Elite boxers run long distance. Why?

That's what I said. One of them always keeps working :huh

Yes of course they are. What changes is how part of the ADP is phosporylised.

 

Try this one. Mark out 15 metres. Sprint from one end to the other 20 times. It should take you approximately a minute. If you exceeed a minute stop, if you finish before the minute continue until the minute has finished. Have a minute rest, then go again. Do this three times.

At the conclusion of the sprints your lungs should be burning (lack of capilirisation; which was why I struggled in some of my fights unbenownst to me), you should have tunmnel vision and you should feel a little sick. As your body recovers it will release hormones which will increase the capilirisation of the alveoli in your lungs and the muscles you used while running.

Hi Brown Bomber,

you mentioned 'lack of capilirisation' and 'As your body recovers it will release hormones which will increase the capilirisation of the alveoli in your lungs and the muscles you used while running.'

What exercises do this? Sprinting short distances ? sprinting 100m?, 50m?,
Hill Sprints?

im starting sprints for first time what is the best 1 to do ,(tried sprinting the other day it is tough but completable !

Thanks for your time

Hope to hear from you soon mate

Chee

 

that and 5 miles - an hour and a half on the stair master 4 days a week....

 

And go figure he has stamina issues........

 

David Haye is the best conditioned heavyweight in the game.

 

:rofl

 

Outside of Evander Holyfield.

David Haye lives and trains like a professional athlete. David Haye's training is far more superior to any other heavyweights......

I don't know what you're laughing at, David Haye is the most intensely conditioned athlete in the heavyweight division.

Come on then smart ass, is David Haye badly conditioned..?

Its a myth that he has Stamina Issue's, most of these Heavyweights are ******s.......and don't even have the basic co-ordination to punch and move.

David Haye is a gifted athlete.

Theres a hand full of good athletes in boxing. The rest of average people, who have dedicated to a sport........

 

Yeh thats right...

 

I'm no elite boxer, but long distance runs make me feel better and I love doing them.

 

6 miles isnt even a really long run , for a pro thats just standard , nigel benn used to run real long distances like 14 / 15 miles

 

Carl Thompson would take issue with that

 

David Haye is the best conditioned heavyweight in the sport.

What the **** is you're problem with this statement.

He is the best conditioned heavyweight in the sport. He is never out of shape, and trains like a Olympic Athlete. While some boxers are still messing about on their long runs "which do have a place", David Haye is being put through intense drills by a 400m athlete...........every aspect of his trainning is to Olympic Standard. He does not train like a complete ****** like some boxers, and he does not believen some of the ******ed information.......some of the boxers on here swear by.

He was a youngster against Carl Thompson, and learnt from that mistake.

 

This.

How many people posting on these board are elite boxers? How many people competing in the sport of boxing will ever compete in an 8+ round fight, let alone a 12?

The vast majority of people training and fighting will either be amateurs, which is 4x2 or 3x3 depending on where you live and your age/experience level, or lower level pros, which could be anything between 4x3 and 8x3, there aren't many of us which will make it to 10 rounds and up.

If you're training because you enjoy it, then enjoy your training. If you enjoy running 5, 6, 8, 10 miles, then go for it.

I only run some moderate distance about once a week, I find it helps my recovery and gives me a little time to clear my head, but at most I'll only do about 4 miles. I enjoy running that kind of distance that often, if I was doing it everyday, I'd find it more of a chore.

I hate sprints, I genuinely dislike them, so I don't do them that often unless I'm training for a fight, they are a chore.

Most of the running I do is either Fartlek 2 or 3 minute intervals with 30 seconds to 1 minute rest in between. I've found I enjoy doing it, so I'm more likely to do it more often and I found the best benefits from this style of running.

The best way to run is whatever will get you out the door and hitting the bricks.

 

Not true at all. Yes something is better than nothing I guess but if you can't get yourself to train in the manner that is best for you that's another issue entirely. I would argue that it's better not to run at all if you're gonna do comfortable runs with no real purpose.

 

I didn't really mean it like that.
I don't mean you should do whatever is comfortable, I mean you should bust your arse in the way you find benefits you the most.
As long as you're working hard, you'll get results.
I don't like longer distances because running that far more than once or twice a week becomes a chore for me, and it can be pretty rough on my knees. Ditto with sprints, I don't enjoy doing them and I find they leave me dead for work during the day or training that night, the cost to benefit ratio is too high. If I want to boost my training before an event I'll add some short sprints on the end of my regular runs or replace an interval day with a hill sprint session, but they're not something I do every week.
Interval running for me has the best cost to benefit ratio, I feel the best for the amount of effort I put in, and I can still go to work that day or train that night with little to no negative effects.