Not far fetched by any means I base my workout on it but a bit less than half, 200 pushups, 400 situps, 200 squats, 100 pullups, 100 dips, 2.5-4 mile jog, 20-40 minutes Cus heavy bag, I try to do it 4 times a week, it only takes about 1.5-2 hours So considering this was what Tyson lived to the point of dropping out of school, it's actually not that crazy, Rooney used to say they would train 55 hours a week I think he did have a day off though, which is when he would go get into trouble
Agreed - Google “Mike Tysons routine” on YouTube lots of the “names” with millions of views try to explain it. Notably that “Athlean-X” guy. I remember even hearing it in casual conversation. I tried it as a teen and tore my shoulder up I couldn’t believe a grown man who makes his whole identity about fitness advice would sit there and say “Yes - there is a genius to this” with forgoing common sense and with zero proof. I did the same thing with a Bruno workout but it didn’t catch on… yet
I'd believe in this type of training if it was 3 times a week, seems plausible to me. By the way, who could do ring work and 60 min on the bike ONE HOUR after eating steak and pasta?! That stomach had a hell of a way to digest food...
So you do a bit less than half for four days. In other words a fourth of just the jog and calisthenics of this program, and not the four hours of sparring, boxing exercises amd exercise bike every day. That's a world of difference, and still a good work out regimen.
People in the Catskills say he sometimes ate chicken or pork and skipped the pasta entirely on Saturdays. He also had a scoop of ice cream once.
It is from Dr. Scott Weiss' book "Confusing The Enemy - The Cus D' Amato Story" https://www.bodhizone.com/mike-tyson-training-routine/
I don't know how impossible it is to do that many calisthenics in a day, if spread out properly. I do 12 sets of 30 push-ups as part of a P90X routine which is 45 minutes long. That's 360 right there in less than an hour, and I'm just a scrub.