long distance

[younghypnotiq]

running i always hear people saying long distance sucks. but what do you think of running 1-3 miles mayby once a week. and do sprints 1 a week and on the 3rd day do a mix

[amy]

sounds good to me

[younghypnotiq]

thanks. so if i box everyday mon-fri and lift 3 days a week and run 3 days a week i should be good? or overtraining? or not enuf? also should i run on liftig days or inbetween theM?

[amy]

As long as you have one or two days a week to rest then you should be fine. Maybe do your short runs on the days you lift and have your rest day the day after you do the most work.

[younghypnotiq]

i rest on sunday.

Monday: lift, sprint, box
tues: box
weds:lift, long distance, box
Thurs:box
Fri: lift, sprint/distance, box
sat:rest
Sun: rest

or
Monday: lift, box
tues: box, sprint
weds:lift, box
Thurs:box long distance
Fri: lift, box
sat:sprint/distance
Sun: rest

thanks.

[amy]

both look ok to me

[younghypnotiq]

thanks. :good

[viru§™]

i rest on sunday.

Monday: lift, sprint, box
tues: box
weds:lift, long distance, box
Thurs:box
Fri: lift, sprint/distance, box
sat:rest
Sun: rest

This one would probably be best as long as you do something like lift and sprints in the morning then box on the night. There's no way you'll be able to box straight after sprints if you do them as intense as possible.

[Lostmykeys]

In my opinion nothing involving exercise is "bad" for you. It may not be the best thing to do for boxing specifically but anyone that says running is bad is a moron.

[gregsid]

Yeah, I never run more than 3 miles a day, 2-3 days a week. The other 2 days I try and do some swimming.

[boxbible]

You need to have an aerobic base to do multiple anaerobic spurts.

Your training "cycle" should start off with strictly aerobic work for a few weeks. Then introduce anaerobic bursts.

Midway in your cycle, you should be starting off with anaerobic work and finishing off with aerobic stuff since it's more important to be fresh for your anaerobic workouts than it is for aerobic training. So you would start off with multiple sprints and then go for a jog.

Gradually increase the anaerobic work until you need to mix the two together because the load is so heavy. Meaning the anaerobic rest periods would consist of aerobic work. So you would be doing sprints and then jogging in between... non-stop.

So you're getting the recovery because of the slower pace between bursts but you're using the anaerobic portion as part of your aerobic workout to shorten the workout time which is compensated for by the increased overall intensity. So you don't have to do twenty sprints and then go for a five mile run. The twenty sprints would be included in the five mile run.

[younghypnotiq]

i cant lift in the morning =/.
i would do it in this order. box then lift
or box then do cardio.

[younghypnotiq]

im prob gonna box around 3:30-5 and then lift or sprint at around 6 or 7

[JMonster]

that's what's up...just pay attention to how ur body handles it since u were concerned about over and under training

[younghypnotiq]

thanhk. will do.

[scott c]

running i always hear people saying long distance sucks. but what do you think of running 1-3 miles mayby once a week. and do sprints 1 a week and on the 3rd day do a mix

Depends on what your goal is for this cycle of the training. And then what your next phase of the training ishow long your leaving for adaptations and when your next competition is.

[Butch Coolidge]

one of my trainers preferred for his boxers to play football/ "soccer" instead of just jogging around, just couldn't play goalie. I still see his point. Soccer was more interesting and got your body and reflexes more tuned and balanced than just roadwork, unless you really know how to do real roadwork which is not much like jogging.

[younghypnotiq]

wat real roadwork?

[Butch Coolidge]

Real roadwork isn't just jogging. You have to shuffle, retreat, move lateral, run fast, duckwalk, bear crawl, handkick backwards, handkick forewards, jog, cross, add punches. We didn't do roadwork on the actual road, more like a football field. I think that way is better because it's more sport specific than just jogging.

[emanuel_augustus]

Real roadwork isn't just jogging. You have to shuffle, retreat, move lateral, run fast, duckwalk, bear crawl, handkick backwards, handkick forewards, jog, cross, add punches. We didn't do roadwork on the actual road, more like a football field. I think that way is better because it's more sport specific than just jogging.

Ludicrous.

Roadwork is running, not "just jogging."

Running boosts your vo2 max and raises cardio endurance, both translate directly to the ring.

There are plenty of other drills for lateral strength/quickness, punch development, speed/reflex work, etc.