No interest in Louis - Conn? Lets try the Louis training regimen.

Under Seamon.....

Wake 5.30am - Clean teeth and gargle
During winter, dress in shorts/sweater/tracksuit, knitted skull cap/woolen gloves and heavy boots.

1 hour of roadwork, about 5 1/2 miles, running and walking as Joe see's fit because he's "a good worker". Joe picked up loose stones along the way as he thought it a "very good exercise for the back muscles".

After returning to camp drink a glass of carrot juice then rest until 10am then have a meal of apple juice, 3 or 4 lamb chops, ham of liver, 2 x 4 minute boiled eggs - no bread no potatoes. 15 minutes later a couple of glasses of water.......never would drink be taken with food.

Afternoon equaled a long walk followed by a game of ping pong or cards then lie down until 2pm.

At 3pm go to the gym, shadow box for 5 minutes, spar 4-6 rounds with 2 or 3 sparring partners, 3-6 minutes on the speed bag, 3-6 minutes on the heavy bag, 5 minutes skipping rope, 15 minutes of calisthenics then 5 minutes of a medicine ball being thrown into his gut 25 times.

Post workout - undress, get wrapped in a blanket, have another blanket thrown on top then lights out for a completely darkened room for 15 minutes to perspire freely. Immediately after, get dried thoroughly, lukewarm shower...never cold as it stiffens fighters up....massage, dry off with oil of eucalyptus, omega oil and a little drop of olive oil then an eye wash and foot salve.

BOOM!!!

Edit to add dinner -

5:30pm - Two glasses of water followed by salad, soup with crackers, a thick steak of about a pound, grilled medium rare-never well done-with corn or string beans. Louis then had tea with either lemon or milk and then 3/4 of an hour later a pint of vanilla ice cream.

Half hour rest, two glasses of water, and an evening of cards, or-two days a week-a trip into town to see a movie. After a walk bed by 8:30 or 9 o'clock.

 

Yes he took over when Blackburn died. Great trainers and fine point Zad!

 

That's an interesting and perhaps debatable hypothesis.

 

It has both "training camp" and "regular training regimen" mentioned and "after returning to camp" prior to resting before his 10am meal.

 

Dinner and thereafter added in.

 

A couple of other tidbits -

Seamon wasn't above playing games to build his fighters ego. A few times, he confessed later in life, he fixed louis' punching bag and gloves so that they would tear, leading Louis to imagine that his power had grown to superhuman proportions.

Louis said the Mauriello fight was the last time he really felt like his old self. "I had complete control, energy, power".

Seamon and Louis has a rare disagreement in his preparation for Walcott. Louis, concerned about appearing overweight and out of shape began drying out a few days before the fight-not drinking liquids in order to artificially lower his weight. Whenever Seamon asked him to take a drink of water he would say he wanted to make 212 pounds. Seamon told him he was making a mistake to which Joe said if i am i will take the blame. In his dressing room after the fight Louis admitted he made a mistake drying out and next time would listen to Mannie.