Boxer with the hardest workout routine?

Eh, pretty typical.

I don't know that he did it more or less often than anybody else. I only saw him spar once, and it was super tame.

I have heard from some guys I respect that he used to light guys up so bad in training they'd lose clearance from the doc to train with him, though. But for all I know, that might be gym warrior hyperbole, it's an institution in and of itself.

 

Marciano was animal and not many athletes can do this type of training.Every man is individual and sometimes less is better.Marciano could sustain this kind of body punishment but some fighters can be effective with much less of training.Like Magna says most important is always stay in shape and weight close to fight weight,than when fight is close turn in higher speed.

 

I think his "spartan, inhuman" training regimen is overstated. Sure, he trained hard. Lots of guys did and some still do. But any athlete who has competed on a top level knows that recovery time is as important as training. Your body can not continually be broken down and not be allowed to rebuild.

15 miles a day of running is horse****. I know elite marathoners who don't put up numbers like that (and would be stupid to try). Marciano would never have the proper energy to actually engage in boxing specific training or the necessary time to recover to actually benefit from his hard work were he running that much.

 

Jack Johnson was known to run 10-12 miles a day. Hey, when you potentially have to fight 45 rounds, or even 20 rounds, you need to get into wonderful condition. So I believe it.

 

thank you for this post

 

Yes agree with you.I am heavyweight and sometimes if I train to much I burned myself out.One time I prepared for fight for six weeks and condition trainer write training regime for six weeks.But it was too much for me and I over trained myself and at the end of preparation I was totally exhausted and did not recover for two weeks.Now I am older and smarter and my shape is better than in my young days.But I also believe that Marciano was special and his discipline and isolation was very important for his stamina and because of that sacrifice he was just better than everyone in that era.If he was in that kind of isolation in camp that means something.When you are surrounded with many people you are losing energy,they are taking energy from you and because of that isolation is so important.

 

I can go out and run the numbers that are claimed for him.

No problem.

 

There are some prety tasty distance runners who don't look like a Kenyan Marathon Runner, or even a runner at all.

 

Can't knock the Rock...

 

Can you do that as your secondary training and then train for the primary activity of boxing by sparring, bag work, footwork?

Also, are you 5 foot 10 and 190 pounds?

 

12 miles a day, my knees would explode. Props to you, man.

 

My old fella was a professional fighter and I've heard him say that he couldn't understand it when he heard of fighters running 8, 10 and more miles. He reckoned you's have nothing left for the fight. He used to run about 3 or 4 miles a day with plenty of sprints but he did skip a lot. He would usually train 6 weeks for a 15 round title fight. One of his biggest strengths was his stamina. His heart rate was measured for the Lionel Rose fight and the doctor said along with the Australian runner Herb Elliot it was the lowest he'd ever seen. Elliot was a world record holder at the mile and 1500metres as well as an Olympic gold medallist.

 

Where´s Flea ?? I always read that the thai fighters have some insane workout rotines !

 

A guy my size, we HAVE to mix it up. Old school road work ruins bodies over time.

I can barely skip anymore. The knees, man. It's rough. I'm lucky that they aren't seriously damaged, and I don't have nagging injuries there like a lot of bigger guys do, but they feel like they are on fire when I do too much hard motion.

Swimming and spinning has been great for me as I've gotten older, and there is a wave of fighters who decline road work altogether.

Juan Diaz, for example, is a tank. Was possibly the best conditioned fighter in the sport. Never ran. I mean, never. All swimming, some jumping, some skipping. And his gas tank is absolutely psychotic. Truly limitless.