How can you train 4 a few months and be the world's BEST???

boxbet · Post by **boxbet** » 11 Mar 2007, 17:25

To be the best in the World an athlete has to train constantly all year round. He cannot have 6 months off then train for a few months and be the best. DLH wont get away with it and it will catch up with Hatton one day.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 11 Mar 2007, 17:36

Because it takes a few months to peak and after that your improvements are limited because you've hit a brick wall. What I want to know is how Benitez supposedly got away with training 1 week for fights. I wonder if this is completely true

glittermonkey · Post by **glittermonkey** » 12 Mar 2007, 05:04

Training constantly all year round would cause a fighter to burn out quicker than you could say "that fighter's burnt out". Of course fighters should keep in some sort of shape all year round, but breaks in training are very much needed, and in my opinion as vitally important as the training itself.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 12 Mar 2007, 06:11

Although Mayweather and Hopkins trained year round, I don't think they trained super intensely. You won't burn out training year round though unless you spar year round. Nothing wrong with doing physical training - running, skipping, power exercises when not building up to a fight.

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 12 Mar 2007, 15:24

I doubt Wilfredo Benitez got away with just a week's training for some of his fights. The rumour about Benitez is probably untrue or very exaggerated to say the least. Don't care how talented you are, a week's training would not be sufficient.

Fighters like Hopkins, Mayweather dp stay on great shape all year round, but obviously training is not as intense as it would be for a bout coming up. B-Hop is near fanatical about his diet, training etc or at least he was. He had to be, because he was tall for a 160lbs fighter. He's even said he was some-what drained staying @ MW for so long, just that he wanted to break the defense record.

I don't think it would do guys like Hatton, Cotto, Castillo etc, to take a leaf out of their book and stay in shape all year round. Hatton can make excuses all he wants about the bad condition he lets himself get into when not fighting, but fact is, sooner or later, it will take it's toll on him.

Ricky wouldn't need such a long training camp if he didn't have a great deal of weight to lose. One thing Ricky does right, is lose the weight sensibly, no losing too much weight in a sohrt period. Ricky is one of the most check-weighed fighters in the game.

It's always good to see fighters staying in shape all year round.

m1kee50 · Post by **m1kee50** » 12 Mar 2007, 15:26

even 'gym rats' and their trainers know the difference between fight training and maintenance training.

the more comfy you are making weight, the easier it must be to train at a low intensity all year

glittermonkey · Post by **glittermonkey** » 12 Mar 2007, 19:21

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Although Mayweather and Hopkins trained year round, I don't think they trained super intensely. You won't burn out training year round though unless you spar year round. Nothing wrong with doing physical training - running, skipping, power exercises when not building up to a fight.

See, I'd label what Mayweather, Hopkins, and fighters of that ilk do between fights as staying in shape, rather than training. Training, to me, suggests high intensity preperation, and not the kind of ticking over that Hopkins and the like do all year round. I guess it's a question of terminology, and I took the original poster to mean that fighters should train as they do for a fight all year round. Perhaps he means that De La Hoya should keep himself in reasonable condition between outings, if that's the case then he may have a point.

Having said that, what works for one fighter is not necessarily the best method for another. Hopkins' committed and almost monkish existence isn't for everybody, and likewise, Hatton's junkfood and Guiness binges aren't most fighters choice.

Top Dog · Post by **Top Dog** » 13 Mar 2007, 09:49

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Although Mayweather and Hopkins trained year round, I don't think they trained super intensely. You won't burn out training year round though unless you spar year round. Nothing wrong with doing physical training - running, skipping, power exercises when not building up to a fight.

Totally right. I think too many fighters think they will get "burn out" if they train all of the time. Pure pish. It's different training to just maintain or tick over, it's a whole lot different training for a fight. You certainly couldnt train like that all year.
Too many fighters let themselves go between fights, if they had just ticked over to keep the weight in check things would be a lot better.