Greb running 10 Miles a day ? And his training Routine ?

Why are you do this me.

Sad :?

 

The problem with these accounts of old time fighters training regimes, is that you only get a snapshot of what they did on a given day, which might or might not be representative.

If we gatecrash Wladamir Klitschko's training camp today, we will see what he did today, which will not be what he does every day.

If he invites us, he will likley chose a day when he has a particularly punishing schedule.

 

he more than likely did a few miles a day, maybe 5 a few times a week... keep in mind these fighters were rarely out of the gym with such fight scheduals, again 4 - 5 times a week and not often with long stretches out of it.

in other words they were rarely out of shape.

 

Michael watson said he ran 10 miles a day.

 

Yea I think Benn did ridiculous cardio. Todays fighters don't do it thats why, so it must be lies!

 

Bit rude...?

 

Oh christ, not another "exercise expert." :roll:

Running long distances does all that, eh? Good god........

 

I won't argue the testosterone levels, but what a complete crap quotation there. The so-called "nancy-boy" look on marathoners is because they have no fat on them like the lard-ass that probably wrote that drivel. Not sure how a lack of body fat that makes them a "nancy-boy."

I'd like to see the dickhole that wrote that stand up to 26.2 miles. See how ****ing "strong" he is then.

Complete ****.

And yes, I am a marathoner. I know better than this ********.

 

At some point, devoting that much effort and energy to running is detracting from honing one's abilities in boxing. 70 miles a week is probably beyond the tipping point of what is beneficial towards what is more of a drain.

 

Fair enough, you have a different argument. I wonder how one explains Dempsey and Marciano, Sanchez, etc., all of whom ran long distances. There are many more, too.

 

One major anomaly is that ye old boxers seemed to be able to fight as hard or harder, for longer.

 

Boxing training(like most but not all sports) should be a mix, Long runs for stamina and endurance balanced by sprints for explosive power, 3 min efforts-repeated with one minute recovery for obvious preparation, weights for specific muscular strength, resistance exercises for core strength, pad, ball work for co-ordination, skipping, shadow boxing likewise, sparring for the real thing, mental visualization techniques for that side of things and rest and relaxation built in. 10 miles is probably between 60-70 minutes for most fit, trained runners that are not top running competitors. Seems reasonable 3-4 times a week for a professional athlete.

 

I remember reading a few pages from Bob Fitszimmons' book on training and he engaged in long runs but would intersperse them with sprints and walking so it's possible that while many old timers covered long distances while out on the road, they weren't running the whole time. Either way it would get a fighter in condition for a long bout. He's on his feet and conditioning his legs and lungs nonetheless. Coupled with his gymnasium work...hitting the bags, sparring, skipping rope etc.. he would be in good shape. Fighters fought more often and the bouts were longer so that type of training fit the bill nicely. Look at pictures of men like Marciano, Jeffries, Johnson etc...these guys were lean and muscular which leads me to believe thier testosterone levels didn't suffer from thier style of training. They weren't living on spinach salads and quiche. Meat, eggs, plenty of fruit and vegetables are what they trained on and that's why they looked like they did. Lets bring back 15-20 round fights and that type of training would strangely resurface. Anyone out there agree?

 

I agree with most of what you said, as I stated very much the same. I have it from the horse's mouth about the very running patterns that you describe. I don't think we need 15 - 20 round fights though, we just need a mandatory 'amount' of fights per year.

Champion's should be made to take part in 3 fights per year with at least 2 defences of their title. Top Contenders to fight every 2 months for Elimination and Contention rights. and all other fighters as many as they want or have too, to get into top positions.

Boxing Boards should make the Title & Eliminator fights at the Top, making Champions and even contenders fight who they should be. Same day weigh ins, and much less BS.

this would soon put fighters back in their place, restore boxing and give the sustaining fans what they pay and support for!