Im wondering if people would be interested to look at and help out with my current training routine? It’s very serious right now, preparation for nationals has gone to a whole new extreme.
So, would people like to see and help out by critiquing a Boxer’s daily routine? and if yes, what would you guys like to see me post? nutrition? routine? training? feelings? psychological aspects? physical feel?
Could be interesting,
da boxer
DEFINITELY!! I’m down for that.
I am very interested. Write it down - the whole nine yards, possibly in different replies so as not to overwhelm us. I will be here to provide feedback on it.
I know you are training for competition, but what are your specific goals? Leanness, hardness, mass, etc. Just want a heads up.
Well then let’s start today.
Goals -
7.19.03
Ate very well 50/30/20 split through out the day at c/p/f. A total of 2,800 calories.
Weight -
a.m. 149lbs.
p.m. 151lbs. (Tons of unsweetened Kool-aid was the contributor, I hate water, need the flavoer)
Da Boxer
First off, drink some damn water.
Second - do you take days off? Your body needs it. Well, mine does anyways. I take Sundays off and don’t do jack shit but sit around and become a veggie.
Third - do you do sprints? I’m talking 100 m sprints.
Fourth - what does your boxing regimen look like? I’m talking breakin down the entire boxing training session from speed bag to heavy bag to whatever.
This is fun 
I’m a huge boxing fan, and my grandfather was a boxer. I love boxing.
Jwright,
I do drink the damn water, just need some flavor SOMETIMES!
Every week we do sprints!!
Fridays are usually my complete days off!
Boxing regime changes a lot, if we spar then the work before hand is not too harsh. If not then we do a lot of counter punching, heavy bag, and mits work.
Da boxer
How many times a week do you spar and how many x/week do you do speed work? I would cut down on sparring a few weeks prior to the fights. I’m not talking about serious tapering, but maybe drop 1x a week. Your body will recover a little more for the beating you are going to take. Sprints are good, as they build up endurance for all out duels.
I just bought a jump rope, and I love it. For some reason, I can go about 30 sec, then the rope hits my ankles. I think I’m bouncing it off the ground.
How’s your weight in terms of making your class?
JW: you have to pick up the sparring as a match nears. As a matter of fact, it should become the focus. Ya gotta understand that while the heavy bag, speed bag, jump rope and other training apparatus’ are handy and effective for the boxer; nothing beats or replaces sparring (ring work).
This is the world of the boxer or full contact fighter.
Also, alot of fighers still train “old school”; they perform alot of road work, or long term steady state cardio. Even in my own boxing gym, I was considered 'radical" since I incorperated HIIT instead of the cardio. But my conditioning was as good or better than many of the boxers who had been training (boxing) longer than I.
Jwright,
Believe me, my outside the gym work is very organized, I definately know the benefits of sprinting and interval work.
Sparring, as Patricia said becomes the focus of practices once a match nears. Right now Im averaging about three sparring sessions a week. Atleast that’s what I did last week. Jumping Rope gets easier and easier the more you do it. For me it’s almost automatic now, I can go 3 minutes without it touching me once. You’ll get it.
Da boxer
Makes sense
I’m sorry, I’m an idiot. I just get excited sometimes
dont be sorry jw, its not like any of us non-boxers knew that…Hey best of luck and keep us informed boxer al, sounds like you have a great plan along with serious desire!
7.20.03
-Training
–20 minute jog
–5 rounds shadow boxing
–3 rounds sparring, w/slip and jab emphasis
–6 rounds heavy bag work, jab emphasis
–4 rounds mits, slip and counter emphasis
Went well, started to loose energy and focus towards to the end. heavy breathing and fast heart beat. Feel fine now.
Da Boxer
What do you eat pre-workout and at what time? That’s a ton of calories you are burning, so I’m just wondering.
Jwright,
Today I only had time for two meals:
Meal #1 - 2 whole wheat tortillas, 1 chicken breast, salsa
Meal #2 - four eggs, 1 yolk, 1 chorizo link, hand full of cheddar cheese, tons of green beans.
the last meal was eaten about 2-2.5 hours before practice. I felt full at practice though, so I think this meal might have been to big. Post workout it’s usually a shake, with some big servings of food, mainly high fiber items like black beans, brown rice, oats, yams and a lean meat.
Da Boxer
two meals?? TWO MEALS?? I’m no expert in boxing, but I know to lose weight, you need to eat more frequently than that. Granted, you are ~150 lbs, but still, if you broke it up, you will lose the last 2 lbs to get down to weight.
boxer - I found out what I was doing wrong on jump rope. My hands were too low, which caused the rope to hit the floor far in front of me and made it bounce up to hit my feet. Once I corrected that, everything went much better!!
Nice one boxer!
Good luck bro!
Just wanted to add that this stuff is very interesting. Keep posting!