Hello I was wondering what you guys do for conditioning. how much cardio and how many days a week do you guys do your cardio
I do 3 different "routines" but I like to run..I run 7 miles straight jogging not a hardcore job but I do try to keep my heart rate up more than usual. I run 5 miles and I add sprints in. and I run hills because I don't have access to a good football stadium or anywhere with decent stairs and I try to sprint everyone and run them longer than 30 minutes.
I was thinking of doing 30 minutes cross trainer good level and 30 minutes fast walking up a high incline and 20 minutes rowing 4 days a week just until i get back on my feet with my injury then back to boxing
I think he means doing something that builds endurance and doesnt involve punching. Most fighters do a mix of long jogs and track or hill sprints. For example Monday, Wed, Fri 5-8 mile jog. Tues & Thurs on the track for 12 X 200 meter sprints
Only the rowing part sounds worth your time. Scratch the other two, especially the fast walk. You need long jogs and sprints. Incline and a walking pace just don't have much relevancy in boxing since your not going that slow unless your tired and you fight on a flat surface.
Agree. Rule of thumb, if you're gasping for breath at the end of an exercise (or an interval of exercise), it's contributing to your conditioning. If it's not, then you're either doing the wrong exercise, or not doing it hard/fast enough.
im out of breath and tired with the HIIT i do on the cross trainer I do 1 minute fast high level and 2 minute to catch my breath I feel like passing out lol. I do this for 20 minutes I was thinking of doing 20 minutes HIIT on the bike up the level for a minute and then 2 minute catch my breath. I dont feel comfortable on the treadmil jogging I was thinking of buying skipping ropes and do skipping for 30 minutes everyday get me used to being on my toes
I see that you have mentioned a skipping rope. In my opinion, there is nothing better for one's cardio-vascular development than "jumping rope". Of course other exercises do compliment it but skipping is, I found, key to "cardio".
No need to do anything other than boxing. You don't see marathon runners going for bike rides to get ready for their sport. Technique work is your low intensity conditioning and sparring/bag work/pad work is your high intensity conditioning. The rest of the time you should be working on your strength and power. *obviously this depends on how far away you are from competition, if you're a long way out you can do some cross training (running, cycling, swimming, power ****ing whatever etc.) to keep your body ticking over. If you're talking boxing conditioning then the only thing for it is boxing, fitness is specific.
I am of this opinion as well. Only thing a run is good for in training is to relieve soreness sometimes. Hill sprints can be useful as well, but they take so much out of you that they're hard to work into a schedule.
Adam Ondra. Google him. Far and away the best sport climber in the world. Done an insane amount of climbing since age three (mom and pop are climbers too). Never does any training other than climbing. Case in point.
Spot on! The thing that winds me up is when a coach will make a boxer run or lift weights before they actually have them practice boxing! Insane. Skills come first, everything else second. And the time spent pounding the pavement could be spent working technique. Then again, this is boxing, and trying to explain that to a coach who is adamant that you need to run is going to be nigh-on impossible.
