What muscles are mainly used in boxing?

Question

What muscles should I be focusing on to train as a boxer. Also what are good excersises for those muscles that dont involve weights

Answer 1

all of them. you need to completely train your entire body for boxing. there are lots of great exercises to do without weights. pull-ups, squat-thrusts, push-ups, sit-ups, knees to elbows (hang from pull-ups bar and bring your knees to your elbows), air squats, air lunges, box jumps, jump-rope, run (long distance and sprints), swim, climb rope, chop wood, jumping pull-ups, etc as far as your non-boxing workout pick some of the above exercises and make a circuit out of them. for example do 5 pull-ups, 10 push-ups, 15 air squats, 20 sit-ups, and .25 of a mile run on the treadmill then do this as many times as you can (last time I did 8 rounds of this)

most important part of training as a boxer is simply to join a boxing gym

Answer 2

Joe calzaghe has never done any weight training...his daily calorie intake durin training is approx 500calories...

obviously jogging over a long distance helps maintain strong legs, speedballs and punchbags help tone your arms and forearms, the above answer regarding medicine ball onto abdomen is a very good technique also..

Answer 3

everything..plus it depends on your style what to focus on the most. The best thing you can do is go rounds with that heavybag throwing a crazy amount of jabs and a few combos 3min at a time. That is a workout in a half. also, lay down and have someone hit you in the midsection with a medicine ball over and over, this will build your stamina and prepare your midsection for the majority of blows you would be taking

Answer 4

everyone, if you dont have your legs you dont have nothing your just a statue in front of your oponent becasue you cant move. You need to have a strong upper body and also a md section to absorb the blows.