** My legs...dammit...Boxers legs are so important"

Sorry O-Man. You're 'gonna have to switch your style. Watch Hopkins. He has less movement, and relies on counters and power punches. The days of stick and move for you have come and gone. Boxing is a combat sport with a lot of contact. Its not meant for 50 year olds the way a krate class can be.

Its easy for a younger man to say, but perhaps one day you'll be more of a trainer or teacher than a guy who spars rounds in the gym.

 

Nothing wrong with some nice squats!
Disbelievers! BLASPHEMY!

 

Thats life mate , people get older , and your fitness will begin to fade. I suggest you do what you can without damaging yourself , and remember something that will never fade and the younger boxers will always need , your knowledge and experience. There are plus's to getting older. Good luck mate im no expert but i dont think theres a miracle cure , all the best:good

 

I was gonna say I know this has to be bugging you, because you're so active and are out there keeping up with your boxers. But just try to preserve those legs and see how it goes, maybe taking a break with them would help too. Go on a vaction back to PR and get some rest.

 

I watched Larry Holmes train for his last fight against Butterbean where he fought for 10 rounds at age 52. Larry was doing the same amount of skipping as for other fights, I didn't see his morning runs, though he said he was running 4-5 miles at four times per week on non sparring days. He was also convinced that keeping the flexibility in the legs was very important as all the running and skipping tends to tighten the muscles in a straightened position. Stretching was incorporated with the warmup and then a twenty minute static stretching period following gym workouts.

 

george foreman used to pull/push trucks!!

 

i agree. good luck

 

I use to go on his website he use to post on it almost every day haven't been in a while but I did remember him saying quite a few times that he did his roadwork on a treadmill he said it was easier on his knees yet harder than road running because you couldn't slow down

 

What the hell ORishaman? You are fifty? I always thought a 20 year old, budding fighter/trainer less talk more action type.

 

I do remember seeing him on the treadmill at the hotel where he was training! I used to be on Larry's website a lot too. Seems like Larry hasn't been on in quite some time and a lot of the members have abandoned the site. Too bad. It was fun talking to the champ himself.

 

try hindu squats they worked for me

 

you're not 50.

 

Yoga.I gurrantee it will work.

 

I can personally recomend tai chi , fantastic for the joints. However maksure you get a real authentic teacher who knows what they are doing same with yoga theres alot of fakes out there that have done 2 week courses and call themselves a master. I miss tai chi i should go back but its on the same night as boxing.