Anyone given up on traditional aerobic training?

I have no idea why Mike Tyson would get up at 4:30 am to run then..he sure as hell didn't like to train. Almost all fighters run, the ones that don't, like Wladmir Klitschko, swim or do something else. Aside from fighters devoting precious training time to it though there are other reasons.

12 round fight=48 minutes.
An aerobic workout as defined by my 8th grade health book is a workout which raises your heart-rate above normal for more than 20 minutes.

Your heart rate will not return to normal in the 1 minute between rounds.

Boxing=Aerobic AND Anaerobic.

Here are some benefits copy/pasted from Wikipedia..but are also widely accepted as coming from aerobic exercise.

Strengthening and enlarging the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart"]heart[/ame] muscle, to improve its pumping efficiency and reduce the resting heart rate, known as [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_conditioning"]aerobic conditioning[/ame].

Improving circulation efficiency and reducing blood pressure

Increasing the total number of red blood cells in the body, facilitating transport of oxygen.

All of these things are very beneficial to a fighter, hell they are beneficial to anyone.

Here are some more that I can't verify myself but are also on the page.

• Increased storage of energy molecules such as fats and carbohydrates within the muscles, allowing for increased endurance

That one actually means more anaerobic ability..so there aerobics help anaerobic function.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neovascularization"]Neovascularization[/ame] of the muscle [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcomeres"]sarcomeres[/ame] to increase blood flow through the muscles

I have no idea wtf that means, but it sounds damn handy.

Increasing speed at which aerobic metabolism is activated within muscles, allowing a greater portion of energy for intense exercise to be generated aerobically.

and finally...

Enhancing the speed at which muscles recover from high intensity exercise

 

Aerobic activity will improve your bodies ability to operate under stress below your aerobic threshold, anerobically it has little assistance. You must train anerobically for your body to adapt to anerobic exercise. Truly end of discussion. That is FACT.

 

Am i simplifying it too much if i say you basically need both by the sounds of it?

 

Bingo, it's not one or the other the body doesn't work like that.

 

Being in the ring for up to 46minutes(including breaks) = aerobic, throwing combinations and punches = anaerobic. Its famously said that boxing is 30% aerobic and 70% anaerobic, I agree.

Pacquiao seems to be taking a very scientific approach to his training these days, he still does his long distance training. When you are training for 4hours a day...that requires aerobic energy. When your dancing around the ring trying to catch your breath, you better have good aerobic capacity.

 

I agree with Jeff on the speaking thing LOL

Good example at the moment I do high intensity circuits and have no breath at all.

At the same time on a 6 mile run with my buddies after a mile or so in the bank we conversate all be it at a slower than normal pace.

 

Its the simplist way to tell if someones working anerobically