Weight lifting for boxing?

Question

i been thinking about going back to the boxing gym and i been doing light running and when it comes to weights i pretty much just bench and deadlift but i wanna hear from other people a good weight lifting program i can follow and i got most of the stuff i need (300 lds. wieght set, barbells and pullup bar) so if u got something good let me know? and my weight lifting goal is all about straight strength and power!!!!!

Answer 1

First, I want to say that I know nothing about boxing, but I do know a lot about weight lifting. I do know that weight lifting will take a lot of recovery time and you probably need that in boxing. If you do take up weight lifting, remember that you'll probably want to do lower reps for power and strength and you'll want to lift explosively to develop that explosive power you want.

If I were you, I would do an abbreviated weight lifting program so that you're not in the gym very long. Get in and get out. You need to have a very good diet if you plan on boxing and lifting weights. That's a lot of extra work and stress on your body when you add in weight lifting. So make sure you have your diet in order because you need all those nutrients, vitamins, and minerals to keep that body running at full speed!

I would probably only choose a few exercises and focus on progressing in weight lifted over time. Choose barbell squats, barbell deadlifts from the floor, overhead press, and bench press. Lift explosively. Low reps for strength, 5-12 for size, and above 12 for endurance. That's my recommendation for the weight lifting part of your plan.

Answer 2

The foundation exercises for the complete body workout is the bench press, deadlift and squat.  The best exercise for a

complete body workout is swimming.  If you do your foundation exercises, swim and then throw punches under water (Golden Nugget) for a few rounds you will have covered all bases.

Push ups and curls will help those arms from feeling like cinder blocks in the later rounds.  As a boxer you know that how much you bench press is not important.  The key is weather or not you can take a punch.  I hope this information helped you.

Answer 3

Both of the answers given thus far have good points but I think you will need to go over this with you trainer. He may like weights or he may not? he may be an expert on it? whatever the case may be its gonna be on him not us.

My fighters stay completely away from weight lifting, we do lots of core work & swim twice per week for 2 hours each time. Medicine ball work is incorporated as much as possible but again this is my routine for my fighters. It will really depend on your coach. Good luck.

Answer 4

If you focus only on benching and dont do more targetted exercises you might lose handspeed from bulking up too much, maybe try to get more cut doing bicep curls and other targetted exercises to get cut/stronger instead of focusing on size