Old school training routines
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Mickey Walker
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Old school training routines
Can anybody tell me any old school training routine
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walking.
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Caractacus
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How far did they usually walk and did they always do the same stride when walking ?
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Caractacus
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had to look this up.
Walking as part of training goes back as far as at least 1888
when an English lw champion wrote a book about boxing.
alternating walking and running 12 to 16 miles a day
"a good long swinging gait" "heel to toe" at a 4 mile per hour rate (and not a loafing saunter)
Bob Fitzsimmons said "I'll start off and run 6 or 8 miles and then walk back.
Next day I would walk 6 or 8 miles then run back (at 6 miles an hour rate)
then maybe run a mile and walk a mile of it the next day( for about 10 or 15 miles)
next day would run between 2 telephone poles running then walking between the next 2.
somedays he would even do 18 or 20 mile runs.
Walking as part of training goes back as far as at least 1888
when an English lw champion wrote a book about boxing.
alternating walking and running 12 to 16 miles a day
"a good long swinging gait" "heel to toe" at a 4 mile per hour rate (and not a loafing saunter)
Bob Fitzsimmons said "I'll start off and run 6 or 8 miles and then walk back.
Next day I would walk 6 or 8 miles then run back (at 6 miles an hour rate)
then maybe run a mile and walk a mile of it the next day( for about 10 or 15 miles)
next day would run between 2 telephone poles running then walking between the next 2.
somedays he would even do 18 or 20 mile runs.
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Caractacus
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trying to figure out how many hours he did a day just walking and running.
He gives a clue somewhere where he wrote
that at 9:30 am he goes "15 miles a foot"
and at 11:30 he has his rub-down and rests.
so it looks like he traveled 15 miles a day in 2 hours time walking and running.
He gives a clue somewhere where he wrote
that at 9:30 am he goes "15 miles a foot"
and at 11:30 he has his rub-down and rests.
so it looks like he traveled 15 miles a day in 2 hours time walking and running.
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A great old school strength and endurance training routine I used for a powerful swing... Even though straight punches are the best, you want to be versatile so you can smash people down like Dempsey with savage powerhouse swings.
You need a breathing mask. A sledge such as a Sorinex War Hammer or a Slater Slammer....and a Bully Scoop Wearstrip Shovel with a D-handle grip. You need a beach with plenty of sand. Get down there very early in the morning. Dig up an 8-foot high pile of sand this might take you an hour at first... Than take your sledge and slam that pile flat... It kills you at first... It might take 90 minutes. But after about 15 months you can do the whole exercise in 25 minutes at a non-stop pace.
You need to switch hands for symmetrical power development. Dig 50 times left handed and switch to righty, or 100 times or whatever, but switch evenly left and right.. After 2 or 3 months you’ll dig equally well left or right handed.. Same with swinging the slammer when you flatten the pile... Do as many slams left handed as right handed... If you’re a good boxer, after a couple years you’ll be able to bomb down just about anybody your weight if you get them going a little... It also gives you an unreal grip and very powerful hands, which are very useful in Boxing.
You need a breathing mask. A sledge such as a Sorinex War Hammer or a Slater Slammer....and a Bully Scoop Wearstrip Shovel with a D-handle grip. You need a beach with plenty of sand. Get down there very early in the morning. Dig up an 8-foot high pile of sand this might take you an hour at first... Than take your sledge and slam that pile flat... It kills you at first... It might take 90 minutes. But after about 15 months you can do the whole exercise in 25 minutes at a non-stop pace.
You need to switch hands for symmetrical power development. Dig 50 times left handed and switch to righty, or 100 times or whatever, but switch evenly left and right.. After 2 or 3 months you’ll dig equally well left or right handed.. Same with swinging the slammer when you flatten the pile... Do as many slams left handed as right handed... If you’re a good boxer, after a couple years you’ll be able to bomb down just about anybody your weight if you get them going a little... It also gives you an unreal grip and very powerful hands, which are very useful in Boxing.
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Great post, Kalan. I saw you respond on this topic and looked forward to reading! No disappointment. I knew you were on top of this one! Thanks!Kalan wrote: ↑04 May 2018, 12:56 A great old school strength and endurance training routine I used for a powerful swing... Even though straight punches are the best, you want to be versatile so you can smash people down like Dempsey with savage powerhouse swings.
You need a breathing mask. A sledge such as a Sorinex War Hammer or a Slater Slammer....and a Bully Scoop Wearstrip Shovel with a D-handle grip. You need a beach with plenty of sand. Get down there very early in the morning. Dig up an 8-foot high pile of sand this might take you an hour at first... Than take your sledge and slam that pile flat... It kills you at first... It might take 90 minutes. But after about 15 months you can do the whole exercise in 25 minutes at a non-stop pace.
You need to switch hands for symmetrical power development. Dig 50 times left handed and switch to righty, or 100 times or whatever, but switch evenly left and right.. After 2 or 3 months you’ll dig equally well left or right handed.. Same with swinging the slammer when you flatten the pile... Do as many slams left handed as right handed... If you’re a good boxer, after a couple years you’ll be able to bomb down just about anybody your weight if you get them going a little... It also gives you an unreal grip and very powerful hands, which are very useful in Boxing.
PS: No way my old body could take it. I just take slow walks on the sand! LMAO!
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I was reluctant to put that post up... It's such a tremendous developer of endurance and swinging power... I kept thinking 
, "Don't put that post up" .... But there it is.
, "Don't put that post up" .... But there it is.Re: Old school training routines
Bruno is not old school and it is 'nutrition' rather than training............but Frank was partial to a bottle of Guinness and even when he was training for a big fight he had a tipple.
Guinness was actually marketed as a tonic/booster for some while - 'Guinness is Good for You' - and the barley, roasted malt and hops are supposed to have strong, helpful anti-oxidant qualities.
A bottle of good, filling Irish stout probably never did anyone any harm
I have also looked-up the great Georges Carpentier who wrote a leaflet on Scientific Training years before it was an art but it seems to be out of reach. However, the Orchid Man was someone who innovated in the Old School Era.
Guinness was actually marketed as a tonic/booster for some while - 'Guinness is Good for You' - and the barley, roasted malt and hops are supposed to have strong, helpful anti-oxidant qualities.
A bottle of good, filling Irish stout probably never did anyone any harm
I have also looked-up the great Georges Carpentier who wrote a leaflet on Scientific Training years before it was an art but it seems to be out of reach. However, the Orchid Man was someone who innovated in the Old School Era.
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...um...Clubber Lang?
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I think the late, great London trainer George Francis who sadly ended his own life is worth a shout......
........George was probably viewed as old school and regimented before his time but when you've trained John Conteh, John Mugabi, Boza-Edwards, Bunny Sterling and Bruno who is going to shout you down?
Massive runs on Hampstead Heath and mid-winter dips in the icy Serpentine were all part of a tough, no nosense regime.
When George ended his life the first person to say thank was actually the Playboy fighter Conteh
........George was probably viewed as old school and regimented before his time but when you've trained John Conteh, John Mugabi, Boza-Edwards, Bunny Sterling and Bruno who is going to shout you down?
Massive runs on Hampstead Heath and mid-winter dips in the icy Serpentine were all part of a tough, no nosense regime.
When George ended his life the first person to say thank was actually the Playboy fighter Conteh