I had 24 fights in the ams as a teenager. However back then I weighed 67ishkg at 5'7 when I had my last fight at 18. Now I'm 24 and it's been 6 years since I last even sparred. I want to get back into amateur fighting, nothing serious. But I'm currently at 87kg and 5'95 (relatively solid muscle and some body fat.) If I were to compete what weight would people reckon is a good one to drop to. I'm thinking 73-74kg but then at the same time that'd take at least a good year to drop it safely.
to be honest, i´d have to look at you to really give an opionion. a year ago i trained a guy who was 5´10 and 114 Kilos.....and he was good at that weight. build like david tua. treetrunks for legs. athletic as hell. could do the splits no Problem. generally speaking, 5´9 and 87 Kilos is too much. 75 Kilos would seem right. but i cant say for sure without looking at you.
https://imgur.com/a/ypfrG That's me at 87kg. Idk maybe 14-15% bodyfat? I want to hit aroubd 74-75 that's my goal, so we're probably in agreement. But I'm unsure if I can do it healthily in a decent timespan. Obviously a photo isn't that good compared to in person but I definitely feel stocky and slow at this weight and height, but I never really trained or fought in a 'stocky' kind of guy style. So it'd be new turf for me. But also I haven't trained properly in years so I might be slow because of that lol
yes, you really fit into that "stocky" catagory. first off, set your Goal at 80 Kilo. by the way, when i make weight suggestions, i refer to "Walking around" weights, meaning the weight you should wake up around at every morning. so all in all, your Body Looks in shape. however, i get the Feeling you hit the weight room quite a bit. that could be the reason for you Feeling slow. Lifting weights slows you down. yes, you are explosive and fast in round one, but by round two your arms will become heavy. i have a Sparring Partner who is 6´1, 95 Kilos. im 6´0 77kilos.....so his upper Body is nearly twice the size of mine. in round one i really have to watch my step. by round two i start engaging him. by round three i move inside and starting to push him back. by round 4 i can stand in front of him and time him because his arms are so heavy i can see every time he tries to Punch because it is so laboured. so in other words: stay away from weights. instead there is a "secret weapon" when it Comes to conditioning/strength Training...........drumroll please........SWIMMING!!! i dont understand why it has not been Long established that Swimming is the best foundation/ground work for basically EVERY Sport. think about it: if you Train incorrectly or overtrain doing most strength and conditioning Training, you get injured. in Swimming, you can basically "go totally nuts".....yet will suffer no injury watsoever. anyway SWIMMING really is a secret weapon. i will Elaborate on that subject by doing an entire thread on it soon.
Good read, but... 1) THE most explosive & fastest athletes on earth ALL lift weights. 2) Swimming really is overlooked. Low impact? Great for health? Great for endurance? Something you can go 100% at for YEARS (unlike Running)? Swimming ticks all the above boxes.
I'd be more inclined to go down the volume route with the odd sprint thrown in say every 6 lengths. ;-)
