"workouts from boxing greatest champs "

[GEOFFHAYES]

I'm interested in Tszyu's and McCallum's mostly... ??

I know what Benn and Hatton did/do, but wouldn't mind seeing what it has for them.

This is that book thing, right?

[joeytrimble]

yes sir ...all will be posted soon as i am in the process of rolling up a joint with no siccors !

[joeytrimble]

roy jones jr :

what time did you get up ?
5:30 am

do you stretch before you run?
yes , i do a full body warm-up . i stretch my
legs ,back, sides and mid-section

how far do you run?
around 3-5 miles

what do you do after your run?
i always do leg weights, light with lots of reps
i then have a shower then rest

what do you eat for breakfast?
i like scrambled eggs and hash browns , then fruit

what do you do after breakfast?
sleep

what time do you go to the gym?
12:00 mid day


what time do you leave the gym?
3:30 pm

what do you do after training?
play basketball

what do you eat for dinner?
i like turkey , chicken , pasta and plenty of vegetables
i always eat nutritious food.

what do you do after dinner?
i love to play with my kids and hang out , it helps me relax,. i also like to play on the computer

what time do you go to bed ?
10:30 pm

what is your favorite excercise ?
i love to work out, but i would have to say stomech exercises

how many days a week do you train?
five or six days

did you have ajob before you won the world title ?
no

roy jones jr's workout

warm-up touching toes and holding ,side-to-sides,torso twists , push-ups.full body stretch
bounceing around on toes while moving around

shadowboxing : 4x4 min rounds < 30 sec break after each round>

heavy bag: 4x4 min rounds <30 sec break after each round>

speed bag :16 mins <30 sec break after each round >

floor-to-ceiling bag :16 mins <30 second break after each round>

jumping rope:25 min at steady pace

abdominal work : 4x100 sit-ups < 30 sec break after each set>
4x100 leg-raises <30 sec break after each set>
4x100 crunches <30 sec break after each set>

roy does not use weights in his workouts

[joeytrimble]

Mike Mccallum

what time did you get up?
5:00 am

did you stretch before your run ?
yes

how far did you run ?

4 miles

what did you do after your run?
i would have breakfast, then i would rest

what did you eat for breakfast ?
two eggs, toast, fruit juice, and i enjoyed a cup of tea

what time did you go to the gym ?
1:00 pm

what time did you leave the gym?

3:00 pm

what did you do after training ?
i would relax , and i liked playing table tennis

what did you eat for dinner ?
fish or chicken with salads

what did you do after dinner?
i watched tv and video tapes of the guy i was fighting

what time did you go to bed?
9:00 pm

what was your favorite exercise?
sparring

how many days a week did you train?
six days

did you ahve a job before you won the world title?
no

mike mccallums workout

warm-up : 20 mins of full body stretching

shadowboxing : 3x3 min rounds < 30 sec break after each round>

heavy bag : 4x3 min rounds <30 sec break after each round>

sparring :6-12 x 3 min rounds <30 second break after each round>


speed bag : 3 mins

jumping rope : 15 mins

floor exercises : 25 mins in total
sit-ups.leg-raises,push-ups,stretches and holds for 1 min

to finish : massage < depending on how he felt>,then shower and rest

[joeytrimble]

kostya tszyu:


what time did you get up?
7:00 am

do you stretch before you run ?
yes always


how far do you run ?
first i run up and down hills for 25 mins ,
then i do 30 mins jogging on the road

what do you eat for breakfast?
cereal , bran and milk

what do you do after breakfast?
relax,sleep or conduct business

what time do you go to the gym?
2:00 pm i leave at 4:30-5:00pm

what do you do after training ?
relax , go for a massage , then watch cable tv

what do you eat for dinner?
a lot of steamed vegetables,as well as chicken and fish.
i also eat some red meat , grilled

what do you do after dinner?
family is important to me , but i also like reading and listening to russian pop music

what time do you go to bed?
10:00 pm

what is your favorite exercise?anything that makes my body tired .i like everything , but
particularly weights .

how many days a week do you train?
six days

did you have a job before you won the world title ?
yes, i was in the russian army

kostya tszyu's workout

strength & initial conditioning workout

kostya does this program to build up his strength before he moves on to the conventional boxing
training < bag work, speed bag , focus pads and sparing >.

warm-up: touch toes and hold for 10 seconds , side-to-sides for 1 min , swing arms up and down, alternating for 1 min
bend knees and touch the floor with fingers

push-ups: 50 on knuckles

pull-ups : 10 using a close grip

jumping rope: 20 mins at moderate pace < followed by 1 min break>

pull-ups:4x10 <30 sec break after each set>

dumbbells: 4x1 min rounds on alternating dumbbell curls <30 second break after each round then 1 min break at end>

barbells:4x15 barbell curls <30 sec break after each set then 1 min break at end >

barbell disc:3x20 lifts <30 sec break after each set>
pull disc up to your chest with both hands and let it fall back to your thighs.

bench press: 70 reps at 75 lbs.

neck twists&rotations : lie flat on your back , lift your head up off the ground and move it up and down then around for 1 min

leg-raises: 1 min lie on your back, stretch out your legs , lift them off the floor and hold

leg-raises:4x1 min holds <30 sec break after each lift >as before,but lift legs all the way

sit-ups 3x50 on floor <30 second break after each set

finish by walking around for 1 min then drink then shower

kostya tyszu's boxing work out

warm-up:same as strength and conditioning workout

push-ups:50 on knuckles

jumping rope:20 mins

heavy bag:10 mins

shadowboxing: 3x3 min rounds <30 sec break after each round>

sparring 6-12 x 3 min rounds <30 sec break after each round>
you can do bag work instead of sparring>

focus pads: 6x3 min rounds working on combinations <30 sec break after each round>

shadowboxing: 3 min round at slow pace

gymnastics: standing on his head in the middle of the ring, balaceing and focusing,
then tumbling around the ring without stopping for approximately 25 revolutions

speed bag :3 mins <30 sec break>

tennis ball:kostya has his own way of fine- tuning his hand - eye coordnation. he uses a band around his head , which has a
length of elastic attached to it .attached to the other end of the elastic is a tennis ball that he punches out
with his fists. he aims to get into a steady rhythm , keeping the tennis ball and his fists moving until his chosen time is up
on the clock

jumping rope : 10 mins

to finish : rub down , drink and shower

[pesticid]

Don't buy this book, it's a terrible read, no detailed workout regimens described in there, and frankly half of them were probably made up. I really regret buying it. This could be an ok book for a peasant with some reading skills but not for any self-respecting individual who knows how to keep in shape. Thaks for reading!

[joeytrimble]

yeah lets all listen to the know it all with 42 posts hes gotta know the score

[pesticid]

I didn't mean any disrespect to you but I guess I did indirectly sort of, my apologies!

A real page flipper is George Foreman's book, the only good thing about this one was the photo of Kostya with the tennis ball was it that was attached to his head with an elastic band. Other than that, I don't rememer anything good, just look at the author, his physique tells it all, and his recommended work-out regimens, well they have the most substance in terms of actual writing but you can find probably better advice from a juice monkey that benches 405 but can't do 2 chin-ups. Besides, their core knowledge is about chronic back pains and messed up joints.

You want a good work-out book, get anything by Mackie Shilstone. The guy is one of the 50 most influential people in boxing and he's a freaking guru. His insight is incredible.

[GEOFFHAYES]

Jim Hellwig says all he ever did was squats, stiff-legged deadlifts, incline presses, flat dumbell presses, pulldowns, pulley rows and pushdowns - three days a week and ate five high-protein meals a day. He says everybody else was slogging away doing five hours worth of shoulders and biceps and juicing themselves up to the gills, while he was in and out of the gym in half an hour and had better shoulders and biceps than any wrestler. He says if he juiced as much as some of the guys, he'd be so big he wouldn't even be able to shake the ropes. So he hints he didn't juice much either.

Cool.


Hellwig was a great boxer.

[pesticid]

Terry Norris

What time did u gert up?

6:00 a.m.

Did u stretch before your run?

Yes, 20 minutes full stretch

How far did run?

6-8 miles

What did you do after your run?

I went home and had breakfast, then rested.

What did you eat for breakfast?

Scrambled eggs, hash browns, orange juice and water

What time did you go to the gym?

Anywhere b/w 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

What time did you lrave the gym?

I worked out for 2-3 hours each day at the gym, so usually around 6:00 pm

And the ****** questions and answers go on for 111 pages. And then he gives you his workout programs.

This book could've been great if the idea was approached better. For example, don;t ask ****** ass questions where you get the same ol dumb answers, just spend some time with the boxers in training camp and put down some quality notes about what they do meaning "specifics". I was fooled to buy to order this book because Thomas Hauser talked about it and I respect his insight on boxing the most. I shouldn;t have taken his positive word for it knowing that he hadn't read it himself but he probably thought that the book would be developed the same way I thought it would be.