How often should I Do Road work??

[boxer dude]

How often should elite fighters do road work?? I try to run every day but it gets to the point where I start feeling worn out and weak, how do pro's deal with this??

[Scrap]

Interesting question, when I Boxed Id be out everyday, 3 miles and make it Hurt. Id do it in 15 mins, I was Athletic. Now I realise knowing what I know now its Bollocks. Two things stand out to me and its been proven,thats Gravity and Fuel. Gravity causes impact, to repair you need Fuel immediatly after. My work has brought me into contact with the problem. There are other ways of doing things, and I have the results to prove it to lend weight to the argument.

[wesrman]

It depends. How long have you been running?? whats the rest of your schedule like?? how long are your runs?? etc... Theres no set amount of time you should be running.

You shouldnt just start running every day. You need to build up slowly so you dont get knee problems. Plus there are many other ways to work on conditioning besides running.

If you feel burnt out, theres no shame in taking a rest day. Thats how your body recovers and recuperates.

[Fran@myboxingcoach]

Hey Boxer Dude

Pro boxers in the run up to a fight will run each day, tending to favour longer, slower runs. They tend not to work in too many sprints, but a few guys I know have started using conditioning coaches who opt for big powerful interval runs to work on anaerobic fitness.

In the amateurs, we tend to request that the boxers do longer, slower runs in pre and early season (to build stamina and work aerobically), no more than 4 to 5 miles. On an ongoing basis throughout the season, we'd expect a 2 or 3 miles (good pace) on non-gym nights (as Scrap said), and a session of sprint work outside the gym during gym nights. We tend to insist on them taking the weekend off, allowing decent recovery to take place.

Running is so, so important, but it shouldn't be overdone otherwise burn out will be a problem.

Cheers man

Fran