Old school training

Ross is a very well conditioned guy. His exercises cannot be described as "lifting weights" though. It is resistance training, but so is bag work.

 

Anybody used a Total Gym.

 

ironmind.com jumpusa.com have some useful tools. Have helped me.

 

i do what works for me based on how i performed in the ring, not based on other people. I did not try to bash weigh training, i simply said i dont understand it as i believe that too much muscle has decreasing marginal return on ring performance. If other people have a formula that incorporates weight training, then go for it....i am not fighting at a level where i need to fight for 12 rounds for undisputed title of the world. However, i do spar tough oppponents in the gyms and in the amatuers, i have trained with world class people at least both in martial arts and boxing. Perhaps one day, as if i wish to move onto another level, i will need to incorporate weights.

 

well, i checked this guys ross site, and can you tell me how many fights has ross had? how many fights have you had?

i doubt he is faster than me, firstly bc i am in a much lower weight class, cant really compare speeds. but if i did show u a video of me, trust me u would respect my speed and technique...most fighters do when i step into the ring with them.

While i am sure weight may have its advantages for some fighters, i still prefer to do it the all natural weight of doing pushups and chinups and good hard sparring...

and as a point of emphasis, i think which was already highlighted by another poster....ross enamait does resistance training and not weight lifting

 

the thing with boxing technique, if u look at some of the hardest punchers they were not always physically imposing men.

This is because punching power is generated from the right technique from hips and shoulders in a fight where fast twitch muscles are probably, in my opinion, the most important. IF you weight lift too much, you will increase too much muscle mass that throws off body balance between muscle tissue vs fast twich muscles.....

As long as you are weight training to not throw off this balance, then i would guess you are ok...but i still prefer calistestichs and plyometrics bc you can actually work both muscle tisse and fast twitch fibers at the same time...just my opinion...