Marciano's Inhuman Training Regimen

This will be a great argument, for people that don't know what deloads or rest days are.

 

Battling Nelson's trainer was aware of the need to sometimes go easy to avoid staleness, so I'm sure Rocky and his trainer were.

 

@ "Ping-Pong with Charlie!"

 

Does the article present this as an example of taking it easy?

 

Why don't you just post the full article instead of this nonsense?

 

Did he eat any fruits or vegetables at all? Are they just assumed to be side dishes?

 

Copyright?

 

Actually to much goes into how hard Rocky trained. The fact is Rocky was just plain good and a natural.

You can’t start boxing in your mid 20s and be considered among the best all time unless your a one of a kind talent.

 

Question to both sides here:

What would an impressive training program look like, using 1950s methods?

It would be good to get a stable benchmark to argue around.

 

Theres literal video footage of him doing other exercises (ex. Medicine ball work) and contradicting some of the things you stated (ex. The rubdown Goldman gives him).

The heavybag work is with a 300lbs heavybag and can go for longer than an hour. He'd go to a pool, shoulder deep in water, and throw punches for long periods of time. Sprinting up hills and kicking medicine balls to develop leg strength. And of course the buildup of more roadwork he'd do.

I highly doubt he took an hour to do 6 miles, and I highly doubt your source says all he did

And lest we forget the monk-like attitude that he attacked training with.

 

What difference does it make if the heavybag weighed 300 pounds? Unless he lifted it, it doesn't make much difference. The heavier bag just won't move as much so the fighter doesn't have to move much. Other than that, it doesn't matter.