Has anyone Rocky Marciano's training regime/diet?

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  1. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can anyone post Rocky Marciano's training regime/diet?

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  2. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    i know he walked about 12 miles aday and drank alot of milk
     
  3. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Did he drink a lot of milk? I used to drink a gallon of skim milk a day myself.
     
  4. Hank

    Hank Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I saw once that he only ate one large meal a day. Don't know if it's true.
     
  5. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    yeh he was mad about it dont know how much though
     
  6. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I have it somwhere.

    A typical meal consisted of a large steak fried verry lightly, practicaly raw, a giant baked potatoe, a lot of vegetables, a pint of carot juice and a pint of turnip juice.

    You might want to look at the pickled hands thread that I am about to bump up.
     
  7. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Marciano was a nut for fitness ,he even had a little rubber ball on elastic above his bed , which he used to clip with alternate hands,the man passed up hookers ,his favourite foods, pasta , meatballs etc ,he EARNED his title.I dont blame him for being so tight with his money after what he denied himself to get it.
     
  8. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Marciano had a tremendous appetite and he enjoyed all of the traditional Neopolitan foods, Heavy Tomato sauses with meatballs,Sausage, Brasiole, Lasangna, Raviolis,manicotti, he also ate a lot of steak and vegtables...Broccoli Rabe and Escarole...lets put it this way he was a beast and that is why he had to run every day at least 10 miles...he layed off for 1 year and he was 250, but still solid
     
  9. sauhund II

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    Negative,

    Let me explain myth from reality..............he ain't running "at least", lol, ten miles everyday. That statement is about as clueless and anti athletic as it comes. No 180-200 pound man , especially with his build and for sure he does not have a long distance runners body,will last ...........his back and knees will give out wayyyyyyyyyy before fight nite. Fact. To put it into proper perspective, skin and bone 120 pound marathon pros don't do what you are claiming...........70-80 miles a week, LMFAO, thats like a 100 -120 kilometers a week , in your dreams, no way no how.

    BTW, Marcianos diet before fights mainly consisted of lean steak, which he only chewed and then spit out and vegetables.
     
  10. NickHudson

    NickHudson Active Member Full Member

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    Actually, 70-80 miles per week is a low mileage for a marathon runner. Even elite middle distance runners can clock up close to 100 mile weeks.
     
  11. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    No it was more like 16 to 19 miles acording to his press agent.
     
  12. rusty nails

    rusty nails Tszyu for PM!! Full Member

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    your thinking of archie moore
     
  13. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    This is true. I've seen footage of him training and I remember him sitting a table with this un****ing believeably huge meal in front of him. There was an entire chicken and everything he was digging into. :lol:
     
  14. Mega Lamps

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    Marciano did as well. He just wanted the juice from the steak and spit the rest out.
     
  15. prime

    prime BOX! Writing Champion Full Member

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    According to Sports Illustrated, he even exercised his eyeballs following the swinging ball.