Chris Eubank describing his training

I agree with this, but TVLPC you've clearly got a better background than me in this sort of thing. Link to your article?

Also, whether boxing is aerobic or anaerobic...it sure feels a lot more like sprints than a nice relaxing run....

 

aerobic can blend with anaerobic threshold, should help you :happytaken some time to work it out, a few headaches along the way :good.

 

Yes it does feel like a sprint, because output is always so close to what is called anaerobic threshold. Interval training has it's place and can produce adaptations in the heart that LSD training cannot also.

Type aerobic energy system into this search engine. Make sure to read my explanation to Lefty after the original post, as I feel that some of what I wrote was not constructed quite as eloquently as I would have liked at first or misconstrued. I hope it is informative to those that read it, as it is not designed to be a a "look what I can do" thing.

 

Right, if I get what you're saying, never is one energy system completely "off" even in very aerobic or anaerobic dominated sports. If not sorry scrap.

 

You can succeed in spite of your training. Anyone with any knowledge of sports science could tell you that what Eubank did was not optimal.

 

boxing is in the dark ages. MMA is miles ahead with strenght and conditioning.
Rob Mcraken's set up at team GB ion Sheffield seems to me to train its fighters light years ahead of most pro outfits.

 

I have the same background as you and throwing a kick takes up far more enery than throwing a punch though.

 

And what if every other olympic team trashes them ?

They did it in spite of bad training ....rright ?

At any point can it be proven, in the in the ring that these methods are better :huh

 

Doyle, its so near the truth what you say its frightening :yep. I spent qiute a time round Chris, how he cut weight was scary. I wouldnt say he was a bad runner but i once saw a woman pushing a pram pass Him.

 

lol

training first health second

 

Yeah, that's what I have experienced, and know to be true, but then I thought, what do I care.

 

David Haye is the best conditioned heavyweight on the planet.

 

Skills are number one, a highly skilled athlete is going to beat a less skilled athlete even if the less skilled athlete has optimal conditioning. There are many ways to measure someones fitness, it just makes sense to train someones energy systems for what is required for their sport. We know the physiological adaptions from different types of training. The conditioning of an athlete is to support the execution of their skills as required. There are many factors behind who wins a sporting contest, conditioning is one factor. Skills are the most important factor. You can train stupidly yet still be successful if you have good skills and technique.

 

Here's the rub: It worked fantastically well for him, therefore it was optimal.

 

No offense, but that is a completely stupid thing to say. What makes you think he wouldn't have been more successful if he trained differently?