is road work nesscsary?

Tell that to Rocky Marciano.

 

I believe you should throw sprints in roadwork, but its more important to do a long run still.. Like, do sprints, but make sure you return to your old pace and do at least 3 miles.


My reasoning? Everything I do in the way of traditional boxing workouts end up being intense and anaerobic for the most part.

 

What I do is a thirty-forty minute jog at a comfortable rate that keeps my heart rate up, makes me sweat. Then at the end there is a hill that I can sprint to the top of in 15-20 seconds. I sprint to the top of it three times at the end of my run. It's the perfect way to cap my run off with some intensity.

 

i do 4 x 2 min rounds
20 secs jogging then 10 secs sprinting for 2 mins, then 1 min rest(almost)
this is far far harder than distance running
so hard in fact i have to rest 3 minutes after the secoond round cos i just keep falling over

 

Excellent. And if I don't like your posts I just edit them :hey

 

Yep, that's why I throw in the hill sprints at the end. It improves conditioning like nothing else.

Lately I haven't been doing my runs though, but have been playing Squash (one to three hour sessions) every other day or so, which is tremendous for fitness. It works your heart so heavily that I actually know someone who dropped dead on the court once (or, knew him at least). It's basically like doing suicides in a structured sport environment.

 

I agree 100%. Fortunately we are now at last seeing more progressive training methods being employed rather than the tired old regimes which were merely handed down from trainer to fighter who became a trainer was he finished fighting etc etc. A long slow run does not replicate any part of a fight,pro or amateur, whereas sprints/interval training is much more realistic on the body

 

Sprint work will really test your lungs.

You may think your fit but do some sprint work and then you might realise you not as fit as you think.

Its all very well punching a bag and doing some skipping.

But intense running is a simple and truthful way to test your core fitness.

In my experience

 

Is life worth living down there in Charlotte, despite the recession?

 

It is true he did a lot of running, but then he did a lot of everything else.