Question for people who have fought (not sure were to ask this)

[Quest4Glory]

I just fought saturday night, everyone is saying take the week off after a fight.

I am fighting again in 5-6 weeks and I am ancy to get back to training.

My logic is this my last day of hard training before the fight was 6/9/09 (tuesday) I then rested until saturday my fight saturday only lasted a minute, so I feel today (6/16/09-tuesday) is a full week of rest. The only detriment I see is I cut 14 lbs during that week does that matter?

Do I need to take another week off now?

My main goal this week I am fine to rest but I would like to max on the deadlift, clean, military, and pullups as I am going to start to add lifting back into my training, am I ok to get those numbers this week?


*If this is the wrong are I had no idea where to put it I just know a few fighters post in here, and trainers.

[stewy37]

You know your body best. If you only fought for a minute and have no injuries, get back to training. The week after tends to be for a mental break and to let injuries heal. If you don't need it, and you're fighting soon, than go train.

[Quest4Glory]

Originally Posted by stewy37

You know your body best. If you only fought for a minute and have no injuries, get back to training. The week after tends to be for a mental break and to let injuries heal. If you don't need it, and you're fighting soon, than go train.

That's exactly what I wanted to hear I am going to go to competition team tomorrow and just jumping right back in so I can start training for my fight in July.

Thanks man!

[nck]

I'd say go ahead and start training again, just take first week a little easier then you normally would. Maybe start at around 60-80 percent. But like stewey said, ultimately it's your body and you're going to know what's the best rest to training ratio is for you.

[stewy37]

Originally Posted by Quest4Glory

That's exactly what I wanted to hear I am going to go to competition team tomorrow and just jumping right back in so I can start training for my fight in July.

Thanks man!

Good luck.
After my first fight, I took the next week really easy, because I needed a mental break more than anything else, although after the fight camp, my body also needed a rest. I cut a fair amount of weight, so even though I'm resting the week before, that takes a toll also.
My second fight, I took a lot of time off, because my rib got broken, and I had a knee surgery coming up in a few weeks.
One of my teammates had a situation similar to yours and was back in the gym the following Monday.
So, as you can see, situation will dictate.

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Even if you have no injuries I say go light. Cutting 14 lbs willtake its toll on your body.