Why do some boxers run at 3 AM?

its better air condition the pollution in the air is worse after 7am cause alot more traffic

 

There is apparently an optimum time for running and this is either when it's raining or immediately after it's rained...

I read about the phenomenon years ago and although my memory recall is pretty poor I do believe that there is a science behind it with meteorologists noting "that it’s more humid, making the air easier to breathe".

It's thought that the lungs work more efficiently because the air is cooler, more dense and there is a higher concentration of oxygen...

I suspect running at 3am, the air is perhaps more humid than during the day, not to mention cooler too...and therefore a similar atmosphere to when it's rained.

It seems the benefits are maybe both psychological AND physiological.

 

5am was the time for me. Maybe due to fans and media bothering him at other times or that it is quiet and traquil at that time.

 

An athlete who spends the majority of his energy on an exercise that is not sports specific is a stupid athlete. I'm not disputing the use of road work, but that would be poor planning of a training camp. Workouts should be designed to maximise fighting ability, not to maximise the amount of calories burned. The only reason that would be a selection criteria is if you have a maltrained (overweight) boxer.

My regular gym work includes about 20 minute jump rope. I think the total amount of calories burned in the 2+ hour session will be larger than a run. I have no idea what kind of petty patter they tested on but my bag work is much more intense than running.

 

RDJ, am I nuts for thinking that vigorous swimming should rank somewhere higher than half the caloric efficiency of a mere 5mph run? :huh

Are these online indicators total BS?

 

I don't think the benefits are limited to just calorie burning - running during certain times improves lung efficiency...which I assume aids a boxing during a fight.

As with anything - moderation is the key - balancing the various physical pursuits in order to develop stamina...endurance...strength and all that jazz.

 

If I was floyd maywether I can see why an early morning run would be better. Can you imagine trying to do roadwork with fans and floozies running behind for five miles? That would be kind of distracting.

 

Good answer. ****, if I go by what RDJ is saying, then I wasted many years jogging, running, roadwork. I would jog for a little while stop and stretch out. Then I would start my run/roadwork. I am there to run not pull a Jane Fonda. You leave that when your training at the gym. I went through a time where I stopped running and my trainer automatcally knew while I was sparring. I would love to hear of a fighter who does not run and can fight twelve rounds. Troy Dorsey is the only one I have ever heard of that did not run. He used a bike to build his conditioning.

 

He's well used to Ellerbe.

 

Me neither, don't get me wrong. I was merely replying to someone who stated calorie burning as a benefit of running. If the running is done more sports specific the benefits are greater, that was my original point.

Very true. And that is exactly why it would be very stupid to spend the majority of your energy on running. Unless you're training to be a runner.

 

Not running is not what RDJ was suggesting, was he? :huh

 

Not nuts at all, I agree with you.

I think someone made them up and they've been copied and pasted until they became "facts". Who was doing the bag work for example? What intensity? I imagine Pac turns a whole lot more energy into punching impact than someone who hits a bag for the second time.

 

Got it.

 

The air is fresher no smog ..and I believe Floyd Mayweather trains in the eveing ,which makes sense ,if your fighting at night this way the body is program.

 

i think they're BS. no way handball burns more calories than sparring.