Getting RIPPED for Boxing?

You are thinking along the right lines. If you are eating enough calories from good quality sources you will see improvement. You might want to tone down the cardio a little bit but if ii is 3-4 times a week and you add a couple of days of lifting and a chunk of calories each day you will progress.

 

I may not be the best to answer, but you might get more specific responses if you give us a better idea of how tall & heavy you are currently, and your goal for weight and muscle mass.

Plus give a better idea of your goals - is bulking up and looking huge your priority, are you looking to box competitively, somewhere in between?

 

My advice would be to lift as early in the day as you can, before any other physical activity such as cardio or your training. Your muscles will react much better after having rested the night, assuming you get a descent night's sleep, and the rest will allow to lift heavier and for a longer period of time, both of which are key in maximizing your gains. Increased caloric intake would be beneficial as well, as MrSmall began to suggest - quality nutrients of course. Im not sure I agree with cutting back on your cardio. But I would suggest incorporating intervals between high intensity and low intensity. Boxing has 3 minute rounds, with one minute breaks in between. So a suggestion would be to run for 3 minute intervals and walk for one miniute, and continue this repetition which essentially would simulate the pace of a fight.

 

Do Kettlebells you get the best of both cardio and strength so increase muscle whilst maintain cardio.

 

Why do I get the feeling you're around 6' and 140lbs? In other words why do I get the feeling you're skinny as fook?

I'd suggest you work out your goal first. Getting ripped is one goal, being a good boxer is another.

There's no reason to get ripped for boxing.

 

there is a reason for getting ripped for boxing. If you are ripped you will be more athletic, so you will be faster, more powerfull, you will have better endurence, conditioning. and you will be able to take body shots and be in less pain and you will be able to fire back shots (counters) quicker.

Try sit ups most boxers do about 100-200 every day. And stick to lifts like bench press, shoulder press, dead lifts. compound lifts.:good

 

Not true. For high intesity sports having a low body fat level is more of a by-product of the sport and good nutrition. If anything having a low body fat level (lower than 8%) is more likely to be detrimental to perofrmance.

Not true. Again, having low body fat for higher intensity/speed sports is by a product of the high intensity training, not the goal.

Powerlifters would disagree.

Not true. There's many MMA fighters and boxers that have fought with well over 15% body fat that have out performed guys with 8%.

Not true.

How would having less body fat help increase your ability to take a body shot? It would make more sense if you said more body fat would help, but less? :huh

Since when do body fat level dictate how much pain a fighter will be in from a punch?

Waste of time.

 

^ LOL nail on the head

 

bodybuilders try stay away from lots of cardio so id say hes unless you eat like 10'000 cals per day

 

I don't think sit ups are a waste of time... but being just ripped won't make you quicker.. Unless you are a total out of shape fat ass, then yeah it would prob improve your speed. But the best way to improve speed/counter speed is by training/doing drills/sparring.

Not getting ripped. I mean you might get ripped from boxing as it requires a high level of fitness. But having a "ripped look" won't make you better. I mean, if you were more ripped maybe you would be at a lower weight class cause you have less body fat, which might make you a better fighter. other than that I don't think so man.

 

I have a feeling you may have taken this a bit too literally.

Being ripped wont make you a better boxer.
Being ripped means you are probably quite fit with low body fat which will help you in any sport. I dont think he is being specific about %'s of bodyfat.
Being ripped will help you absorb body punches as your muscles are stronger
Being ripped will help you to be more powerful as you will be strong, powerlifter's are not related to boxing.

Overall being ripped wont make you be a good boxer but it will put in a better position than someone who isnt.

 

It really doesn't. It means you have some muscle and low body fat...

 

Being cut up has no correlation to athleticism... smh ppl on here this forum has gone to the birds

 

beiber is ripped, why not ask him?

Being ripped for boxing doesn't exist, like I could say I want to be emotional for jogging, its not a recognisable statement. Forget the weights, you ain't trying to push over a wall or lift up a whale above your head. You need to be agile using bodyweight movements, like the plyometeric stuff gay guys do.