I am going to put in my two cents on this because of personal experience. As some of you know, I've been training for the Arizona Police and Fire Games for the boxing event. As such, I've been doing a lot of road work, jumping rope, bag hitting (all types) and calisthenics. I was lifting weights with my strength training regimen.
This was my regimen:
Chest:
3 sets push-ups at maximum reps each time (this meant about 25 push-ups).
3 sets dips at maximum reps each time (at most I would do about 12 dips, that has changed now).
3 sets Bench Press at 10 reps.
3 sets dumbbell flies at 10 reps.
Back:
3 sets pull ups
3 sets chin ups
3 sets t-bar rows.
3 sets lat bar pull downs.
Legs:
3 isometric squat for three minutes.
50 lunges with dumbbells.
1 duckwalk until fatigued.
step ups with dumbbells.
then I do my abwork.
However, with doing the weights, I felt that my muscles had too much bulk to them and that I was really slow at throwing my punches. This could be only because I was new to the sport and I still am. However, since I have discontinued the weight training (minus shadowboxing with dumbbells), I have seen an enormous improvement in my hand speed.
However, just like fingerprints, all human beings are different. We are very similar in most cases, but we all have something different about us. For me, the weight training slowed my down. That could be because I am heavier in the first place and I need to lose the excess weight before I can go to weight training.
You just have to find what is right for you. For me, dips pushups pullups chinups and the like seem to really work for me.
Matt Furey's Combat Conditioning works really well for me, too. I still have some nice mirror muscles and I have dropped a lot of my excess weight. When I first started using this discussion forum, I weighed about 230 lbs. I am now 190 and hoping to get to about 175 before April 15th, the date of the fight. I ultimately want to get down to about 150-160 (I'm 5'8" and 30 y/o).
But, this does not mean that lifting weights for you would be bad; it just means that at least for one person you "know," it doesn't work so well.
Anyway, find out what will work for you.I wish you well and hope you find what works best for you. |