Haye doesn't do any roadwork??

Spot on, and quite why they seemed to want to make a big deal of it on the commentary puzzled me. It was evident to me that Sky need to send their fella's on a few more modern sports training courses to get them up to speed.

Mind you, I also think Jim Watt should be retired from the microphone.

 

Haye is a modern trainer and the likes of Booth and Sawyer are well up with modern training techniques. Previous posters are correct. Unless you are looking to make weight the long jogs are not necessarily required. Interval training with sprints are a killer enough said.

 

do you know where i might be able to find those exact drills mate..?

 

yeah nobody does slow jogging anymore- except to cut weight- at a low impact rate- which it still does well. but for in the ring work - interval sprint training is more practical. i guess a bit of both is best- like 3 days jogging a week to cut weight and 5 days sprint. as haye was trying to build muscle- and mass- i see why he wouldnt bother with the jogging part- it does make it harder to build muscle mass- especially fast twitch , when u jog every day.

 

Haye is an explosive fighter so will train explosively.

He'll get his longer-term stamina from heavy bag, skipping and sparring.

That said, he'll have a massive VO2 max due to his interval training, so his aerobic conditioning system probably doesnt kick in as soon as it would for others.

 

Long distance running is overrated IMO. You build up better boxing endurance simply working the heavy bag for several rounds rather than running endless miles every day.

 

Naz used to say this too, I don't believe it for a minute.

 

Road work and slow long distance running aren't necessarily the same. It should encompass sprints, bodyweight circuits along the road, etc. Look at how the old timers did road work, it wasn't jogging.

 

http://www.sportsci.org/news/news9709/hatfield.html

 

Nice Link, Thanks. :good

 

Theres a difference between long distance "Jogging" And long distance "running"

 

Okay, so what about doing sprints? Is this good/better for a boxer than the typical long distance roadwork we see boxers do? I think I've seen Bernard Hopkins doing sprints, and I see Cotto was doing that on 24/7.

 

I realize that sports science and medicine have come a long way, and that ideas like interval training are steadily replacing "old school" techniques like long distance road work. But if this new stuff is so extremely effective, why do so many current fighters have massive stamina issues over a twelve round distance? Or drastically lower their punch output to conserve energy?

Name me active and recently active fighters known for impeccable stamina, and I'll bet you that at some point, someone called them a "throwback" fighter. Those old guys from the "Stone Age" were doing something right.

 

I agree to a certain point, I believe sprints are more effective in the sport of boxing.

 

I'm a big believer that road miles for are a poor use of time, especially for heavyweights. You wouldn't train for the marathon by cycling (although he occasional bit of cross training is never a bad idea) so why train for boxing by running? Too many road miles for big guys will just lead to knee issues.