Boxing fitness?

coltrain

Hello ,didnt know whether to post this in the boxing forum or here,taught there might be a few boxers here,can anyone tell me how to get fit for boxing fast,im only doing boxing training once a week and i have a fight on nov 20th, i have to last 3, 2 minutes rounds and im only just back running after an injury,any help would be great thanks

dave80

coltrain wrote: »

Hello ,didnt know whether to post this in the boxing forum or here,taught there might be a few boxers here,can anyone tell me how to get fit for boxing fast,im only doing boxing training once a week and i have a fight on nov 20th, i have to last 3, 2 minutes rounds and im only just back running after an injury,any help would be great thanks

why are you only training boxing once per week? you need at least 3 good boxing sessions a week plus mabye at least 2 conditioning session per week if your goin to be fighting?

coltrain

The boxing is with the job so only happens once a week,im looking for lessons too,so just want some advice on boxing specific exercise for the gym,and advice on what type of running i should be doing

dave80

coltrain wrote: »

The boxing is with the job so only happens once a week,im looking for lessons too,so just want some advice on boxing specific exercise for the gym,and advice on what type of running i should be doing

try and get the lessons asap, in the gym not sure how experienced you are but a maybe try lots of bodyweight stuff like press ups dips chins etc, as for the runnin id go with interval sprints, jog 100m, sprint 100m, repeat 10-12 times

Khannie

How many rounds will your fight be? And how long will each round be?

coltrain

The fight will be 3 rounds, 2 minutes a round. just want to be some way fit for it,thanks for the replys

siochain

best way to get fit for boxing is to box, lots of it. Are you a gym member? Is yes set the cadio machines to 1 min very low intensity then 2 mins high intensity. Cross trainer & rower is good for this try and aim for 10 rounds.
Work in circuit training, skipping etc.

What the story here 'boxing is with the job'? How experienced is your opponent? How serious is this and will your coach put you in the ring with only training one day a week?

cowzerp

Boxing forum would have made more sense tbh, where do ya live and how often are you available to train etc..

Jarren

will that be any use to you?
http://ezinearticles.com/?6-Dynamic-Effort-Exercises-For-Athletes&id=879741

+ above posters

Khannie

Moving to boxing.....

colly10

coltrain wrote: »

The fight will be 3 rounds, 2 minutes a round. just want to be some way fit for it,thanks for the replys

Doing 3 x 2 minute rounds requires a far higher level of fitness than you are expecting unless your getting in against a clown. You will have to train more than this if you want to be able to last 3 rounds because the guy from the other club may be doing 5 or 6 days a week.

As for training I find circuit training very good for conditioning, not whatever they do at the local gym, I do it at the club all with weights. With the time you have left though I would concentrate on boxing related exercises (shadow boxing, skipping, pad work, bag work sparring)
In particular I would look to really start working hard on a heavy bag and wear 16oz gloves when your doing it, really put it in. The sparring is also important.

Don't do too much bag work on the week of your fight, your not going to get stronger or fitter at that stage, only wear yourself out

coltrain

cowzerp wrote: »

Boxing forum would have made more sense tbh, where do ya live and how often are you available to train etc..

I know was thinking that but didnt see many posts about fitness in the boxing forum,prob didnt look hard enough though, anyway live in north dublin and am available to train nearly every night of the week, the job has organised a kind of tournement,i should be against someone the same level as me,hopefully anyway.and just want to get in some way fit for it,i have started intervel training yesterday and gonna take colly's advice and do a bit of shadow boxing,skipping, bag work and that,thanks for all the replys

cowzerp

coltrain wrote: »

I know was thinking that but didnt see many posts about fitness in the boxing forum,prob didnt look hard enough though, anyway live in north dublin and am available to train nearly every night of the week, the job has organised a kind of tournement,i should be against someone the same level as me,hopefully anyway.and just want to get in some way fit for it,i have started intervel training yesterday and gonna take colly's advice and do a bit of shadow boxing,skipping, bag work and that,thanks for all the replys

I run an MMA club in Rush, at the moment we do Monday and friday nights, if you want you can train just boxing like some other lads do, 3 of the coaches are boxing coaches anyway so you'd get good coaching plus i'll get you a few spars too, let me know if your interested..