What a physique

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 07 Nov 2005, 15:37

http://www.antekprizering.com/johnsonharoldlouis.jpeg

If i saw Harold Johnson today I would swear he was bang on the gear....
but this was 1940 and steroids were unheard of in the gyms of philly....

KO Artist · Post by **KO Artist** » 07 Nov 2005, 19:05

Johnson had a superb physique, he obviously took his training seriously, but looks a natural athlete.

He looks about 5'10" in the photo, but he could have weighed 185lbs at the time. Fighters of his era didnt go anywhere near weights.

Apparently fighters of that era swore by push ups as a staple form of exercise.

A mate of mine is a PT instructor in The Royal Marines. He says that the single best exercise are push ups.

He says if you do nothing else apart from 100 push ups a day, correctly and at a decent pace, you will maintain a reasonable level of fitness.

E · Post by E » 07 Nov 2005, 19:14

fornicate for a minute I thought I had mistyped the URL and landed on a gay site..........

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 07 Nov 2005, 19:56

E wrote:fornicate for a minute I thought I had mistyped the URL and landed on a gay site..........

your finding that a common problem aren't you, you have to be cairful with big boys and boxrec on your fovorites list

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What ever we say about the bodies of yesterdays fighters they could go 15 rounds bairing in mind the these days you see a lot of hug fests from round 7 onward that is quite a feet. I think I remember reading about a fight befor they had a round limit that went over 100.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 07 Nov 2005, 20:27

KO Atrist wrote:Johnson had a superb physique, he obviously took his training seriously, but looks a natural athlete.

He looks about 5'10" in the photo, but he could have weighed 185lbs at the time. Fighters of his era didnt go anywhere near weights.

Apparently fighters of that era swore by push ups as a staple form of exercise.

A mate of mine is a PT instructor in The Royal Marines. He says that the single best exercise are push ups.

He says if you do nothing else apart from 100 push ups a day, correctly and at a decent pace, you will maintain a reasonable level of fitness.

Archie Moore did 250 press ups a day, and he said it developed his 'big punching muscles. With his KO record you would have to give him some credit.

Think about it though, if you weigh as I do around 200 lbs, that's a lot of weight to be pushing on what is equivalent to a bench press, but uses a lot more muscles.

I did 100 press ups a day for about 2 months a few years back, and knocked some bloke who grabbed my missus' muff out with one shot. Now maybe he was a pussy, I got lucky, or maybe it was all those press ups.

Razor · Post by **Razor** » 07 Nov 2005, 21:19

jamesmcdonnell wrote:
KO Atrist wrote:
I did 100 press ups a day for about 2 months a few years back, and knocked some bloke who grabbed my missus' muff out with one shot. Now maybe he was a pussy, I got lucky, or maybe it was all those press ups.

Dang snatchers >_<

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 07 Nov 2005, 21:55

KO Atrist wrote:
A mate of mine is a PT instructor in The Royal Marines. He says that the single best exercise are push ups.

push ups and chins... you cannot go far wrong with those two exercises....

Guys like Sam Soliman, Erik Teymour hardly ever touch weights and are in superb shape and incredibly strong...

I remember last year Erik jumped on the bench press for the first time in a couple of years and knocked out 6 reps of 100kg at bodyweight of under 80kg....and this was after a full boxing session....

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 08 Nov 2005, 07:24

When people talk about "100 push ups a day" I take it they usually mean all in one go? At the gym after my cardio I normally knock out sets of 40. If my life depended on it I could probably go to 50.

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » 08 Nov 2005, 07:47

Nutjob Charlie Manson's on 2,500 a day. With a one-minute record of something stupid like 160...

E · Post by E » 08 Nov 2005, 08:07

Coconut wrote:Nutjob Charlie Manson's on 2,500 a day. With a one-minute record of something stupid like 160...

Not Charles Manson (he is a 7 stone weakling type) you mean Charles Bronson....

Now he is a different animal!

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » 08 Nov 2005, 08:10

Yes, sorry. Bronson, not Manson.

J · Post by J » 08 Nov 2005, 08:13

Coconut wrote:Nutjob Charlie Manson's on 2,500 a day. With a one-minute record of something stupid like 160...

didnt do manson any good did it

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 08 Nov 2005, 08:32

Squats, press-ups, and sit-ups is all you ever really need to. The "core" exercises.

BunglesFingers · Post by **BunglesFingers** » 08 Nov 2005, 08:50

If I was locked in solitary 24/7 I think I'd manage a few press-ups too.

I find press-ups one of the best exercises that there is for upper body strength. When I trained a bit more regularly I could get up to 60 or even 70 in one go. After being a lazy sod for 6 months I'm back down to 30-35 again. :(

BunglesFingers · Post by **BunglesFingers** » 08 Nov 2005, 08:51

Loftgroov wrote:Squats, press-ups, and sit-ups is all you ever really need to. The "core" exercises.

You mean Squats as in 'Squat Thrusts'?

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 08 Nov 2005, 09:32

Ding_Ding wrote:
Loftgroov wrote:Squats, press-ups, and sit-ups is all you ever really need to. The "core" exercises.
You mean Squats as in 'Squat Thrusts'?

I always found squat thrusts pointless, the only time i've done them seriously was to see if i could beat Amir Khans effort on superstars, and i did.

I do squats with light weights, as i've had some serious knee problems in the past and its a good exercise for improving leg muscles

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 08 Nov 2005, 09:33

E wrote:fornicate for a minute I thought I had mistyped the URL and landed on a gay site..........

Me too! But ooo nice pecs XX

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 08 Nov 2005, 10:01

Kostya Tszyu is currently doing around 500 push-ups a day, but feels this is not a lot for him.

Charles Bronson does around 2000 a day in the slammer. He was only meant to be inside for six months and now he's never coming out!

KO Artist · Post by **KO Artist** » 08 Nov 2005, 10:27

Rocky Balboa wrote:Kostya Tszyu is currently doing around 500 push-ups a day, but feels this is not a lot for him.

Charles Bronson does around 2000 a day in the slammer. He was only meant to be inside for six months and now he's never coming out!

Yeah, but if he came out, he wouldnt do his push ups.

He is better of inside.

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 08 Nov 2005, 11:43

I heard he once took two visiting Iraqi delegates hostage after the prison warden promised him some colouring pens (Bronson is an artist) and forgot…? I heard he made them tickle his feet and then threatened to eat one of them.

Classic

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 08 Nov 2005, 12:26

I'll have to start adding push ups to my workouts if you get arms like that

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 08 Nov 2005, 12:59

I always thought Wayne Elcock has a very cut physique on him.

this thread is very hard to post on without sounding like some closet Julian Clary

boxingchat · Post by **boxingchat** » 08 Nov 2005, 14:00

topper123 wrote:I always thought Wayne Elcock has a very cut physique on him.

this thread is very hard to post on without sounding like some closet Julian Clary

Youre right and you do

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 08 Nov 2005, 14:01

topper123 wrote:I always thought Wayne Elcock has a very cut physique on him.

this thread is very hard to post on without sounding like some closet Julian Clary

there is nothing gay about complimenting someone on a good physique... get over the stigma

Neri... i reckon the arms come from chin ups and dips... great for the biceps and triceps respectively

ILikeBeer · Post by **ILikeBeer** » 08 Nov 2005, 14:24

Gosh, what a shocker. I thought this thread was going to be about Naseem Hamed.