cardio help..

[lwhit26]

alright. im 19, a fairly new boxer, and right now i weigh 131, im trying to move up to 145. my question is, how much cardio should i be doing?

if i fight, it wont be for atleast a month so im not too too worried about being in absolute fight shape right now, im more worried about learning technique and putting on more weight.

my current caloric intake is 3500 over 5 meals.

tuesday thursday and saturday i go to the boxing gym and lift, mainly lifting tue and thurs. all 3 days i am constantly working for 3 hours hitting speedbag, shadowboxing, hitting heavy bags, working with trainer etc.

on my off days at home i usually just do light cardio except on days im not sore and have full energy i like to do around 5 rounds on the heavy bag followed by 3 4 min rounds of shadowboxing

my question is.. how much cardio should i be doing? i dont wanna overdo it and be losing weight bc my goal is to GAIN. but i want to start running every other day but idk if thatll hurt me or not.. if anyone can help me out with this id greatly appreciate it

[southpawwolves]

How tall are you? And why do you want to gain?

[greynotsoold]

How many rounds are you going to fight? Run that many rounds per day. At 19 that should get you in reasonable shape in a month. It is good that you are focusing on learning to box. And I, too, would like to know why you want to gain 15 pounds.

[lwhit26]

How many rounds are you going to fight? Run that many rounds per day. At 19 that should get you in reasonable shape in a month. It is good that you are focusing on learning to box. And I, too, would like to know why you want to gain 15 pounds.

Im 5' 11". Ive always been very slim, and so my main goal is to put more bulk on, although i want to box. that is why i want to gain weight while i box.. it just sucks because i can tell that lifting makes my speed slow down, i have to regain it by shadowboxing a lot

that sounds like a good idea. im also a huge fan of joe frazier and he said to run the same amount of minutes the fight will last so if a fight is 5 rounds run the time the 5 rounds will last.. im an amateur right now and i believe the fights are either two 3 minute rounds or three 2 minute rounds..

[AdamGB]

Mate you're not going to put a stone on in a month... not good weight anyway and unless you're training like a body builder a weights program can help your speed. If implimented correctly.

What do you think moves your skeleton? Muscles... the more force they can output the faster you can be!

[Youngblood]

What Adm said. You will not put 15 lbs on effectively in that short of a time. If you do want to limit weight loss, maximize efficiency in cardio though in the interim, then consider doing only sprinting. And be sure to fuel up extensively before and after.

Look up types of HIIT sprinting, as in tabatas etc to consider. Shortest possible time done, maximum benefit. Assuming you are fightin an amateur 3-4 rd match would be best. Should be lots of links on this site, and certainly on the web.