JMM's training routine

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4431484 jesus Juan Manuel Marquez's training diary is a series of entries in which the boxer offers an overview of his personal and professional preparation for his fight with Floyd Mayweather on Sept 19. Juan Manuel gives us intimate details of his training camp in Mexico City, and opens the doors to his gym to let us take a look at his intense daily routine. For this fight, I am training in Mexico City, as I have done for all my fights. I start very early. At 4 in the morning, I wake up and go for my morning jog. I arrive at the place where I usually run at about 5 a.m. Once there, I work on my abs for a while. I do three series of about 300 sit-ups each. Then, I start running. Today, for example, I sprinted for about 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) at full speed. I used to run in Toluca, Mexico, running up and down the mountains, but I don't go to Toluca anymore because my strength and endurance training is over. We're no longer working in the altitude; instead we're working on speed, we're working on moving faster, because speed is going to be an important factor. Then, I go home, rest for a while, have a little breakfast, rest again, and then I go out at about 11 a.m. and head for the gym. There, I train for about two and a half hours, almost three. Training in the gym includes sparring, hitting the heavy bag, mitts, and all that. In the gym, I do purely aerobic exercises. All the weightlifting is over. Twenty-five days before the fight, the whole endurance and strength training is finished. We're really focused on speed now, because we need to get to this fight being as fast as we can. Floyd Mayweather is a very fast fighter, and we have to fight him with the same speed. And then, after training, I eat right there in the gym. That's where I eat supper, because right after that I enter the hyperbaric chamber. You have to eat before you enter the hyperbaric chamber. I go into the hyperbaric chamber at around 4 p.m. and I stay there for about an hour. The hyperbaric chamber is handled as if you were a diver. It is set at a certain depth, as if you were submerged in the ocean, for example. There, they manage the pressure and they put an oxygen mask on you, where you breathe all that oxygen for an hour or more. Doing this, you send oxygen to your body, your organs, your blood. It is very important for an athlete. And when I leave the hyperbaric chamber, I just go back home and rest, I am done for the day. Traffic here in Mexico City can be horrendous and when I get home I just go to bed. This goes on during the entire training process. My days are like this, one after the other. Everything is going to be like this during the next few weeks. Get up early in the morning, run, go to the gym, with no changes until the day of the fight. I have been training for a long time now. I had already trained for two and a half months, because the fight was scheduled for July 18. But the fight fell through, and it is now scheduled for Sept. 19. I have been training for a month and a half in this particular stage. So, if we add it all up, I have been training for four months, going into my fifth month. I know that this fight is very important, and that it is a very difficult, very tough fight. But, well, I believe that the one who has to feel motivated, the one who must be inspired, the one who has to take care of business up in the ring is none other than me, obviously with the support of my people. There will be other trainers and fighters who would come up and say "You should fight like this, or like that." But up in the ring, it's a whole different ballgame. Sparring and nutrition We have been doing a lot of sparring lately. I am sparring with a Cuban fighter, Norberto Norris. I am also sparring with Alejandro Barrera, a fighter from Monterrey in Mexico. I'm not on a diet but we're eating well, as always. I like to eat well because I like to train hard, and for this fight I need to get up in weight. That's why I'm eating a lot of proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins. My weight is fine, and now we're working on speed to accommodate all this new weight that I'll be carrying, which is something new for me. I want to have good speed because this is not my natural weight but I have to try to be as fast as I can. I haven't set up a camp outside of home for this fight. I've never had a camp; I have trained out of my own home for the 55 fights of my career. It's great because I have the support of my family on a daily basis. But with all this training, going out to jog in the morning, getting in the hyperbaric chamber and all that, I don't get to see them that much. I almost don't see them at all. I get home at eight at night, maybe later, and they are already sleeping to go to school the next day. I don't get to enjoy them, and that's the way it goes during the entire training. I would like to dedicate more time to them, but my training is entering its most frantic pace. But once we get closer to the fight I am going to devote as much time as possible to my kids. Usually, I never receive anyone in my training sessions outside of my team. Right now, since we have HBO doing the "24/7" show, we're closing the gym just for me, to tape the series without interference. That's why I only allow my sparring partners and my team. And obviously, my trainer, Nacho Beristain. I've always believed that the best support comes from the fans. Other fighters may give you some support, but right now I am really focused on my training and my own way of doing things, and the main support comes from the fans, from the people. This training regime is the same every day, six days a week, from Monday to Saturday. I take Sundays off, because it is quite a hassle to have all those cameras following you all the time, from morning until dawn. I rest a lot during the day, I sleep a little whenever I can, but I almost never take days off. I only rest on Sundays, all day. I use Sundays to rest and to be with my family. I go to hear Mass and that's about all I do. After that, I start my week with much more energy, because my training regime is very hard. Juan Manuel Marquez will fight Floyd Mayweather on Sept. 19.