[CLIPS] Marciano's big training camp steak dinners

Wonder if Goldman was ever tempted to ask "is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?"

 

I mean it’s definitely a healthy diet.
I think, however, when it comes to figuring the optimal diet, thats when things get fuzzy.

I asked my brother to send the info about the fatty meats instead of the lean ones, and when he does I’ll post it here. He used to live by lean meats so I was surprised when he changed.

 

@mrkoolkevin
It’s actually the Ketogenic diet. High fat low carb.

https://blog.bulletproof.com/omega-3-vs-omega-6-fat-supplements/

 

Eating under 2000 calories a day is a bad idea for developing a athletes body. The type of food Rocky ate was fine.

 

I remember Ortiz wasn't allowed eat a slice of pineapple when he was training for Mayweather.

Sometimes LaMotta's diet consisted of sucking ice cubes.

Provodinov replenished by eating raw moose livers.

 

It diddnt seem to do Rocky any harm mind did it? Would explain how he blew up in retirement though.

 

Why not? Duran ate a couple steaks before his second fight with Leonard.

BTW...that first clip looks like Rocky is eating a very tough steak. Unless he's sawing with a butter knife.

 

Endurance seems to have been more of the boxing equation in the past: hence the leaner, lighter heavyweights. Today's behemoths are huffing and puffing after just a couple of rounds.

 

Pasta and fruit juice are a horrible addition to the training table. Luckily these guys burned through their calories.

 

It probably did hurt his performance but he was still good enough. When your training hard you need lots of calories or your just going to break your body down.

 

Yea I get that and I agree I used to box myself, Rocky had plenty of stamina, he did the full 15 rounds at a good pace and was still chucking plenty bombs in the last! God knows what he would of been like with better nutrition!

 

Quick, someone alert Gennady Golovkin.

 

As an endurance athlete, I can help you on this point. Steak is preferred over leaner sources of protein, because it aids the body in storing and retaining carbohydrates. Retaining the carbohydrates becomes as much of a problem as getting them down your neck.

 

This is absolutely true and overlooked.

These HWs today are having serious stamina issues.
I mean, AJ having to recover for three rounds after trying a finish volley?

Or Izu being toast after four rounds against Brezeale?
It's weird.

Imagine Louis goes for the finish in round three.
It doesn't pan out.
He gasps for air, and hangs on for dear life the next two rounds.
What?