Muhammad Ali’s Appetite

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  1. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, never mind the fight, just the adrenalin and dopamin buzz of winning and being out all night in the streets with fans must have burned off a couple of thousand calories.
     
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  2. Kid Bacon

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    Also probably his metabolism changed a bit between 1967 and 1974.
     
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    Watched Hagler - Duran yesterday and I remember someone at the beginning talking about how much steak Roberto would eat before a fight. I think he said something about Duran eating two the day of the fight with Hagler, and having one steak and some orange juice before the No Mas incident- Maybe that's where he went wrong. Lol
     
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    I'm of the scarecrow heritage myself, and I never really got into exercising or even going outside at all until a year or two a go. The appetite stays with you whether you sit inside all day, or whether you go out and do stuff. In most cases, I'll eat a lot, and then immediately after exercising, I'll have to eat again!

    The hunger stays, always.
     
  5. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 MONZON VS HAGLER 2025 Full Member

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    A high metabolism has a difference typically at the end range of about 300 calories. A slice of pizza a chocolate bar or two.
     
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    I guess I'm an outlier. Again.
     
  7. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The fast/slow metabolism isn’t quite a myth but it’s very much far, far less potent than people seem to believe. Nobody is fat or skinny due to their metabolic rate.
     
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    Tyson got quite fat in between fights.
     
  9. NoNeck

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    “High metabolism” people are often just wired to fidget around a lot until the excess calories get unknowingly burned.
     
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