Old School Boxing Fitness: How to Train Like a Champ

by Andy Dumas, Jamie Dumas, Julio Cïsar Chïvez (Foreword by)

Overview

If you want to look like a world-class athlete, you have to train like one, and no athletes train harder or look better doing it than professional boxers. Fitness boxing takes the best parts of a boxer’s workout and combines them with more traditional exercises like running and weightlifting to create a unique workout that will help boost your stamina, strength, and agility while throwing punches.

Designed for men and women of all ages and levels of fitness, certified boxing instructors Andy and Jamie Dumas’s twelve-week guide to fitness and nutrition is broken into three sections: boxing training, cardiovascular conditioning, and muscular conditioning. Easy-to-follow instructions combined with more than 200 step-by-step photographs describe all aspects of fitness boxing training, from the basics of throwing punches to the tried-and-true conditioning methods professional boxers use for their own cardiovascular and muscular development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620876091
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	05/07/2013
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	627,077
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Andy Dumas is a professional, certified boxing instructor, coauthor of The One-Two Punch Boxing Workout, and the host and producer of several TV fitness shows. He has been featured in such health and fitness publications as Men's Health, Muscular Development, Oxygen, Self, and Muscle Mag.

Jamie Dumas's training is in classical ballet and fitness boxing. She is a certified boxing instructor and, as such, has taught hundreds of students of all ages, abilities, and fitness levels.

Table of Contents

Foreword Julio Cesar Chavez ix

Preface xiii

Chapter 1 A Tradition of Sportsmanship 1

Chapter 2 If You Want to Look Like an Athlete… 13

Chapter 3 Boxing Basics 21

Chapter 4 Working the Bags 43

Chapter 5 Mitt Work 73

Chapter 6 Learning the Ropes 107

Chapter 7 The Boxer's Workout 127

Chapter 8 Cardio Conditioning and Stretching 145

Chapter 9 Muscle Conditioning 177

Chapter 10 What's Right About Boxing 227

Acknowledgments 235

About the Authors 237

Index 239