If a fighter wanted to move up from cruiser to heavy and was looking at adding another lets say 2stone to his frame what would be the best way to do that. We see a lot of fighters who have put on a lot of weight to get themselves to what they are weighing now az heavyweights, Anthony Joshua is one of them. Hes obviously added muscle mass to his frame to increase his weight but im sure you have to know the best and worst places to adx the mass. For instance im assuming adding mass to youre arms is undesirable, massive weighty biceps and triceps would be more of an hindrance im assuming. I would of thought glutes and back thickness is the best way to go, where performance would be inhibited the least. Whats the best and worst areas to pack to mass on for the fighters that are trying to make the jump to heavy.
Most elite fighters are in PEDS when they move to a higher weightclasses. PEDS make the effective weight and muscle gain quick. But if you want more strenght and weight then you need to fix your diet, put more calories and start weightlifting program. It will slow you down though, so you better stay at your normal weight.
About what exactly? The only part that I can see that he got right was the OP needs to sort out his diet. You aren't one of thos ignorant guys that thinks adding a bit of muscle slows you down are you?
Floyd looked much faster when he fought at super featherweight. In welterweight he looked slower. Less weight = more speed, more stamina More weight = More power, less speed, less stamina
Oh so its just a general rule that more muscle = slower? If this is the general idea can you explain how Usain Bolt is the fastest man on earth while weighing in at over 200lbs? I await your well thought out answer. I get the feeling it'll be "but boxing is different!" or you may surprise me.
Thanks for replying. I know how to put muscle on through diet and rep and set range but im guessing that theres better places to add the muscle than others. Im asking which muscles and muscle groups are favoured over others. I would of thought adding 2lbs to your glutes is better than putting 2lb on your arms for the obvious reason that your arms are punching and will tire quicker. Which areas are favoured over others. I know that you dont want to be adding too much (if any) mass to your calves as this can gave a worser effect on your performance
You have a wierd view on this process. Like I said earlier go take a look at how athletes train. Your goal as a boxer should pretty much never be to build muscle, muscle increases should be a bi-product of your training.
200 lbs seems to be the optimal weight for 6ft6 bolt to compete in the 10 second sprint contest. But in your logic if he puts 20 lbs muscle he woud run it faster. Extra muscle won't slow him down right?
Ok so lets assume that ive nailed my diet and i am starting a weightlifting programme. Dont you think that there would be certain bodyparts that should be prioritised before others, certain bodyparts that would be more detremental if i added mass to them ovet other bodyparts. Would a programme aimed at all over muscle been added, giving each body part equal cosideration be the best. Or prioritising certain bodyparts such as back depth and traps, glutes, quads and hams. And not doing any specific work on things like arms, calves. Would that be the best.. Im thinking that adding too much muscle to areas like the arms would be more detremental than if i didnt add muscle to the arms and then instead of adding the 1 or 2 lbs that i would add to the arms in an allover programme(giving each bodyoart equal consideration) add that 1 or 2 lbs as extra muscle to the glutes or back.. In boxing certain muscles get used more than others. In javelin one arm and shoulder (the one used for the throw)develops more than the rest of the musckes in the body. Them particular muscles are more sport spefic and get used more, so they develop more and increase mass in those areas because them particular muscles are been used more. The same in boxing we are relying on specific muscles and muscle groups more than others, these muscles are specific to the sport. Would it not be better if one wanted to jump up a stone or two to heavyweight to add muscle mass specificaly to the muscles and muscle groups that are less sport specific in boxing? If so...then what are these muscles and muscle groups. Or is it just better to add the muscle mass on all over.
So your saying that if you want to jump up to heavy and i need to add a stone or two as weight, then as a boxer you should pretty much never build muscle. So i would need to add the weight as fat?
Huh? I said muscle building isn't the goal, if it were you'd be a bodybuilder. Your goal should be to increase overall power and performance, building muscle would be the bi-product of this.
I guess some it is up to your boxing style... I bulked about 20lb before. I built muscle on my back because this is the place that I naturally gain muscle from boxing. Also the back muscles are good to recover from punches. I also built leg muscle because i figured i might not be able to have similar power toother people if i didnt. But this could possibly slow you down if you gain as much as i did on my legs. I wasnt worried because im not fast on my feet anyway. I also gained muscle on my core and abs. Not all my extra weight was in muscle of course... If this is your first time building muscle, you'd definitely make so called newcomer gains, which come along quite quickly by the way. This is just my personal experience, i didnt consult anybody when i was bulking but it wasnt too bad for my boxing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk