Endurance in Boxing Training

Boxing Training is about developing skill, strength, speed and endurance. The boxing training session is structured very much to do that. We use shadow boxing, heavy bag, boxing drills, jumping rope, sparring, focus mitt sessions…the list goes on.

All of that as part of the boxing training session is of course absolutely critical, without it being completed consistently and with 100% effort there can be no hope of achieving a favourable outcome.

But, it is not the full picture.

A boxer must underpin this type of boxing training session with a comprehensive and committed program of running.

I like to see a boxer complete 3 types of running; steady state, Fartlek running and sprint work.

Steady state is about running between 3 to 5 miles at a steady pace. This builds aerobic fitness and an underlying base level of endurance.

Fartlek running is about breaking up the pace of a run. So across across a 30 minute running session you may break the run into periods of 75% effort, then down to steady state, then back up. Each section is timed.

Finally there is sprint work; short duration 100% effort separated by equal periods of total rest.

Underpinning your boxing training session with this type of running regime will pay huge dividends in respect of delivering genuine endurance, that kind of endurance that will allow you to go up and down through the gears to devastating effect.

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Cheers

Fran