How many runs a week?

[Pork Chop]

And running should be 6 days a week with 1 day rest.

I gotta go with PunchDrunk on this one- for us big, old guys, that's a lot of wear and tear on the legs. Though I do sprint a hill every 3 mile lap around my block.

[NJFighter91]

Is that with your bad back?

yeah it is...

[Pork Chop]

yeah it is...

I'm assuming you're out of the gym because the twisting and the impact of throwing punches inflames the disk.
You must not be very heavy then.

The last time I ran more than 4 days in a single week, my back hurt so bad I had a hard time sitting. If my back were seriously injured I doubt I'd be able to make a mile.

Goes to show you that the human body does not increase in strength proportional to size and that smaller guys have a much higher strength to size ratio.
Also backs up the hypothesis that you shouldn't just throw more cardio at a big guy to make him a little guy.

[PIT_BULL713]

I have been doing a run everyday since about last week and was wondering, how many miles and how many days a week do top professionals run?

I do 25 minute run three times out of the week, before i go jogging i do 10 minutes skipping rope just to warm me up...........

[ferocity]

I'm assuming you're out of the gym because the twisting and the impact of throwing punches inflames the disk.
You must not be very heavy then.

[b]The last time I ran more than 4 days in a single week, my back hurt so bad I had a hard time sitting. If my back were seriously injured I doubt I'd be able to make a mile.[b]

Goes to show you that the human body does not increase in strength proportional to size and that smaller guys have a much higher strength to size ratio.
Also backs up the hypothesis that you shouldn't just throw more cardio at a big guy to make him a little guy.

Im over weight and started training and running/jogging about 3 weeks ago. And the first few days after jogging my back hurt bad, but i keep shadow boxing and moving side to side and the pain went away. Imo, the my back pain is do to the extra weight i carry. I dont' know if you are over weight or not. I do excersice on the bag and after 7 rounds i feel my back hurting a bit, then i keep going and bob and weave when my back starts to hurt and the pain goes away. I thing extra weight has somthing to do with back problems and exercising.

[Pork Chop]

Yeah, I'm a bit overweight, hence the nickname.
I also wear a weight vest occasionally when I shadowbox and hit the bags. The weight vest can really exacerbate the problem.

I just think if you're big, everything's harder already, so you don't necessarily need to do more than everyone else, you just need to be smarter & more consistant.

[NJFighter91]

I'm assuming you're out of the gym because the twisting and the impact of throwing punches inflames the disk.
You must not be very heavy then.

The last time I ran more than 4 days in a single week, my back hurt so bad I had a hard time sitting. If my back were seriously injured I doubt I'd be able to make a mile.

Goes to show you that the human body does not increase in strength proportional to size and that smaller guys have a much higher strength to size ratio.
Also backs up the hypothesis that you shouldn't just throw more cardio at a big guy to make him a little guy.

im 185-193 at 6'0'' so im not that heavy...

im out of the gym because the sparring and heavybag is too intense for my to handle with my back...

if the human body doesnt increase in strength proportion to size...why would someone stay at 315 lbs?

[Pork Chop]

if the human body doesnt increase in strength proportion to size...why would someone stay at 315 lbs?

Sometimes they don't got a choice.
I have a buddy from high school.
The guy would eat less than 2000 calories daily (usually 1600 or less) and he would spend hours a day walking- this was in Japan.
I swear he never dipped below 30% bodyfat.

I used to work out with another guy in Baltimore, kind of a genetic freak. It was almost impossible to gas this guy. The guy only ate 4 things: spaghetti, cheese pizza, general tso's chicken, and cheese burgers. I ate less than this guy and went through many of the same workouts (usually 15 hours a week), but while I have a hard time getting anywhere near 15% bodyfat (and abs), I doubt this guy's ever gone above 11%.

I've seen the Calories In - Calories Out equation act very strangely in practise. Maybe I'm just looking on too short a timeline, but I think people do have different caloric tolerances. Some people have very efficient systems (storing a lot of fat with minimal food intake), others have inefficient systems (don't work out, eat crud, and stay skinny).

And just to reiterate my believe in weight not proportionally equaling strength, i still maintain that the 2 hardest hitters that I've ever been punched by fought in the low 150s; even having sparred guys upwards of 260.

[yrrej]

Every day, anywhere from 35 to 50 miles a week or so. These guys aren't training to be road racers. They are boxers, not greyhounds. How much they run will depend completely on the individual.

[dempseyfan]

When I was boxing, I used to run 3 miles Mon-Thurs while at the gym, Fridays were off days(or a rowing machine at the school gym), and on Sat and Sun. I would swim in my university's pool.