more. But during boxing training our coach makes us do lots of situps as well.
Many years ago a freind told me they Had found new Muscles, my reply was you having a windup. His reply no I keep hearing these Personal Trainers talking about them, they call them Cor muscles. What they are doing is giving it a name so they can sell it. :yep.
Here are a few nice ones for Flexible Strength . He makes it look easy, its not http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DwlsCgTevc&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s9mfKv9IrU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nldoqt-FEL8&feature=channel
