Are weights bad for boxers, or REALLY bad?

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  • @TheMorteReport
    @TheMorteReport 3 года назад +1051

    I have a friend who was a very high level fencer, he also did a lot of weight training. He told me "There is no sport where being stronger is a disadvantage."

    • @rocelderamos3013
      @rocelderamos3013 3 года назад +38

      If you have a body like the ones competing in Mr. Olympia then you're definitely in trouble if you're going to do martial art with that kind of muscles.

    • @Mrraerae
      @Mrraerae 3 года назад +195

      @@rocelderamos3013 no one just gets muscles like a Mr Olympia from doing some squats and deadlifts and power cleans Those guys use anabolic steroids, insulin and growth hormone and they put all of their time and effort into building muscle, that's all they do. You have to put A LOT of time and effort into building muscle mass like that

    • @captaindak5119
      @captaindak5119 3 года назад +85

      @@rocelderamos3013 bodybuilders don't compete for strength. Bodybuilding is about looks.
      Hence, weightlifters, powerlifters and strongmen, athletes that focus on strength, tend to be way stronger than bodybuilders of similar mass.

    • @paulpolito2001
      @paulpolito2001 3 года назад +30

      One of the things that can be easy to verify, regarding combat training - you’re *not* going to look like an aesthetic bodybuilder, nor will you put on a prohibitive amount of mass; unless you aren’t training technique and endurance properly or are eating 5k+ calories on the reg.
      You’ll get stronger, much stronger… you’ll probably get toned, but ya won’t be a clunky mass monster that can’t scratch your own gonads.

    • @louiejoe2533
      @louiejoe2533 3 года назад +5

      Tell that to Olympic karate .

  • @andyfox8377
    @andyfox8377 3 года назад +336

    Strength and conditioning is critical and never understood why people neglect this in any sport.

    • @amartyapandit
      @amartyapandit 3 года назад +20

      Hollywood and cultural shift ridiculing the practice of strength and toughness as something that doesn't matter. Only there you'd see slender, lean guys take on people twice their size and also in anime this myth has also been amplified by people online that say you can be insanely strong while being lean such as those of athlean x

    • @AngryGrape1337
      @AngryGrape1337 3 года назад +11

      Because a lot of people confuse strength with size and muscle mass. I met guys smaller than me with less muscle who could lift heavy boxes easier than I can.

    • @emanuel6233
      @emanuel6233 3 года назад +4

      Laziness

    • @inyego9142
      @inyego9142 3 года назад +2

      @@amartyapandit nah I believe it's the individuals fault they know it in themselves what they need to do.

    • @tr1pl3str3ngth4
      @tr1pl3str3ngth4 3 года назад +5

      @@amartyapandit not all anime, dragonball for example, or baki, they are actually more realistic when it comes to strenght and conditioning than some old school coaches in real life

  • @ironmikehallowween
    @ironmikehallowween 3 года назад +317

    Yes, it is a fact that Dempsey, and even Al Dundee, who trained countless champions including Ali, were against weight lifting. My father, a fighter, was also against weight lifting as he trained my brother and I. He did however have us doing a ton of push ups, pull ups, squats, dead lifts, and other various movements using medicine balls. When my brother and I pointed out that this was still essentially lifting weights, he just shook his head in disgust. But, it was , and we were very muscular. It’s still progressive resistance, they just didn’t equate it with the slow burning movements being done by bodybuilders of that era.

    • @rollinOnCode
      @rollinOnCode 3 года назад +16

      that is hilarious

    • @robertlehnert4148
      @robertlehnert4148 3 года назад +41

      Jack Dempsey in training camp would essentially do weighted pylometrics. Every day, he would chop the wood for the camps woodstove and then he would hurl the result from one pile to another.
      Boxers and their coaches are seriously stuck decades in the past, just from the long distance steady pace running emphasis alone, which flat out does not resemble what goes on in the ring.

    • @MrKarlozz
      @MrKarlozz 3 года назад +15

      @@robertlehnert4148
      About time someone else pointed out the long distance running training lol. Fucking senseless to do every day as a martial artist

    • @sasizzarrustuta8919
      @sasizzarrustuta8919 3 года назад +29

      @@robertlehnert4148 true that, but I'd like to add that running long distances _pushing yourself_ is more of a mental exercise than a physical one, so it might have some sense

    • @robertlehnert4148
      @robertlehnert4148 3 года назад +16

      @Jesus Pernia what probably FAR better meets the needs of fighters in sports that have rounds is doing your road work in exactly the same periods: RUN for three minutes or a little bit longer, then fast walk for your minute recover. Repeat for the expected number of rounds you'll be doing.

  • @Raitan1337
    @Raitan1337 3 года назад +137

    Wait, I could die under the barbell? Damn, that brings the training to another level...
    I think the fear of weights come from the fact, that a lot of people automatically associate strength training with bodybuilding.
    You don't have to become Hulk, while lifting weights. That is a bunch of bunk.

    • @Raitan1337
      @Raitan1337 3 года назад +4

      ​@Jesus Pernia You definitely don't need them, but at some point you run out of harder variations. Especially for legs, as you have mentioned. Adding reps can help to some extent, but adding weight is just simpler and (at least for me) more engaging, than doing one hundred reps of something.
      Also... you don't have to end up as a stiff brick, if you do some kind of stretching as well.
      However it is really all about your options, preferences and your will to better yourself.

  • @handler803
    @handler803 3 года назад +70

    6:14 " the training is great for you, the actual activity not so much" thank goodness ive found an old-school gym that lets me train alongside them even tho i dont have plans of competing. They treat me as one of their own 🙏🙏🥊

    • @MrKarlozz
      @MrKarlozz 3 года назад +4

      @Jesus Pernia
      Not only are you moving your boundaries and improving yourself, it's also great therapy. That's the beauty of training

  • @ashisalami5708
    @ashisalami5708 3 года назад +101

    Absolutely love this Ramsey, as an S&C coach who mostly works with combat athletes, you couldn't have said it any better. I recently worked with a boxer(I was actually working as his boxing coach) who had a similar mindset I convinced him to start a lifting routine we just used a basic PPL split with an average rpe of 6.5 and for his actual striking we dropped the rpe to 3-4 and we're mostly focusing on technicality. After his fight (he won) he said that was the best he's ever felt going into a fight. I'm a firm believer in training for your sport, study what movements are most important for your sport(universally the hip hinge is in my opinion the most important) and adjust your strength training to that. If you want to be fast train to be fast, if you want to be powerful train to be powerful. I don't know if you will see this but I just wanted to share my thoughts along with your insight. Much love from Australia 😁

    • @ahmedsounaine5194
      @ahmedsounaine5194 Год назад +1

      Most helpful comment ever came across in my whole life.
      Thank you

  • @TitoMcFadden
    @TitoMcFadden 3 года назад +40

    Nonsense. Strength and Conditioning coaches are a godsend. They use their witchcraft to think of lifting routines that *effectively* create functional strength, more freedom of movement, and endurance on a daily basis *consistently* . When a fighter adds S&C into their training, they're almost always *faster* at the end of their camp!

  • @Innerds
    @Innerds 3 года назад +92

    A lot of people try and use old school boxers as a way of saying “well, they didn’t use it, so why should I?” Even though many did, and those who generally didn’t were usually still doing manual labor in some form or fashion like working in factories and general work (how many have you seen chopping wood, for example?)…. Resistance training is more associated with boxing than you realize when looking a bit more into it

    • @MrAlepedroza
      @MrAlepedroza 3 года назад +21

      Foreman loved chopping wood and pushing pick up trucks. Joe Louis rowed and hauled ice blocks. Frazier worked at a slaughterhouse....and so on and on.
      Most normies training these days don't live like the handymen of old days, yet are too lazy to do anything after their boxing lesson and want whatever excuse they can find....and are too dumb to understand the difference between bodybuilding and functional weightlifting.

    • @jopesol7765
      @jopesol7765 3 года назад +9

      @Jesus Pernia those guys just had the genetics. You can be strong without being huge. you lose the weight advantage of course. Foreman and those other guys were anomalies blessed with genetics most of us could only dream of. They would have been big and strong even without strength training, they just took it even further.

    • @amck72
      @amck72 3 года назад

      @@jopesol7765 Bingo.

    • @amck72
      @amck72 3 года назад +2

      @Jesus Pernia Jo is correct, the few guys he mentioned (Foreman, Liston, Norton), if those guys didn`t do strength training they still would of been big cause of their natural genetics. They just happened to add strength training and/or hard labor from their younger days and elevated their physical specimen status. Some people are natural gifted genetic wise, then when you add all the good stuff we`re talking about, it makes them a freak of nature.

    • @dangumalo6857
      @dangumalo6857 3 года назад +1

      @@jopesol7765 That is true, but training for power and explosiveness will still help in gaining mass. Albeit how big you'll be in the end is still dependent on genetics.

  • @MrKarlozz
    @MrKarlozz 3 года назад +65

    I remember first time I tried MMA grappling training that I could easily outdo some of the practitioners who had been training for a few years, simply because I was a lot stronger than them lol. Weight training should be an essential part of any sport that involves explosive movements

    • @robcubed9557
      @robcubed9557 3 года назад +9

      Dude, I can totally relate to you experience!
      I train BJJ. Last month I (white belt) was paired with a purple belt. I didn’t have her skill level, so I just grabbed her and immobilized her since I was 50 lbs heavier and much stronger.

    • @MrJigsawcss
      @MrJigsawcss 3 года назад +5

      Lol, grappling =/= striking. I had the same experience as you when I started BJJ a couple of year ago. I would bully everyone around my weight and the main coach paired me with a larger blue belt (80KG vs 96KG) and I couldn't outmuscle him. Whereas when I started boxing, the strength diff didn't have much of an impact and it showed during first sparring sessions, even with lighter partners. Unless you keep clinching over and over (which is the not the goal of a light sparring session).

    • @rico14
      @rico14 Год назад +6

      @@MrJigsawcssell that’s also cause your light sparring. You’re taking away the strengths of the bigger fighter. Size does matter less in striking though.

  • @rddeb9304
    @rddeb9304 3 года назад +35

    The coach who "invented" that quote back in the day was I believe Teddy Atlas. But even Atlas now lets his fighters lift twice a week.
    If you want to approach it more scientifically, you need fast twitch muscle fibers in order to be explosive, which - primarily - are achieved by lifting heavy weights in the gym.

  • @simonmattiacrispino6299
    @simonmattiacrispino6299 3 года назад +48

    I'm an amateur boxer and I do lift weights. I think that in any kind of fighting, the stronger guy has an advantage.

  • @DragonSlayer-tg5mk
    @DragonSlayer-tg5mk 3 года назад +12

    Your videos really make my day! I hope you realize the power you have to change people's lives for the better? Back around 1982 I was working the pumps at a gas station. My life was going nowhere. I had been demotivated due to tragedies in my life and just didn't care about life. Just getting by. One day a shiny new red corvette pulled up to the pumps and out jumped Don The Dragon Wilson, who was a World Champion kickboxer. He struck up a conversation and told me that I looked athletic and big and strong. He invited me to come to his new Martial Arts Studio because he needed more big guys. I took him up on his offer and it completely changed my life. He became my mentor and one of my best friends. My life completely turned around and I was able to retire at the age of 54. That chance encounter, combined with his ability to inspire and motivate, completely changed my life. YOU have that power too Ramsey! God bless you Sir!!!

  • @seanwilliams480
    @seanwilliams480 2 года назад +50

    I trained as a boxer through high school and got to be a pretty good fighter and a pretty hard puncher. I weighed about 160 pounds when I graduated high school. A few years later, after I joined the service and continued some boxing training but seriously worked on adding muscle and strength, adding about 50 pounds of muscle over four years or so, I found that I had the same boxing skills, but anyone I was able to hit, only got hit once. And when I got hit, with that extra "shield" of muscles all over me, didn't hurt as much. Adding inches to my neck really helped me take punishment without even slowing down. Being bigger and stronger, while retaining athleticism, has proved to be fantastic in my own experience. For 25-30 years, after getting up to around a solid 220 at 6ft tall, I had he attitude that if you wanted to fight me on a job site or in a parking lot or wherever, I'd accept. Over the years, and what would be considered many fights by an average person (under two dozen), I ended every single fight with one punch. Most went to the hospital in ambulances. I couldn't have done that at 160, not squating at all and deadlifting 250. But at 220, deadlifting 600 and squatting over 500, I was a wrecking machine in street fights. Strength training, WITH, fight skill training, primarily the speed bag in my case, makes one hard to hurt and very capable of inflicting pain like most people haven't experienced. Lights out pain. Get stronger, get bigger, train with the bags. You'll be able to handle the average bar bully, pretty easily.

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  2 года назад +25

      It is shocking how hard it is to convince a lot of martial artists that it’s objectively better to be strong than to be weak. It sounds like a no brainer, but there’s no end of arguments on the internet over the benefits of strength training for fighting.

    • @Virgin_Buoy_69
      @Virgin_Buoy_69 Год назад +2

      I'm a skinny guy ... Any exercises ud advise to improve punching power ?
      🙏🙏🙏

    • @Virgin_Buoy_69
      @Virgin_Buoy_69 Год назад +1

      @Strommare agree brother 🙏

    • @Virgin_Buoy_69
      @Virgin_Buoy_69 Год назад

      Hi Sean ,
      Which Boxing bag would be the most useful in a Street fight .
      And did people still challenge you when u were 100 kg ? That's dumb 😅😅😅

    • @soonahero
      @soonahero Год назад +2

      A world class tall bodybuilder puts on 35 lbs of muscle throughout his career, I laugh at 50 lbs

  • @MrBeckenhimself
    @MrBeckenhimself 3 года назад +2

    Coach has the most smoothing voice of all time.
    I could easily fall a sleep listening to him talk, and I don't mean that in a negative way. That tone has a really calming effect.

  • @erikjarandson5458
    @erikjarandson5458 3 года назад +12

    Even target shooters do weight training. Muscles are vital to stabilize the body, and, the less effort needed to establish and hold a position, the less risk of shaking. Basically: The more muscles you have, the easier it is to do nothing. Within reason, of course. You don't need to be The Mountain in order to hit a target.

  • @amartyapandit
    @amartyapandit 3 года назад +10

    Resistance training can get addictive. Having access to power and feeling strong is fantastic. Too bad most people would never know how being in that position feels

    • @amartyapandit
      @amartyapandit 3 года назад +2

      @Jesus Pernia Mine was the opposite I jumped in realised how physically demanding the sport of boxing is and that cardio wouldn't cut then got inspired by a movie to lift weights and become stronger and get aesthetic and from then on I just fell in love with lifting and practice both regularly now

  • @GripDevil
    @GripDevil 3 года назад +58

    There isn't an amount of muscle you can put on naturally that will slow you down this is a myth I don't understand why people still believe this today there are athletes out there with a 300 bench 400 squat and a 500 deadlift or even more that are strong explosive and fast. You can only make yourself slower if you put on way more muscle than your frame can hold naturally through the use of anabolics. I am happy to see you are addressing this Ramsey.

    • @GripDevil
      @GripDevil 3 года назад +1

      @Jesus Pernia These numbers assume you bulk and cut and try to gain as much muscle as possible some people don't want to bulk and stay in their current weight class and that is perfectly fine. However reaching these numbers means you will look pretty jacked from top to bottom. Assuming you max out as well of course. These numbers should be attainable for the vast majority of people willing to put in the work in the gym for a number of years.

    • @trauma6028
      @trauma6028 3 года назад +2

      @Jesus Pernia excellent numbers

    • @jashardwallington
      @jashardwallington 3 года назад

      Jon jones has vidoes of him lifting 600 or 700 lbs

    • @GripDevil
      @GripDevil 3 года назад +2

      @@jashardwallington Jon jones has got CRAZY long arms though so that's why he has a freak deadlift.
      Deadlift is the odd man out it has to do more with leverages than actual muscle mass not that muscle mass isn't important but it is the least important for the deadlift.

    • @ts0088
      @ts0088 2 года назад +1

      @@GripDevil Facts. Plus he actually took steroid

  • @ninjaknight4486
    @ninjaknight4486 3 года назад +52

    Loved this video. Train your legs. Train your back. Train your shoulders. Train explosively. I am new to mma training at my gym, and I still have an edge on those my size who have been there longer because I lift and sprint. It’s simple. They can’t overpower me, they must rely on timing and technique in order to best me in a roll. Which I will learn in good time. Haha

    • @bombastikderteutone6858
      @bombastikderteutone6858 3 года назад

      do you still lift?
      I started boxing 2x a week but im like always sore of the boxing workout , have a hard time fitting my lifts in :/

    • @ninjaknight4486
      @ninjaknight4486 3 года назад +1

      @@bombastikderteutone6858 yea I still lift 3 times a week. So if your doing boxing 2 times a week, you can lift 2 times a week and you still have 3 days of recovery. Also you don’t have to do tons and tons of volume at first. 3 sets is plenty, and you can ramp up from there over the span of a few months.

    • @wavethatcrashed9155
      @wavethatcrashed9155 3 года назад

      can relate I can overpower most ppl I roll with, but technique always wins against me cuz regardless of strength I still suck

    • @bushwhackedonvhs
      @bushwhackedonvhs Год назад

      🎉

  • @thepaladin7816
    @thepaladin7816 3 года назад +6

    I believe you spoke well on this subject matter - it can potentially be beneficial to incorporate strength training to maximize your abilities as a combat athlete 🤘 It's fantastic that touched on the benefits it has to mental stability, not just physical prowess.

  • @johnathankim3657
    @johnathankim3657 Год назад +13

    One of the greatest boxers of all time, Evander Holyfield, looked pretty much like a bodybuilder in terms of how much muscle he carried. A lot of great MMA fighters especially the heavyweight guys all look super jacked. I don't understand why anyone would deny that muscle mass and strength will make you into a deadly fighter

    • @danielakbari3447
      @danielakbari3447 Год назад +4

      eh, they're also on steroids so they have an easier time recovering considering all of that muscle - i don't say this to take something away from them but i still think it is something

    • @CaptChilly
      @CaptChilly Год назад +3

      @@danielakbari3447 Yeah I think that basically proves that the idea of having lots of muscle being bad for sport is total bullshit unless you look like mr olympia or something. the real reason why most athletes don't strive for that muscularity is training economy (recovery and time). it isn't that having big muscles is inherently terrible, but any marginal benefit from spending all that extra time towards that goal is not worth the time and recovery you'd be better off spending on much more useful sport training. The cost benefit analysis is different with steroids since they make it easier to put on muscle, so the little lifting you do will go a longer way.

    • @jadonmesfun6479
      @jadonmesfun6479 Год назад

      @@CaptChillyThis 💯

    • @jawbreaker8363
      @jawbreaker8363 9 месяцев назад

      The big muscle Olympia guys in boxing are all genetics but Holyfield case he lifted weights steroids peds etc still a great fighter. But we’ve seen countless muscle men get destroyed by the likes of Ali, Joe Louis and Larry Holmes and also Tyson. You get physically strong anyway during training and things like wood chopping hitting the tyre improves your punching power, also punching power is something your born with . All that muscle mass and strength like the old timers say will stiffen you up like it did Shane Moseley you have to be loose as a goose in boxing.

  • @paulthomassen5007
    @paulthomassen5007 Год назад +1

    The standard warm up for boxing is strength training, but without weights. training with weights might increase your weight, and you should possibility be careful if you are competing and has to stay below a certain weight

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  Год назад

      Lifting weights does not increase your weight. It has never and will never increased your weight.
      The only thing that will increase your weight is eating a caloric surplus.

    • @paulthomassen5007
      @paulthomassen5007 Год назад

      @@RamseyDewey That's right to a point. But if you are training a lot, you'll have to eat garbage or eat like a bodybuilder to have a surplus. Some of the crosscountry skiiers used to have marsipan with them to have enough energy to train

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  Год назад

      That’s not right to a point, it’s 100% factual.

  • @martialway100
    @martialway100 3 года назад +9

    My old Jujutsu instructor was always anti heavy weights. I disagreed with him, but his rationale was that it makes movements 'stiff and slow', rather than fluid. I understood what he meant, if you're too 'bulky' muscle wise. When I used to spar 'bodybuilder' types, they were explosive for the first 5 minutes or so. Not slow at the beginning of the sparring, but I used footwork to control the distance and they would tire. Their hands would drop and it was relatively easy to throw them, put them in a lock or Box/Kickbox them. It may have been the lactic acid build up in the muscles because they would 'gas out' surprisingly quickly, considering how 'fit' they looked i.e. ubiquitous muscle hypertrophy.
    I agree that everyone should do some weight lifting too, in conjunction with their martial arts training, but not to a point where it hinders your cardio, etc..
    One of the most overlooked aspects of fighting, apart from sparring and developing 'fighting skill sets' is cardio IMHO. If your engine runs out of fuel, you are done for, no matter how good you think you are, or what fighting skill set you possess.

    • @jettfuelfitness
      @jettfuelfitness 3 года назад +9

      Part of the reason ‘big bodybuilder types’ tire out is because they try and fight the same way skinny endurance athletes do. You want to see a huge guy last into the late rounds? Look at George foreman. What did he do differently? He wasn’t bouncing around, darting back and forth, of course that would exhaust him. He took his time, got into position, and picked his shots.
      A coach who says big guys can’t last in a fight is a coach who doesn’t know *how* to make a big guy last in a fight.

    • @jacobmoore6874
      @jacobmoore6874 3 года назад +5

      Its kinda funny u mention that. My dad always told me idc if your Bruce Lee, if Bruce Lee gets tired Bruce Lee can get beat.

    • @deadcakesandpanlifts2019
      @deadcakesandpanlifts2019 3 года назад +12

      @@jettfuelfitness The reason big bodybuilders tire out quickly is because they barely train cardio, thats literally it. And the reason theyre not flexible is because they dont train flexibility. No one has expectations about a normal person who hasnt trained cardio having good cardio, so why expect that from someone whos muscular who also hasnt trained cardio? Weights dont inhibit anything, it's just that the people who weight train the most usually dont care to train other skills.

    • @okay1775
      @okay1775 3 года назад +1

      @@jettfuelfitness Good luck fighting like Big George and taking 10,000 punches to the chin.

    • @BoomBoxBlaz
      @BoomBoxBlaz Год назад +3

      Larger mass takes energy to maintain, that's a fact. So if you can improve your ability to last, you use lean muscle or you do shorter reps with heavy weights. You want lean muscle. It doesn't slow your movements if trained properly. But if you think you won't be gassed carrying around that weight all the time, you're crazy. If you want greater power, improve your core and your legs and learn how to use your body as a lever.

  • @jeice13
    @jeice13 Год назад +1

    It seems like the bigger risk of weightlifting is if it makes you heavier and pushes you up weight classes (or above the highest weight) fighting seems to favour lean strength because you fight weaker opponents

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  Год назад +1

      Lifting weights does not increase your body weight. Eating a caloric surplus increase your weight.

  • @Joel-wj9ql
    @Joel-wj9ql Год назад +1

    When you throw a right hook, the amount of power you are capable of delivering to your target comes down to your front delt, pectoral and bicep. Delivery, not production. Yes the power starts in the legs but if your opponent's neck is stronger than your shoulder girdle then the snapping effect on their head will be reduced and knockout ability will be severely compromised.

    • @jawbreaker8363
      @jawbreaker8363 9 месяцев назад

      Punching power is something you’re born with. You either have devastating power or you don’t. Chopping wood can improve it though slightly and makes you stronger.

  • @WineSippingCowboy
    @WineSippingCowboy 3 года назад +2

    Related. In Major League Baseball before the 1970s, pitching coaches ordered pitchers to not use weight training. Nolan Ryan ignored that. He was 1 of the first pitchers to use weight training. He lasted 27 years and earned his induction into the Hall of Fame.
    Being a baseball player in high school, I noticed the difference. My throws were much longer and stronger.
    The same goes for martial arts. Strength training helps a martial artist. I noticed this when I practice grappling.
    Overtraining and undertraining hurt a martial artist, weight training correctly does not. 💪

  • @acemusic4105
    @acemusic4105 3 года назад +4

    Another possible benefit of training w compound movements, isometrics, and/or static calisthenic skills like planche is fascia strength-- moving and hardening and bracing the body as a complete unit over a duration of time would likely be useful in many grappling situations and maybe striking too

  • @therealdestructicus
    @therealdestructicus 2 года назад +2

    There's a paper that showed that an increase in strength of the trapezius muscle reduced the risk of knockouts and brain damage in boxers.
    This also goes to the question that started this, where the person mentioned the erroneous buzzword "functional" lifts, of which the people who generally use that term wouldn't really have anything they would call functional, that actually strengthens the trapezius muscle.
    Any time, a muscle is moved through a full range of motion, with resistance, will be a functional exercise.

  • @Enric0W
    @Enric0W 3 года назад +2

    I feel like there is a huge misconception in leg training for boxing, because when you say "legs" for someone not experienced with strength training for martial arts they'll think about the quadriceps and they'll assume that all they need to do is heavy squats, when there are so many muscle groups in the legs that are much more important than the quads, like the calves for exemple, the adductors and abductors for lateral movement, the posterior chain like hamstrings and glutes for forward motion, even the muscles on the feet can be trained and will translate in better performance. Strength training has become such a game changer in any combat sport, its crazy to think that people still believe that it makes you "slow".

  • @MedicinalVorona
    @MedicinalVorona 3 года назад +17

    I'd say in the modern day strength training is even more important. There are a lot of kids who've spent most of their life playing video games on the couch, encouraging them to never touch strength training will set them up for failure.

    • @rwdchannel2901
      @rwdchannel2901 3 года назад

      I weight train primarily to keep myself from getting injured. Muscles are similar to armor and will help protect your tendons and ligaments from strain when doing basic things such as sleeping. My AC joints were bothering me and I started doing more bar hangs, pull ups and lateral raises to strengthen the muscles around my shoulders and it helped a lot.

    • @MedicinalVorona
      @MedicinalVorona 3 года назад +2

      @@rwdchannel2901 Another reason why weight training is important. There's a commonality of certain joints, or ligaments getting torn too often in combat sports, and that type of stuff can set fighters back years, or even push them into early retirement

    • @hoop6988
      @hoop6988 3 года назад

      @@MedicinalVorona agreed. Too many boxer injure their wrist and the best way to negate this is just to train your forearms.

  • @novaacuinfo5930
    @novaacuinfo5930 2 года назад +1

    the type of weight lifting we did after boxing class were blasting out push ups, pull ups (wide, close), bench presses. fast style, not power lifts, etc. usually about 20 and not more.

  • @dat_spartan_gamer7322
    @dat_spartan_gamer7322 3 года назад +6

    We need more Ramsey Connery

  • @michaellee9883
    @michaellee9883 3 года назад +2

    Excellent video. Your arguments in support of strength training are similar to that of starting strength and Mark Rippetoe. He has an old school, black iron, strength training gym in Wichita Falls, Texas. He certifies strength coaches.

  • @emanuel6233
    @emanuel6233 3 года назад +2

    Just learned how to deadlift with proper form a weeks ago. Went from 70kg lifts with back pain to 90kg lifts with no back pain. Took 100kg today without any form of pain. Will go back to 90kg to feel completely comfortable with my own body weight before going higher. Deadlifting is now one of my favorite exercises

  • @chaotics5395
    @chaotics5395 3 года назад +3

    I think it came down to a misconception of what is consider to be weight lifting, and how it is associated with bodybuilder.

  • @m.israel2209
    @m.israel2209 3 года назад +12

    Current boxers that weight training: the whole Canelo team. Including Ryan Garcia, Canelo, Andy Ruiz, Oscar Valdez. Add to the mix Anthony Joshua & mexican boxer Jaime Munguia. Those are the few that i know of. Focus on sport specific movement.

    • @tr1pl3str3ngth4
      @tr1pl3str3ngth4 3 года назад +2

      all the ufc heavyweight champions i know lift heavy, and they got some serious knockout power, also punching with small weights is still weight training

  • @ianmackenzie686
    @ianmackenzie686 День назад

    Don't know how this got into my feed but I love it!

  • @xyon9090
    @xyon9090 3 года назад +20

    When you realize
    The handwraps and Boxing Gloves combined are already weights in and of itself.
    *_*MIND BLOWN*_*

  • @Jenjak
    @Jenjak 3 года назад +8

    There is this misconception that strength training = bodybuilding. But they are really two different kinds of training.
    Just look the physique of strongmen compared to bodybuilders and look at their respective performances, it's day and night.
    And there are specific strength routines for each and every sports.

    • @Jenjak
      @Jenjak 3 года назад +1

      @Joske Vermeulen I think there is a point of diminishing returns but this point is so out of most people's reach that it really shouldn't matter.

    • @sheadoherty7434
      @sheadoherty7434 3 года назад

      @Joske Vermeulen yeah, muscle is a specific adaptation and will grow according to the stresses you place on them. It's why you have muscular fighters, gymnasts and powerlifters who are incredibly strong while you have bigger bodybuilders who aren't as strong.
      Not only that but not all weight training is specific to muscle growth. 5/3/1 will make you strong but it won't slap the mass on.
      Also, one thing people leave out is how lean bodybuilders actually are. They do shows at like 6% body fat. Being really ripped diminishes performance like crazy.
      Most people who lift to get stronger will never be that lean.
      Sorry for the disorganised rant

  • @arsomnes
    @arsomnes 3 месяца назад +1

    People who think big muscles are slow confuse me. Weak muscles don't move faster than strong ones.

  • @andrewryan7583
    @andrewryan7583 3 года назад +2

    I agree. I especially like using bells as a strength and conditioning tool. I can’t think of a better one for boxing

    • @maalik310
      @maalik310 3 года назад +1

      A barbell

    • @andrewryan7583
      @andrewryan7583 3 года назад

      @@maalik310 no sorry mate. I ment kettle bells

  • @GeorgeOu
    @GeorgeOu 3 года назад +1

    Turkish Getups are probably one of the best exercises for punching power. 1 arm forward pushes with heavy weights on the cable machine is great too. The basic squat, dead lift, clean and press, pull ups, rows are great for foundation strength.
    As for cardio, I never understood why people train for the marathon when they are competing in 12 3-minute bursts with 1-minute breaks in between. Doing 12 3-round intense pad sessions will translate much better. A decent pad holder can make the session as intense and brutal as possible. I've seen plenty of guys who can run a fast 6 miles and go hard on the heavy bag an hour but barely last 2 minutes on the pads.

  • @0spw504
    @0spw504 3 года назад

    it actually helped my rehab as well as teach me how to engage my muscle for max power

  • @CarlosVerdinOfficial
    @CarlosVerdinOfficial Год назад +1

    Anyone who says weightlifting is bad for your sport does not know what they talk about. I get this in Jiujitsu a lot. As I am 6’3 235 and I lift 6 days a week. They are usually slender and not very strong people who say this.

  • @anatolyalperovich9069
    @anatolyalperovich9069 3 года назад +3

    What they mean is “pump is negative for athletic activities”. Actually , Olympic weightlifting training tries to avoid the pump as much as possible. If sprinters do weights, it is not to slow them down, or is it ?

  • @codycushman2738
    @codycushman2738 3 года назад +3

    Would love to hear what types of lifting regimens you recommend for combat athletes.

  • @mh7968-e6l
    @mh7968-e6l 3 года назад

    8:47
    😂😂 lmao the self interruption

  • @Boyetto-san
    @Boyetto-san 3 года назад +1

    I think you make the point really well that weight training doesn't mean training only with weights and ending up like a bodybuilder. I only casually train boxing, and I do shadowboxing and squats both with and without weights because I know those do develop specific movements that'll be important in boxing. The myth I think is mostly because people think that weights aren't worth doing if you don't end up with an eight-pack chiseled out of stone. Most people treat lifting as a point of vanity.

  • @andrewtanczyk4009
    @andrewtanczyk4009 Месяц назад

    Great video and explanation. Yup. As you said it’s more sports specific. For boxing I’d conclude it’s more of a powerlifting rep range of 5-6 reps. I’ve been using 5 sets of 5 reps. Sometimes 8 rep range for the arms or leg extensions. Yet everyone has to experiment and see for themselves.
    Actually it’s amazing just how much my muscle endurance and even some speed has improved in boxing from weightlifting. Yes breath and wind comes from road work yet I definitely found my stamina improved because my muscles don’t get tired as they used to when I only ran for conditioning.

  • @LegendaryLizardGaming
    @LegendaryLizardGaming 3 года назад +3

    I have heard that Mike Tyson did a ton of leg exercises to help him bob, weave and generate more power in his punches all the way through the fight and this helped him become a world champion. Training legs and other muscles is clearly extremely Important in boxing and should not be neglected. Great video coach.

  • @tyy123
    @tyy123 8 дней назад

    Everything that makes you a better athlete makes you a better fighter. Loved it

  • @Cavouku
    @Cavouku 3 года назад +5

    All negotiations going well, I'm about to start doing strength and conditioning training for the local Junior Swim Team. Their focus is going to be on swimming, but even their coaches realize the benefits of proper strength and conditioning - especially for injury prevention.
    Have you seen some of those Olympic swimmers? A lot of them are jacked, and not in muscles you might necessarily expect - but all muscles are important for longevity and injury prevention, when trained right. The more combat athletes start to realize that, the better.
    The idea that the bigger guy is slower needs to fade away at some point. Strength and speed are not opposite ends of a spectrum - all fast movement is driven by muscles. Physics is still F = ma, and while a bigger muscle has more mass that needs to accelerate, it's also much more capable of producing enough force to meet and exceed that acceleration (in comparison with smaller muscles on smaller limbs and whatnot). And that's not even taking into consideration the benefits of muscular coordination for sport-specific movement that you can get just by exciting those muscles more often with strength training.

  • @Savagewithaheart98
    @Savagewithaheart98 Год назад

    5:23 yeah, those punches and kicks hit differently after you’ve squated 270 and hip thrusted almost 300 lbs(with 50 air squats in between sets). Legs are the biggest priority to me.

  • @charrleschervanik3632
    @charrleschervanik3632 3 года назад +3

    For those who are curious, bunk in the context given means nonsense or foolery.

  • @Patrick-ep3il
    @Patrick-ep3il 3 года назад

    Ramsey with the clutch uploads we need 💯

  • @richardgomez1151
    @richardgomez1151 3 года назад +8

    Hello Ramsey.
    What do you think of the fictional martial art from the film "Equilibrium"?
    Looks really cool mixes hand-to-hand combat and firearm training it relies on kata based like a modern form of karate.

    • @salamangkali-allmartialart4836
      @salamangkali-allmartialart4836 3 года назад +2

      A lot of gun kata moves can be countered by simply pulling your pistol to your hip and opening fire.

    • @richardgomez1151
      @richardgomez1151 3 года назад +2

      Well it's different its close-quarters check it out I'm not saying it effective it just looks so cool@@salamangkali-allmartialart4836

    • @salamangkali-allmartialart4836
      @salamangkali-allmartialart4836 3 года назад +3

      @@richardgomez1151 I'm a huuuge fan of the movie. 😉

    • @paulpolito2001
      @paulpolito2001 3 года назад +4

      No retention, way too stylized, and iirc, the hardware was pretty specialized… I *did* enjoy the movie tho.
      Sad to say, effective combat isn’t very entertaining for most people… so choreography almost always looks like a fruity dance masquerading as a life-&-death struggle. Even parts of the John Wick movies (which are pretty realistic imho) suffer from this.

  • @incarnacomics
    @incarnacomics 3 года назад

    My wrestling coach in highschool was old school and against weight training. So, we climbed ropes, worked on the parallel bars, climbed the peg board, did pushups with guys sitting on our backs and ran stairs till we dropped. We were always at or near the top of any teams in our state. Other teams did weight training, but I never felt over powered by any opponent. I found that mental toughness and Iron will were the prime keys to victory.

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  3 года назад +3

      That sounded a lot like “my coach was against resistance training, so we did resistance training”.

    • @incarnacomics
      @incarnacomics 3 года назад

      @@RamseyDewey Very true! Just didn't like the idea of cranking iron. We also did isometrics, which is the ultimate resistance training. Trying to move an immovable object.

  • @ohno837
    @ohno837 3 месяца назад +1

    High rep soreness inducing training is bad …makes you stiff and weak

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  3 месяца назад

      Sitting in a chair all day makes you stiff and weak. Lifting makes you athletic and strong.

    • @ohno837
      @ohno837 Месяц назад

      @@RamseyDewey you just said a logical fallacy and used a strong man argument. I never said not to lift weights…I said high reps make you sore and weak. Isometrics and concentric exercises don’t

  • @TheMisanthroPunk
    @TheMisanthroPunk 3 года назад

    Tales from amateur boxing: when i just used to train old school such as aerobic continuous super fatiguing trainings i was weak, at least weaker than when i started to weight lift properly.
    I recommend building a solid base of compound strenght first and focus on methods like French Contrast that promote post activation potentiaton.
    Remember, boxing (phisically) is explosiveness put into endurance

  • @hunteraceves2581
    @hunteraceves2581 3 года назад +1

    Very stupid question but I just want to know the facts.
    Could a minimumweight ever knock out a heavyweight (at a flat 200lbs) based purely on the criteria of punching power. Thanks coach for the content keep it up!

  • @bigounce1038
    @bigounce1038 3 года назад

    awesome thumbnail, keep it up! your videos keep getting better and better

  • @goranmekota7540
    @goranmekota7540 3 года назад +2

    Don't know much about training theory and trends, nor pure boxing gyms, but the few successful kickboxing ones that I've been to all had at least some basic weight lifting equipment if not even a good array of strength and cardio machines and other equipment.
    I don't think most people that are not genetic freaks could ever become overdeveloped for MA just by lifting, without using "Mexican supplements" and exercise regimes specifically geared towards hypertrophy.

  • @georgefoley9793
    @georgefoley9793 3 года назад

    I am not a boxer, but I recently started practicing Karate, and I quickly realized that I needed to become an athlete first, before I could have any chance of being effective in sparring, which is why I train 6 days per week now, of which four days are heavily physically intensive, and two days are more focused on technique.

  • @red-clad-vlad
    @red-clad-vlad 2 года назад +1

    My training is mostly that of a bodybuilder, but I take time to do some basic boxing training, simply because I enjoy it. For a long time, I didn't do deadlifts because I was afraid my back, which has a slight deformity, would suffer. But, still, I began slowly learning to do the movement property, albeit with a hex bar rather than a barbell. I worked my way up to 80% of my body weight in a month, which isn't all that impressive. However, I began noticing more strength in my heavy bag work. I felt more "planted" on the ground. All the back muscle I had built was now able to do more work because I was finally stable on my feet. Not to mention that bobbing and weaving felt way better, beforehand it felt difficult to turn, I was never this "light" before focusing on building up my quads and hams

  • @vz6715
    @vz6715 3 года назад

    When Jack Dempsey (one of my favorites) said “don’t lift weights” was at a time where average people didn’t have access to information on detailed training regimens and were more likely to do more harm than good.

  • @lulospawn
    @lulospawn 3 года назад +3

    I think it's important to see where the strength question comes from.
    If you're a guy that does less combat and more D&D you're bound to think DEX is more important than STR of you use finesse weapons and you can break out of grapples using Acrobatics.
    By that same logic you could engage in an MMA match as Wizard and cast Sleep on the opponent. You don't even need high INT for that spell. If it works you're probably going to be DQed but you'll also be on youtube forever.
    Or... you could see strength for what it is and realize there's strength in any physical activity. Hell... Even for golfing you need strength.

  • @ashtraydekay6624
    @ashtraydekay6624 2 года назад

    The rocky chasing the chicken around the yard comment, I laughed out loud, for real.

  • @callmedavex2
    @callmedavex2 3 года назад

    It's about the ratio, too much heavy can slow you down, but a small amount can actually be beneficial overall, really depends on your goals

  • @enriquecerradamartos2893
    @enriquecerradamartos2893 2 года назад

    As Dan John says: Be a thrower that lifts, not a lifter that throws

  • @Anduehan97
    @Anduehan97 3 года назад

    reminds me of the saying strength is never a weakness

  • @fitness4geeks
    @fitness4geeks Месяц назад

    More people need to see this video, especially those who train in martial arts where you need to be relaxed in order to have better sensitivity, such as Wing Chun (the art I study) and Judo (which translates as "the soft art"). I remember one time when I hadn't been to class in a while, and my Sifu asked how I was doing and what I had been up to. I told him I started weightlifting to get in better shape. Imagine my surprise when he said, "Oh, man, you're gonna want to be careful with that. You'll get too tense to do Chi Sao." I never understood that. First, how the hell could he say getting fit is a BAD thing? Second, let's do a ratio comparison. Most exercise programs (erroneously) tell you that you have to be in the gym 5-6 days per week, for an hour at a time. Okay, let's say that you split it between "strength training" and "cardio." Now you are down to 3 hours of weightlifting. That will be FURTHER divided into 3 segments: upper body, lower body, abs. If you split that evenly, you have ONE HOUR per week of upper body weightlifting...so if we have 168 hours in a week, and I do upper body weightlifting for ONE...how the hell is ONE hour going to make me too tense, when there are 167 hours when I'm NOT weightlifting? (Of course, I could go down the rabbit hole of how only one hour per week of strength training is all you need, but that is a whole other topic.) Plus, the stronger a muscle is, the more force it can generate. Therefore, if you gain strength from weightlifting and good body mechanics from practicing your techniques, you will be able to HIT HARDER. It's good to see someone who has your popularity and influence expressing this truth.

    • @fitness4geeks
      @fitness4geeks Месяц назад

      PS: I know you have no idea who the hell I am, but if you ever wanted to book a guest to talk about what I hinted at above ("one hour of weightlifting per week is all you need"), I'd gladly do that. As unlikely as it is that you'd take me up on that, I wanted to offer it anyway because the method of exercise that I use (but did NOT create; I want to be clear on that) is like a dream come true for martial artists, yet it's very hard to find anyone around me who wants to give it a shot. Their reactions are like this: they hate how they have to go to the gym so damn much, but then they don't see how what I teach can work, so they don't even bother to find out. However, you seem like the type of open-minded person who would at least want to learn about it, which of course circles me back to why I made the offer/suggestion. Either way, I still appreciate this video, and many others that you have made.

  • @Jaromeo1287
    @Jaromeo1287 Год назад

    Pewh! Good. I'm a Muay Thai and Karate guy. I just recently got a weight machine. In the manual it has a strength training workout that I'm about to embark on. I just finished inputting it into my fitness record keeping app which took forever! I would have been so sad if an expert like Ramsey said weight lifting is bad for us martial artists😅

  • @АлтайскийКазак
    @АлтайскийКазак 3 года назад

    I’m a small guy, 174cm tall, 70kg, and gaining muscle weight is very fast for me. However, the problem is that I lose weight about as fast as I gain it, and I already need at least 4,000 calories a day just to keep my current weight stable. I want to make it to 80kg, and eventually to 90kg, which wouldn’t be hard if I could afford to eat like that. Some suggestions for cheap calories would be appreciated.

  • @FredKuneDo
    @FredKuneDo 3 года назад +1

    I think the myth is coming partly from "being heavier" is often "being slower". This is partially true, if you compare weight classes and their average speed and agility, but marginal. And maybe partially from the period when Strongmen and later Bodybuilders trained their muscles to be very big, for strenght demonstration (Strongmen) or silly posing (Bodybuilders) and simply had no use of exercise for explosiveness.
    A good example for a "strength training" in striking arts is "hojo undo" which is practically the traditional "bodybuilding" for many Karate styles, which can be done with traditional "weights" but also modern equipment.

  • @RovingPunster
    @RovingPunster 3 года назад

    Without watching the vid, my thoughts from my own personal experiences 30 yrs ago, was that boxing and striking martial arts in general benefits the most from an emphasis on FAST TWITCH MUSCLES, whereas grapling and modern MMA benefits from SLOW TWITCH MUSCLES. Fast twitch and slow twitch muscles are best trained differently - the former with fast high rep exercises and speed/coordination training, and the latter with functional strength training and selective weight training.
    30 years ago, when I did all my reading and research, that was pretty much the cutting edge of PT at the time. Things have progressed quite a bit since then, and functional training in particular has seen increased emphasis concurrently with the rise of MMA.

  • @Nomad04.
    @Nomad04. 2 года назад

    I coach full time and my fighters lift as well. I'm also a boxing and Barbells certified coach. That school was created my Cary Williams the Olympic boxing coach.

  • @OldManLogan4534
    @OldManLogan4534 4 месяца назад

    As a boxer i can say lifting correctly makes you hit harder. It’s the type of lifts you do and the style in which you lift. And a boxers lifting style is vary different then an mma style of lifting

  • @anonymousotter6455
    @anonymousotter6455 3 года назад +1

    Even Cross Country runners strength train! My coach said to strength train twice a week, with reps of 15+. He included curls, shoulder presses, lateral raises, even deadlifts!
    So if Cross Country runners of all people include strength training in their regimen, martial artists should too!
    Edit: Running is a full-body workout. Try running with a sore lower back, sore abs, or sore arms!

  • @anthonysteen56
    @anthonysteen56 3 года назад

    Find Dan John’s book called Easy Strength…it’s basically how to get stronger while being a high level athlete.
    Lift “light”, lift frequent…break PRs and train in season
    Also simple and sinister by Pavel is a kettlebell workout designed to get you stronger but leave a lot in the tank

  • @bigkroner766
    @bigkroner766 3 года назад

    Hi Ramsey, I’ve heard you speak out against belt ranking in martial arts, however I think that Judo is one of the few martial arts that does belt rankings perfectly, essentially they have 2 kinds of promotion systems, one for hobbyists and one for competitors. The hobbyist promotion route is much longer and requires great knowledge of technique, demonstration and lots of hours put into a dojo. Where as the competitor promotion route is, potentially, much faster, basically it’s a point system, and you get a certain amount of promotion points for competing, and depending on the rank you beat, you get more points, and after a certain amount of points you gain eligibility for promotion. So let’s say you are going to rank from yellow to orange, if in a tournament you beat 3 yellow belts, that’s 1 point each for each person you beat of the same rank. If you also beat an orange belt that’s 1.5 points, and you must gain at least 10 points to be promoted. So promotion for competitors is potentially much faster, and the art actually rewards students for applying the art, as appose to rewarding students for being part of a dojo for an arbitrary length of time and potentially not applying their art at all. I personally think all martial arts should adopt this system, what do you think of it?

  • @miket4014
    @miket4014 3 года назад

    Strength is one of the easiest (conceptually) physical attributes to develop with high transference to all other aspects to athleticism. I do not understand why people don't understand the difference between strength training and body building.

  • @LRkun
    @LRkun 3 года назад

    Experience in tkd. From with weight training vs non.
    Well I won more medals with the weights. Even when I was swimming.
    But you have to specify it to fast concentric. Power and speed.
    To be specific, it was just the basic highbar squats, push press and pull ups and bench and deadlifts.
    Done in a circuit and the weight wasnt that heavy. It was like plyometric like.
    Do one rep move to the next. 20 sets. It you were to calculate from the 1 rep max it would be 60%
    Circuit training for all sports book really helped me a lot.

  • @generalshockwavekingpin326
    @generalshockwavekingpin326 3 года назад

    Weight training can be a valuable aid. Bruce Lee used to do weight training in his workouts for example. If a person does weight training to a certain level of poundage, it will not make you muscle bound. However, more muscles will need more oxygen for a contest. A boxer of a lighter weight class has to be careful of putting on too much muscle that takes him/her out of his/her weight class, as well. It is the old myth that weight training can slow you down, make you inflexible etc. A person just has to know, how to train with weights correctly, to suit his/her needs.

  • @lukepedler8564
    @lukepedler8564 2 года назад

    I'm crossing over from being a strongman competitor to now boxing. And guess what. My strong ass legs are a asset

  • @josephrainbolt3849
    @josephrainbolt3849 3 года назад

    I've actually been told to train without weights. Thank you for this video.

  • @ibexsouther7483
    @ibexsouther7483 3 года назад

    I've had people ask me about whether or not I've been in a fight in a manor that suggested they are stronger or tougher than me. No but I train my triceps and forearms quite often. My grip strength is 250 lbs in both hands so I'd probably do some small joint manipulation or 2 finger submissions. I have no intentions of punching people unless it's a fist bump.

  • @puqilistique3847
    @puqilistique3847 3 года назад

    My old boxing coach used to preach that I should stay away from weights but let me shadow box with dumbells and use heavy gloves.

  • @g49385
    @g49385 3 года назад

    Very curious why I do not see more heavy barbell over head press in combat sports.

    • @RamseyDewey
      @RamseyDewey  3 года назад

      What do you believe would be the athletic transfer of an overhead press to combat sports?

  • @symonh5284
    @symonh5284 3 года назад

    If you're a boxer and you workout like a body builder, then it could potentially impact your speed negatively. But if you lift for functional strength or specific to your sport then it absolutely helps with your boxing.

  • @bigman6315
    @bigman6315 3 года назад +1

    Hello brother, (RAMSEY ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
    how would you recommend you lifts weighs? Do You recommend low reps heavy weights for strength like a power lifter would like sets for 3 ?
    Also do you think boxers should also do bench press and overhead press or would this add too much bulk and just stick to squats, deadlifts and cleans?
    Thanks 🙏

    • @diego1590
      @diego1590 3 года назад

      Canelo trains for explotion, 80 % of your heaviest lift and do it 5 times.

    • @bigman6315
      @bigman6315 3 года назад

      @@diego1590 yeah I’ve seen a lot of boxers like Canelo and AJ use power lifting methods for their lower body, but I can’t seem to find a video on them lifting for upper body. Would you recommend incorporating bench and overhead press (in sets of 5) into strength training for boxing?

    • @diego1590
      @diego1590 3 года назад

      @@bigman6315 that and deadlifts, it makes sense to have those muscles fit for boxing knowing where power comes from.

  • @ajshiro3957
    @ajshiro3957 3 года назад

    This is the same with cardio. I hear people on commercials say cardio is bad for you. But those same people aren't moving for 40 minutes to an hour and a half doing bag work and repeating quick motions. Both strength training and cardio make a good athlete

  • @ChristianParkesArt
    @ChristianParkesArt 3 года назад

    Weights are good if trained the right way, all top boxers do some weight training but needs to be specific training for boxing.

  • @demoncore5342
    @demoncore5342 3 года назад +1

    I mean, squats deads and cleans twice a weak, that's plenty of hinge work and will definitely get one a lot stronger. So yes, just something that does not look like whole a lot at a first glance. Beside sprints, what else was in there? Or was it solely hinge/posterior chain?

  • @DoubleKnotSpy-q4k
    @DoubleKnotSpy-q4k 3 года назад

    I used to train at a local sports complex where top level pro boxing title holders and contenders also trained. Every morning at 7 am they'd be running and afterwards they'd be in the weight room with us. Their S&C coach would have them go through a very specialized routine with zero heavy compound lifts and very very minimal chest exercises. I of course wanted showy muscles so I trained nothing like them except for the running. They did do pullups with no added weight.. I always assumed heavy Bench for example was a no-no for boxers as almost none of them have big showy chests. Just thought I'd share in case there is some nugget to be gleaned from it. I would appreciate your opinion of this boxing specific weight training approach. This was over a decade ago and I am wondering if the general concensus has moved to heavier training for boxers ? I have a particular interest in training methods and loved to watch how the top level Canadian Olympians who also training there went about their workouts..

  • @Jpo-xw1jc
    @Jpo-xw1jc 3 года назад +2

    I box but I love lifting. I only lift two days a week and after watching this video I feel much better about it lol 😆. Thanks for putting my mind at ease sir!

  • @jnightmare0
    @jnightmare0 3 года назад

    My grandfather and uncle were boxers didn't lift weights, I started lifting weights seriously at 18 and when I started boxing I stopped and then started lifting again and my arms felt heavier and my legs I didn't like it. I personally feel much better just doing cardio and bodyweight exercises for boxing feel lighter and better for punching imo.

  • @cnit6213
    @cnit6213 3 года назад +1

    You can't be a good full contact fighter without being athletic. How do you win over a bigger stronger faster fighter if you have the same skill in technique and the same experience? You simply can't.

  • @KaptainCanuck
    @KaptainCanuck 2 года назад

    Combat-type (I refuse the term "martial" art for them now) for the general public needs not strength but power. Bruce Lee and Inosanto were walking past "The Dungeon" on Muscle Beach. A huge bodybuilder came out and Inosanto said "Many, he is huge." Lee looked over and scoffed "Pfft, but is he powerful?". Power-lifting is, I think, more important than bodybuilding exercises

  • @rwdchannel2901
    @rwdchannel2901 3 года назад +1

    I knew a guy that could bench 400lbs and he got into a fight. He punched the other guy in the face once and the guy had to get facial reconstruction surgery.

    • @sheadoherty7434
      @sheadoherty7434 3 года назад +1

      Definately makes a different when you know how to punch

  • @starspacecommander4706
    @starspacecommander4706 3 года назад

    The trick is to maintain flexibility while gaining strength no matter what sport

  • @Aadishj1
    @Aadishj1 3 года назад +1

    Question for Coach Ramsey: Hi Coach! I am in my early 20s and workout everyday (mostly cardio and body weight exercises) but I have zero flexibility. For example, I can't even put my heels down in the downward dog position. How can I start improving my flexibility everyday without injuring myself? Thanks for your work, it inspires me to become better everyday.

    • @jplb96
      @jplb96 3 года назад +2

      He has videos on stretching!