Muhammed Ali daily routine + Norton and Klitschko routine added

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  1. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I have this daily routine of Mohamed Ali from Gary Todd's book.


    Muhammed Ali​
    Training routine: 6 days a week, Sunday rest


    Getting up in the morning 5:30 AM

    Stretching

    6 mile run

    Stretching

    Breakfast

    All natural foods, orange juice, water

    Training at the gym 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM

    Warm up: Loosing up; dancing around on toes

    5 × 3 minutes shadowboxing, 30 seconds rest

    6 × 3 minutes heavy bag, 30 seconds rest

    Sparring

    9 minutes on the speedbag

    20 minutes skipping rope

    1 minute shadowbox

    Muhammed Ali never used weights

    After training massage

    Dinner

    Chicken, steak, green beans, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, fruit juice, water

    After dinner Mohamed Ali would go for a walk. Then he would watch TV.

    Bedtime

    Mohamed Ali did not have a set bedtime
     
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  2. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Not unlike Louis's training regime.
     
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  3. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali also used to do things like chopping wood, hitting tires with a sledgehammer and running with heavy boots on. Pretty classical boxing training I'd say.

    He took a page out of the book of the old timers and hit a boxing bag with his bare fists until the skin cracked, then pulled off the old skin to let new, tougher skin replace it.

    I suppose the most stand out of Ali's "exercises" was to let his sparring partners pound away at his body to harden it.

    This is what I know of his training regime, but new information is always welcome.

    Do anyone know if contempories like Liston, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Patterson etc differed in their training regimes?

    Ps. Ali did lift weights before Manilla. This was when he'd brought Sadler into his corner.
     
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  4. aj415

    aj415 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thats pretty silly in reality.

    I used to do that and punch walls. Yea your knuckles callous etc. but what ends up happening is you cause a bone bruise under the skin which takes upwards of 3-6 months to heal. Not a critical injury, but beyond annoying. Its painful.. but your still fine to train but everytime you hit the bag or pads or whatever you just make it take longer to heal
     
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  5. teeto

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    Thanks for that
     
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  6. spittle8

    spittle8 Dropping Fisticuffs Full Member

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    The bone bruise ain't worth it. I got that **** from punching the walls at work before I started training and it took nearly a year for that to go away. It'd seem like it was healed and after two punches it'd hurt again.
     
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  7. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    Good to know the training regime of the greatest, thanks for that.

    I wonder if his training was different in the 60s compared to the 70s because he was obviously more capable physically in the 60s, hard to imagine Ali had the same training routine from about 64-76.
     
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  8. hmm

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    hmm says... nice find. thanks for sharing.
     
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  9. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is Ken Norton daily routine.
    I got it from Gary Todd's book

    Ken Norton daily routine
    6 days a week, Sunday off

    Getting up in the morning 4:15 AM

    Stretching

    3 – 8 mile run, depending on progress in training camp

    Breakfast

    9 eggs, 7 pieces of bacon, 8 pieces of toast, a bowl of cereal, 2 glasses of orange juice,
    2 glasses of milk

    After breakfast Ken Norton did go for a 3 mile walk. After that he slept.

    Training in the gym 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

    Warm up: 20 minutes of full body stretching

    3×3 minutes shadowboxing, 30 seconds rest

    3 – 9×3 minutes sparring, 30 seconds rest

    Ken Norton used three different sparring partners, depending on progress in training camp

    3×3 minutes heavy bag, 30 seconds rest

    3×3 minutes speed bag, 30 seconds rest

    3×3 minutes floor-to-ceiling bag, 30 seconds rest

    3×3 minutes shadowboxing, 30 seconds rest

    Floor exercises:
    250 – 300 sit-ups
    250 leg-raises
    Stretching
    (30 minutes total)

    Dinner 5:30 PM

    2 big steaks, beans, lots of vegetables

    Bedtime 10:30 PM
     
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  10. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It feels like strength exercises like push-up and sit-ups are missing here, because I knew he did them.
     
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  11. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Tex Cobb's daily routine.

    Alarm clock: 3.00pm.

    Exercise: Walk to the fridge
    Six cans of Heineken for breakfast and a few lines.

    4.30pm. Go to gym, to watch some fighters training while I chew the fat.

    6.00pm. Go for one mile stroll to the bars downtown.

    7.30pm. Get two hours sparring in vs some hells angels.

    9.30pm. Visit brothel.

    11.00pm. Four grams of coke, washed down with a Bottle of JD.

    01.00am. Another bottle of jd, with Rum chasers.

    03.00am. Time to party!

    08.30am. Bed.

    19.00pm. Woken up in bed with another prosititute and told that I'm fighing Larry Holmes in an hour.
     
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  12. McGrain

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    :lol:
     
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  13. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I could not find anything about Muhammed Ali doing weights or push-ups. I got the routine from a book called "workouts from boxing's greatest champs" by Gary Todd.

    But Ali lifting weights later in his career is a interesting thing.
     
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  14. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It was probably only before the last Frazier fight. He states in his autobiography that he had lifted weights before The Manilla fight and therefore was a bit more stationary. I suppose they figured that the best option was to try and knock Frazier out, and opted to go for power instead of speed.
     
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  15. MrPook

    MrPook Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I got some information about Klitschko daily routine from CHEFF and this is what I made of it.

    I would like to know what Klitschko's gym work looks like.


    Klitschko daily routine

    Getting up in the morning 7:30 AM

    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM work-out

    Klitschko does not run, instead he does swim for 45 minutes in the morning

    Breakfast 9:30 AM

    Oatmeal with berries, or egg white omelettes

    Dinner 12:30 PM

    Soup, salad, grilled meat, chicken, or fish

    Snack 3:00 PM

    Fruits and nuts

    Training at the gym 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM

    Weight training:

    3 sets 15 reps
    Or
    3 sets 5 reps with maximum weight he can lift

    Snack 6:45 PM

    Watermelon, bananas, other fruits

    Dinner 8:00 PM

    Grilled meat, chicken, or fish with rice, pasta, or potatoes

    As dessert Klitschko eats chocolate cake or cheese cake because he needs the calories.

    Evening walk 11:30 PM

    Evening walk for 20 minutes, to let the body get used to staying up late for fight night.
     
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