{"id":127,"date":"2021-12-16T10:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nyboxinggym.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2022-09-27T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:34:27","slug":"does-boxing-build-muscle-without-lifting-weights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyboxinggym.com\/does-boxing-build-muscle-without-lifting-weights\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Boxing Build Muscle (Without Lifting Weights)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Boxers are well known for their incredible physiques, and this has led many people to incorporate boxing or \u2018boxercise\u2019 into their workout regimes in an attempt to emulate or recreate the same or similar results for themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But many people don\u2019t have a very good understanding of boxing or the training side of it, and simply see the boxers on fight night without grasping how boxers attain this form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s actually well known that boxers can come in many different shapes and sizes and there isn\u2019t necessarily a perfect shape for boxing, as some boxers are very lean and muscular, while others are slightly less athletic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A great example of this difference is in the physique of boxers such as Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder, who are two of the best heavyweights in the world and in astonishingly good physical shape, contrasted against Tyson Fury, who is far less muscular and \u2018athletic\u2019 looking, yet he is arguably the best heavyweight in the world despite his extreme height and considerable weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boxing, in general, does improve fitness immensely, however, and can build muscle and have other effects and benefits. In this guide, we\u2019re going to look at if boxing builds muscle and how it does this as well as what role weight training plays in boxing training today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boxing does build muscle, and it does this in a few different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First and foremost, boxing itself is a full-body exercise and training regime, meaning that the whole body is targeted and improved using the techniques and training boxing requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holding the hands up in the correct position for extended periods, moving around a lot, lateral movement, and of course, punching are very demanding movements that are often done for hours at a time in various formats, and this builds muscle through the incredible stress this puts on the muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A common physical calling card of boxers is large, well-developed shoulder muscles, and this is because the shoulders are placed under incredible stress due to having to keep the hands raised and providing power for punches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boxing also exposes muscle by making you leaner and reducing the fat percentage of your body. This fundamental change in body composition does a lot to make boxers look much more muscular and athletic, and these changes occur because boxing burns a lot of calories<\/a> and also because boxers who want to compete have to closely control their weight in order to compete in the appropriate weight class for their size.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDo Boxers Lift Weights?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n