avoiding strength training altogether?

[tblefever]

I played sports my whole life and lifted religiously for several years before I got into martial arts and boxing. Since then, I have pretty much abandoned weights and strength training all together. A daily workout now is pretty much 6-9 two minute rounds of shadow boxing, heavy bag, reflex bag with a set of 50 situps immediately followed by 50 flutter kicks mixed in every three rounds. My question is...Will this type of approach of abandoning strength training all together hold me back? I am 28 years old and feel like I've acquired a pretty solid level of strength where I don't feel like upping it is going to help me up my game much. Instead I would rather devote all my time to learning proper technique and execution of movements while increasing my speed, footwork, and fight endurance. Thanks for the advice in advance.

[Equilibrium]

I think strenght traning is important, the old mentality of not lifting weights cause it will make you slow is just silly. It's going to make you slow if you do burn out sets to blow your muscles up like body builders do.

Personally i lift for strenght only, so heavy weights low reps, not many sets. So i don't put on mass but i get stronger.

But i'm also a heavyweight so it might be different if you weight 130. But i use not to do any lifting and just focus on technique and body weight exercises and i should have lifted weights much sooner.

Of course boxing and whatever other sport you do should come first but strenght traning is good as a secondary traning, you will see benefits.

I train boxing and muay thai 3 times and week and do strenght traning 2 times a week, on the days i lift i go for a run too.

Of course this is just my perspective on it but i have seen some great results from strenght traning.

Cheers.

[Suckmedry]

You'd still want to mix some strength work in there even if its just your basic bodyweight stuff.

In the juniors, the emphasis is heavily on technique and fitness so the kids under age 17 dont have to worry about strength work besides their basic bodyweight stuff which can be mixed in with anaerobic exercises in circuits to increase overall endurance.

But once you start fighting as an adult you will find yourself in trouble if you aren't being consistent with your strength work

[ShoulderRoll]

Try it out for a while and see how it goes.

I once talked to a famous karate instructor and he said that practicing the art was all that was necessary to stay in great shape. That would probably work for boxing too, especially since hitting the heavy bag is basically a form of resistance training.

If you end up dissatisfied with the results you can always go back to lifting weights or doing bodyweight exercises.

[SplitSecond]

W/e you do, Mix it up. Same routines will have you plateauing pretty quick.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

Strength training is the best but it really depends on how much you are doing. Dead lifts will exhaust your CNS if you do too much of them and along with a full boxing routine, I don't think it would be healthy for your body over time if you tried to do a lifting routine and boxing. If you do end up doing a lifting routine then keep it short, dead lifts should n't be done more than 2x per week. No more than 3 weightlifting workouts per week either. If you don't do strength training then don't bother with weights because anything above that is either for bodybuilding or endurance and if you are doing endurance with weights then you are wasting your time and could get better results with calisthenics.

[Earl-Hickey]

Evander Holyfield swore by it.

it's a personal preference thing, as the poster above said, deads and squats demolish your cns so i'd probably avoid them.

As for rep ranges for putting on too much muscle or getting bulky, tbh unless you are on roids or eating in a massive surplus over the course of years while not doing much cardio, it's unlikely that will happen.

[Mike_Erm]

I played sports my whole life and lifted religiously for several years before I got into martial arts and boxing. Since then, I have pretty much abandoned weights and strength training all together. A daily workout now is pretty much 6-9 two minute rounds of shadow boxing, heavy bag, reflex bag with a set of 50 situps immediately followed by 50 flutter kicks mixed in every three rounds. My question is...Will this type of approach of abandoning strength training all together hold me back? I am 28 years old and feel like I've acquired a pretty solid level of strength where I don't feel like upping it is going to help me up my game much. Instead I would rather devote all my time to learning proper technique and execution of movements while increasing my speed, footwork, and fight endurance. Thanks for the advice in advance.

Here is my 2 cents on this i made this video yesterday....
I'm not the best at talking on camera yet but i train top guys all over the US in Boxing, MMA, and i also am a strength coach..
I admit i am a little crazy with the training but it works with the guys i attract.

Deadlift Workout "Time lapsed"




Technique, footwork, diet, video study, and mental training is all a part of the game.

Good luck with you're career.

Quick Chest & Back Workout for Punching Power


Pull-ups for Boxing

[tblefever]

great feedback. thanks for the abundance of advice fellas.