your valuable opinions needed

[bigbaddalla]

Hello,

I am training for boxing and am doing the following workout for 3 days straight -

350 hindu pushups
700 hindu squats
100 fingertip pushups
50 pushups on knuckles
200 regular pushups
50 burpees

i complete this workout in under 2 hours in the early morning.....i boxing training (sparring/bag drills) for about 2 hours in the afternoon.

My diet is regular food, mostly vegetarian....nothing special, which means no supplements or pills.

I started training hard for boxing about 3.5 months ago....i have started the actual boxing sparring etc only a few weeks ago.

My short term goal (by end of april) is to be able to do atleast 500 hindu pushups & 1000 hindu squats in about 1.5 hours.

As mentioned, I do this workout 3 days straight....the 4th day is as follows -

3 km running with my bike (its a heavy 220 kilo bike)
100 fingertip pushups
200 regular pushups
50 pushups on the knuckels
100 burpees

Again completed in under 2 hours followed by boxing traning in the afternoon.

What do you guys think? Any modifications? Suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Inspector Rex]

can I ask why?

like in all honesty what does this do for you?

 

[bigbaddalla]

because i want to know if I should be doing something else/modifying the workout......i guess a lot of people here are very much more experienced in working out specifically for fighting. Thats why.

 

[rookie belt]

inb4 FAQ posts

 

[beckrar]

What da hell...?

Don't they drill you in pushups and all that shit, *in boxing classes*? I know they sure do, where I train. Well, I used to do boxing here, and now do other martial arts, but the same still applies for one of those anyway (MT).

You could look at other forms of strength building. In my opinion, more effective ones. Unless, of course, you don't care about that, and just want to max out on cardiovascular conditioning, etc. In which case, I guess you could do what you're doing/planning. More or less.

 

[Smw]

That plan is good if you want to get good at Hindu squats and push ups.

If you are looking for strength and conditioning for fighting I would scrap it..

 

[DrBdan]

That plan is good if you want to get good at Hindu squats and push ups.

If you are looking for strength and conditioning for fighting I would scrap it..

This. If you want to do some bodyweight conditioning I'd tack it on to the end of your boxing sessions and keep it to something that doesn't take 2 hours. Spend that time doing something more useful like going for a jog/bike ride/etc

 

[Eric Brown]

I would suggest reading the FAQ.

 

[dannysmith]

I would suggest reading the FAQ.

I concur.

 

[miaou]

If it looks like a troll, and smells like a troll...

 

[dannysmith]

if it looks like a troll, and smells like a troll...

banhammer!

 

[00 Buck]

haha, sounds like a waste of time to be honest. I can see that many repetition with sport specific motions, but not with push ups and hindu squats...

What's the obsession with pushups? Your chest and tris do not help that much in a proper punch.

 

[MightySparrow]

haha, sounds like a waste of time to be honest. I can see that many repetition with sport specific motions, but not with push ups and hindu squats...

What's the obsession with pushups? Your chest and tris do not help that much in a proper punch.

+1

I sincerely believe that you are not a "troll" and I will therefore tell you what I do to complement my boxing. I'm more of an amateur, but I have found that the following setup has been helpful for my progression. If you aim to go pro, you might want to add a few tweaks, and else add more of the same.

I box 2-3 times a week.

Apart from sparring, this includes all the bagwork, technique drills and calisthenics anyone would ever need. I see no need to add additional training for muscle endurance.

I lift weights 1-2 times a week.

Every week, I do a routine which is intended to maintain basic strength. It includes squats, deadlifts, bench presses, barbell rows, shoulder presses and dragon flags.

Every other week or so, I add a routine which includes the exercises I wish I would have time and energy to do every week It includes lunges, power cleans, pull-ups, biceps curls, dips and "landmine" twists.

Once a week I alternate between long-distance runs and crawl intervals in order to add some extra cardio.

What works for me might not work for you. If you feel more comfortable focusing exclusively on muscle endurance, then by all means do that. But I truly believe that you would progress much faster if you made your routine more well-rounded.