How do i build more Stamina?

[Shaun.121]

Hi, I'm a quick and powerful boxer but my stamina is really poor, how can i build it up?

[Youngblood]

work harder. C'mon really? Surely you know, unless you're looking for some sorta magic pill that doesn't exist....

Take a read through posts here and where ever you'll find a great multitude of them discussing stamina, with muscular endurance, anaerobic and aerobic, etc.

Sorry if this seems a bit short, but it is such a frequently asked question with the most obvious of answers yet still it seems no one ever is inclined to search a bit. hint "Search function"

Ah someone will prob come a long and regurgitate it all again for the eleventybillionth time, but really. Cmon.

sorry im grumpy today.

[paddy448]

Hi, I'm a quick and powerful boxer but my stamina is really poor, how can i build it up?

Really u don't no how to build stamina ? Well ok then. I would say road work. Mix it up between long distance runs and sprint work. Or combine both in one run. Also power swimming is a good way. One lap normal speed, then next lap power lap, as fast as u can. Repeat this over 20 laps or so .Hard sparring , pad work, curicuits. Just make sure u put 110 percent into everything. Also I heard eating the still beating heart of a human does the trick, although saying that it never worked for me

[rowza]

20-25Miles A week Running Including 30 miles Bike ride Plus over stuff And im still not fit Common though Im sure everyone knows how to get fit

[HerbM]

As paddy448 wrote, Interval Training is likely your most efficient method:

Interval training can cut exercise hours sharply

"High-intensity interval training is twice as effective as normal exercise," said Jan Helgerud, an exercise expert at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. "This is like finding a new pill that works twice as well ... we should immediately throw out the old way of exercising."

Intense interval training means working very hard for a few minutes, with rest periods in between sets. Experts have mostly tested people running or biking, but other sports like rowing or swimming should also work.

Helgerud recommends people try four sessions lasting four minutes each, with three minutes of recovery time in between.

The new exercise HIT: do less

HIT means doing a number of short bursts of intense exercise with short recovery breaks in between. The authors have already shown with young healthy college students that this produces the same physical benefits as conventional long duration endurance training despite taking much less time (and amazingly, actually doing less exercise!)

The key is a VERY INTENSE, near all-out, for the active period.

Lately, I have heard that 30 seconds on, 30 off, for as little as 10 minutes can be worth 1 1/2 hours of moderate exercise of the same type.

If the intense period is 'easy' you probably aren't doing it correctly.

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HerbM

[AdamGB]

Aim to increase the duration that you can work at a given intensity for.

It's not rocket science, just don't allow yourself to get lazy... maybe somebody needs to give you a kick up the arse... we can all look good pot shotting and throwing the odd hard/quick combo on the bag till the cows come home...

If at some point you don't start to look like piss/feel like you're struggling (even if you end up getting a second wind and finishing strong) then you're probably not working hard enough to increase your work rate.

Two words: comfort zone - get out of it.