Jack Dempsey: How I got, and keep, my Fighting Muscles (ARTICLE / FILE)

Good read. I like how he mentions shadowboxing on page 4 as one of the most important things you can do, Dempsey was consistent on this because he stated the same thing in "championship fighting"

Dunno where you found it but thanks for sharing

 

Yep, for absurd amounts of rounds too

I've seen GGG shadowbox with weights as well

 

I may have missed something but it seemed like his roadwork consisted solely of walking? Very interesting.

 

great stuff .....plenty of hard labor !!

 

Great find! Thanku..I thought I read just about everything on Dempsey but never saw this befor.
Loved it

 

I've read that he enjoyed doing sprints as well

 

Generally in the opposite direction to any coloured contenders ( beat ya to it Seamus)

 

In all seriousness I hope Seamus knows that it was Doc Kearns who drew up the color line, and not Dempsey

 

The gist is that there's no substitute for hard work. And he's absolutely right about tough daily manual labor providing the lean muscle and toughness needed as foundation for a good fighter. That "wirey" strength you get from hours of reppetitive motion doing things like shoveling snow or loading packages onto trucks is far more useful to a fighter than 30-60 minutes a day lifting weights for shiney muscles that require tons of oxygen and make you stiff.