George Foreman 100lb bar bell punching method!

[hookfromhell]

George could no doubt curl 100 lbers. I can curl 50lbs
and George is prob 1000 times stronger than me.
Now looking at those barbels it does look a lil to
dangerous though to box with. Lyles 1000 pushups
in an hour seems unreal too, but I dont doubt it.
I think my high was 110a in an hour with many long
breaks. So I guess pulling jeeps make you invinsible.

[timmers612]

I have no idea if this story on George and the barbell is true, but about his punching power Freddy Askew who fought a young Foreman tells this story; Fred was raised on a farm in Tennesee and on one occasion was too near an enraged horse who kicked up with both his hind legs and hit Fred in the head. Fred didn't wake up for a almost two days and swears to this day that George hit harder.

[Seamus]

Originally Posted by hookfromhell

George could no doubt curl 100 lbers. I can curl 50lbs
and George is prob 1000 times stronger than me.
Now looking at those barbels it does look a lil to
dangerous though to box with. Lyles 1000 pushups
in an hour seems unreal too, but I dont doubt it.
I think my high was 110a in an hour with many long
breaks. So I guess pulling jeeps make you invinsible.

1000 in an hour? Any verification of that?

[brnxhands]

I gurantee foreman could barely curl a 100 lb dumbell let alone throw a punch with one. Look at this video. Kevin levrone was one of the most powerful bodybuilders ever an he has to use momentum an alot of body language just to curl it.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdgzippV1MQ[/ame]

[brnxhands]

Foreman may have been a good strongman had he trained for it, but honestly people throwing out his strenght feats its not that impressive. I know guys 100 lbs smaller than foreman that can pull trucks. Its really about momentum an technique.

[greynotsoold]

Originally Posted by timmers612

I have no idea if this story on George and the barbell is true, but about his punching power Freddy Askew who fought a young Foreman tells this story; Fred was raised on a farm in Tennesee and on one occasion was too near an enraged horse who kicked up with both his hind legs and hit Fred in the head. Fred didn't wake up for a almost two days and swears to this day that George hit harder.

fred Askew is from minneapolis; at least, he fought out of there. my best friend knows him well. Give me a minute and I'll come back with some good freddie Askew stories.

[MadcapMaxie]

Originally Posted by John Galt

This is a video of Foreman hitting the heavy bag while Norman Mailer talks. Foreman uses slow, wide punches while standing in one place, the heavy bag is being held by a trainer. The trainer, Saddler doesn't seem to have a problem holding the bag. The hyperbole of Mailer is annoying. If Ali saw Foreman hitting the bag like that, it is doubtful that it bothered him. That might be impressive to a writer, but Ali probably thought it was a waste of time to work the bag like that.

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Skip to about 5:08, watch and tell me Saddle doesn't seem to have a problem holding the bag....

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sYO3wkVbI4[/ame]

[MadcapMaxie]

Originally Posted by Seamus

1000 in an hour? Any verification of that?

You won't be able to find any, Lyle said he did this while he was in prison, makes sense i guess all you can do to past time is exercise even tho 1000 in an hour seems a little bit steep, especially considering Lyle weighed around 200-220.

[ATP]

I know Foreman lifted a cow? Hope this helps

[Manning]

Originally Posted by KINGOFTHE1ROUND

Remember that this was a guy who lifted a 500 pound cow on his shoulders and used to pull jeeps around at age 45. The biggest heavy bag only lasted a week with Foreman power. Not only one of the strongest hitters but maybe even the psychically strongest ever.

500lbs isn't actually a big deal for a pro athlete. I would imagine pretty much every light heavyweight could squat that now.

[Lester1583]

Originally Posted by Manning

500lbs isn't actually a big deal for a pro athlete.

It's not that big weight for a pro powerlifter.

Originally Posted by Manning

I would imagine pretty much every light heavyweight could squat that now.

You're imagining it wrong, Manning.

It's a very serious weight for a light heavyweight boxer.

[Lester1583]

Come to think of it I rarely even heard of boxers doing the squats as a part of their training.

I read that Tua did them later in his career.

Mosley was a weightlifter in high school.

Who else?

[MadcapMaxie]

Originally Posted by Manning

500lbs isn't actually a big deal for a pro athlete. I would imagine pretty much every light heavyweight could squat that now.

Lifting a 500lbs barbell is VERY different to lifting a 500lbs cow, it isn't easy to balance out, can't get your grip right, more weight on one side, it moves and kicks, much wider body that can't be placed comfortably on the back anywhere etc.

[MadcapMaxie]

Originally Posted by Lester1583

Come to think of it I rarely even heard of boxers doing the squats as a part of their training.

I read that Tua did them later in his career.

Mosley was a weightlifter in high school.

Who else?

I don't know about squats but I heard that Kosta Tszyu and Terry Norris had very impressive bench presses for their weight, over 300 lbs IIRC.

Tyson in his comeback did squats and leg press not for how much he could do tho.

[fists of fury]

Originally Posted by PowerPuncher

It's utter bullshit and it wouldn't help develop punching power, the barbell/dumbell would be pulling downwards while a punching is trying to develop the punch to go forwards (not up unless it's an uppercut)

BTW this is what a 100lb dumbell looks like, and supposedly throwing it around, ok

The ignorance is pretty laughable.