Tyson doesn't do weights; Tyson as "unknockoutable"

Tyson was the last of the old school heavyweight champions.

 

i noticed that to and to be honest, i think it was more discomfort at being put on the spot and having to validate the belief that bruno was a true threat to him at that point and he was interested in fighting him. he was put in a tough position where it would have been disrespectful to just say bruno was a decent contender but not in his sights

oh i've seen footage of him doing neck exercises with weights later in his career and working out with weights a bit around the lewis fight but that was WAY later in his career

 

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8OzGTHlSRs&feature=related[/ame]

Around 1:15 - 1:30 of this video he's doing some squats and pressing a barbell.

 

*******...

 

I think he seemed more uncomfortable watching Frank lift, by the way.

 

I know, the music is awful.

 

that's the footage i was referring to and i believe it's from tyson's beyond the glory around the lewis fight (course i've been wrong before)

 

Its worth watching it all, thanks for posting. Tyson did do weight exercises, because dips/chins are weights, they are just bodyweight instead of barbell weights. The weight exercises Bruno was doing from what I can see are not the best for boxing, as they aren't explosive, don't develop balance and aren't multi-joint. Tyson himself did allot of weight training in his comeback and we all remember the story of him benching 275lbs as a 13yo so its probably he did some weight training even in the early days

The problem with even the best weights and bodyweight exercises as a whole is that they train de-acceleration. This is because you need to develop the most force/power at the bottom of the lift, once its moving you no longer need as much power the higher it gets the easier it becomes. This takes away from speed somewhat, you're incredibly but boxers need follower through their punch rather than let it decellerate

To counter-act the de-acceleration when training with weights provide you need to increase the weight throughout the range of motion so you are actually training yourself to increase acceleration throughout the movement. To do this you can use chains and resistance bands attached to olympic weights. Weights should be lifted as fast as possible to develop speed.

Olympic multi-joint movements such as snatches/cleans/jerks also require the most explosivity and develop speed more than any other exercises

 

good post and something to think about

 

1987. The narrator talks about Bruno's TKOing Tillis in March.

 

really?! i'm surprisedatsch

edit: i think mcgrain meant the weight training footage in that montage