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Mon, 2008-07-28 07:44

Joined: 2008-03-29

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Hey all, Im an amateur boxer and train normally everyday apart from weekend. I dont normally take to long off but this time i didint train for a few days so i returned back to training and went on the heavy bag and noticed im punching harder and its definitly noticeable its happend a couple of times in the past but once i get back it to training hard yes my fitness levels are higher, but i notice ive lost some punching punching the reason i now this is because its happend so many times. Id like to know whats happening here so i can maintain this power i like, while being fit. I dont understand any help much appreciated.

Tue, 2008-07-29 16:54

mtn

Joined: 2008-04-02

Points: 0

Every day?

I would guess that you are being a little overzealous with your training. Training the same muscles every day is too much. This sounds contrary to some opinion, but I used to train the same muscle groups every two days. I was making gains, but nothing stellar. I got lazy and cut my lifting back to one day per week for the same muscle group....and guess what? My performance skyrocketed by comparison. I was just not allowing myself to heal completely between workouts. You can definitely train too much...I'm kinda old, so I've seen it many times. Give your body some rest...regularly. Don't be afraid to do what works for you.

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