Need some advice

[Brandon71691]

I have recently decided that I would like to pick up box to get into shape and maybe even eventually compete a little. I have already joined a local boxing gym. I wanted to know what should I be doing for conditioning to get me in the best shape. I am currently 5'8 and 235lbs with 175lbs of lean muscle mass. Since do have some muscle to me I wanted to know what workout/diets I can do to minimize my muscle loss as much as possible? And how many times a week should I be training? Any advice would be great thanks.

[Trebuh]

If you already joined a boxing gym why wont you ask you're trainer?

[Brandon71691]

Because my coach wants me to get down to the smallest weight I can while still remaining healthy. I would like to keep some off the muscle I have put on over the years.

[Mr.MojoRisin']

I have recently decided that I would like to pick up box to get into shape and maybe even eventually compete a little. I have already joined a local boxing gym. I wanted to know what should I be doing for conditioning to get me in the best shape. I am currently 5'8 and 235lbs with 175lbs of lean muscle mass. Since do have some muscle to me I wanted to know what workout/diets I can do to minimize my muscle loss as much as possible? And how many times a week should I be training? Any advice would be great thanks.

That 175lbs isnt muscle mass dude that just everything else like organs, bones, muscle included. You have 60 lbs of fat on you so you're at about 26% bodyfat. That's not good at all. Get some good shoes that you can do a lot of walking in because you need to get that fat down to 8-10%.

Don't even worry about muscle mass. Cardio doesn't burn muscle mass. It burns fat because that is the primary energy source. Lay back on the carbs too.

[Clegg]

Boxing training is good for weight loss. Even if you just do jogging/resistance exercises as a warm-up followed by a hour or so on a heavy bag, you'll improve your conditioning and burn a lot of energy/fat. If you're going from being a fat guy who never exercises to someone doing boxing 3+ days per week, adding in extra weight training or running might be too much of an increase all at once.

I would say do fasted cardio as soon as you wake up for an hour to lose some extra weight. But it should be something like cycling, swimming or light jogging, not something where you push yourself and end up tired/sore later in the day when it's time for boxing. Everyone is different though, an out of shape 17 year old can recover faster/improve quicker than an out of shape 40 year old.

[Redd Foxx]

I am currently 5'8 and 235lbs with 175lbs of lean muscle mass.

My advice, don't start with that shyt. No offense, but you're just fooling yourself when you look at it that way and fat guys that talk about the muscle they have under the fat sound pathetic. Don't be one of them. Your height, weight, and bodyfat% are what matters. The muscle you have lurking under the fat is meaningless because your muscle will change as your bf% changes, depending on exercise and diet.

I'd start focusing on leaning down first. Boxing and any hard training will spike your appetite. It becomes difficult to undertake intense training while dieting at the same time so don't go crazy on the dieting. Try eliminating most of the sugars (soda, juice, dessert, snacks, etc) and some of the the carbs (breads, pastas, potatoes, etc) along with some of the more fatty foods. Replace them with vegetables. Vegetables will fill you up, help get your metabolism in fat burning mode, and give you more energy overall via better health. Don't do any crazy diet changes because you'll probably burn yourself out and quit. Slowly shift toward a healthy balance. No carbs/no fat is not the goal. Balance is.

I'd at least start out w/ exercise every other day and soon work toward 5 or 6 days per-week. Whatever you feel comfortable with. While it's good to "go for it" I always caution people to take it slow and be comfortable because the #1 reason for failure is pushing too hard and getting injured or burnt out. Keep it fun.

[Syf]

5/8 - 230 is too big. You should be aiming to lose at least 50 lbs of that. I'd go more for 70-80 at 5-8 though. Junior middle or middleweight...something like that.

Don't worry about losing what muscle you may or may not have. You need to aim to become a well calibrated..well balanced machine. Fact is at 5-8 other heavy's will slice you up with their height and reach. You could have a doggish inside style but with all that extra weight on your frame you will have a bad engine for that style. You'll end up either staying on the end of punches, or laying in the pocket gasping for air.

Redd fox gave excellent advice regarding diet and exercise. Not much to add really... just start slow, even moderately changing your diet will give big results at this point. Stay relatively low impact with your exercise..you can up the intensity under 200.