Patrick wrote:Hello guys,
I wrote a new post on a book called "The arc of boxing. The rise and decline of the sweet science” by Mike Silver. Hope you enjoy.
http://dhyana-fitness.at/wordpress/boxi ... onnection/
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Patrick on March 2, 2018 wrote:Soon boxers and their trainers brought in Strength & Conditioning coaches who came from Bodybuilding or weight lifiting. While they had experience in creating “impressive” physiques or lifting very heavy weights they had not much idea about a boxer’s body needs or how this training may influence the boxing performance of their trainees. The main critique of the author is that this type of training creates a body unfit for boxing once a threshold has been reached. The athlete´s body will become imbalanced. Speed, endurance and coordination suffer, because the body has to deal with the new energy and oxygen demand of the new bulky muscles.
Patrick wrote:Boxing and dancing to him have a common base, that is “moving through balance”. As a dancer or ex-boxer he was also not against weight training per se (he suggests four to five pound dumbbells), but notes that an athlete (i.e. a boxer or a ballet dancer) really needs to understand the interplay between tension and relaxation. Weight training should not create a tense body ridden with unneccary tension, but rather a nimble, agile and (also) strong one. He labels this as “muscle tone”. . . .
• The use of Heavy Weights in Boxing may have been influenced by BodyBuilding.
• Contrary to popular believe Heavy Weight lifting may not automatically enhance specific sport attributes.
• Boxing and Ballet athletes use the light dumbbells because the are benefical for attributes like speed and agility.
Patrick wrote:Thank you for the comments.
I tried to make it clear that this was the authors opinion not exactly mine. Personally[I have not much interest in combat sports (anymore) anyway, I just found the connection to the light dumbbell workout interesting.
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marvin8 wrote:Today's fighters (martial artists) and trainers do understand “moving through balance” and "the interplay between tension and relaxation" when fighting with non-cooperative opponents.
Modern S & C programs are more encompassing than your article leads readers to believe.
However, you gave an opinion, "I stumbled across a fantastic book . . ."
marvin8 wrote:Patrick wrote:Thank you for the comments.
I tried to make it clear that this was the authors opinion not exactly mine.
However, you gave an opinion, "I stumbled across a fantastic book . . ."
Patrick wrote:However, you gave an opinion, "I stumbled across a fantastic book . . ."
The internet is a fantastic place with very nice people.
Patrick wrote:Hello guys,
I wrote a new post on a book called "The arc of boxing. The rise and decline of the sweet science” by Mike Silver. Hope you enjoy.
http://dhyana-fitness.at/wordpress/boxi ... onnection/
Take Care
Patrick
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