The Most Over Looked Method In Boxing Training?

Recovery, yes recovery, is very misunderstood by some boxing trainers. It is sometimes thought of as a novelty or even pampering of a fighter.

Most training camps run for 4-6 weeks of intense training. If the fighter shows up to camp in bad shape, he can just end up surviving the camp and gain no significant benefits. This is do to the high and hard amount of training he will partake in to get his weight down to get in shape. The obvious solution is to monitor the fighters training readiness when applying intense bouts of training. At the same time implement recovery modalities after the training to ensure proper training readiness/freshness.

Why beat a tired horse? Naive boxing trainers look at over training as not training hard enough. We know what happens with this scenario. If the team would monitor training readiness and use recovery techniques such as massage and proper post workout nutrition, they would obviously be building the fighting beast they seek to have ready at fight night. In training we are only as good as we recover. If we don't recover we don't progress. Fighters mustn't make it to the fight by just surviving the training camp. Factoring in recovery ensures this won't happen.

Here are some recovery methods that can be successfully applied to the fighters training: massage, foam rolling, contrast showers, sauna, sufficient sleep, whirl pool, and post workout nutrition. Nutrition on a whole determines how well a fighter can train and recover.

Monitoring training intensity is key to recovery also and allows the fighter not to peak too early for the fight. It's better to take a day off or ease up in training a bit than to have peaked two weeks or so before the fight!

I hope this article has shed some light on why applying recovery techniques and modalities in boxing training can determine the success or apparent early downfall of the fighter to come. The new motto of enlightened, experienced trainers is "Less Is More". Based on their fighters performances who follow this new slogan, who can disagree?



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