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Originally Posted by The David  Is it possible to gain a significant level of fitness without equipment? As in, no more than a jump rope or something? I really need to get in shape but equipment seems so complicated (and expensive), and I don't want to jog. |
Old school boxing trainers were very dismissive of weight training. While most have revised their thinking to include some sort of weight training regimen, there's still plenty of fighters at lower weight classes in particular that never touch a weight and are in phenomenal shape.
If you wanted to do it right, I'd invest in a heavybag, a speed bag and a jump rope. Old school trainers molded their fighters into champions with no more equipment than this.
If you *really* wanted to do it without equipment you could at least improve your endurance with nothing more than a jump rope. That, and an early morning run, will improve your cardio and stamina and generally toughen you up. The bagwork is important, however, for developing your upper body strength. You'll have more "functional strength" than bulk, but from the sound of it that's what your going for.