Interesting hagler bit

[Forza]

Hagler had a unique training regimen in which he would hole up on Cape Cod in motels that had closed for the winter. For his "road work" he would take to the pavement in army boots, declaring running shoes "sissy shoes." He would run much of his route backwards to prepare for movements in the boxing ring.

As somebody who runs, that makes my feet sore just thinking about it. Especially in the cold.

[sonnyboyx2]

As somebody who runs, that makes my feet sore just thinking about it. Especially in the cold.

Muhammad Ali done that same running routine with Army boots on his whole career, Hagler will have just copied Ali

[JAB5239]

Muhammad Ali done that same running routine with Army boots on his whole career, Hagler will have just copied Ali

I don't doubt many fighters trained this way long before Hagler, but if you've ever tried to train this way once let alone all the time I think people would have more appreciation about how hard some of these greats actually trained.

[sonnyboyx2]

I don't doubt many fighters trained this way long before Hagler, but if you've ever tried to train this way once let alone all the time I think people would have more appreciation about how hard some of these greats actually trained.

yes its a very demanding profession, Louis Sarria the great Cuban trainer who worked for Muhammad Ali from the time he first turned pro was the man who knocked Ali into tremendous physical shape by getting him to do training like running backwards with heavy boots on etc

[Barn]

Hagler would also participate in 10km races daily with those army boots on.

[Shadow boxer 3]

dedication..............

[#1Assassin]

hopkins did that too at some stage, mayweather aswell (before he split with his pops). i thought about it a few times, never decided not to do something quicker in my life.

[BigStereotype]

That is an insane workout. Running backwards for miles in army boots? That sounds like some ****ed up version of hell for fat people. Oh yeah, in the cold, too.

[tyger]

So many greats had unique training tricks. I remember seeing pictures of Ali running in boots but didn't know Hagler did it.

[mrboxer]

As somebody who runs, that makes my feet sore just thinking about it. Especially in the cold.

why would he do that,who put him up to it,running backwards with army boots in the cold