2500 sit ups a day????

**graeme87** · 08-02-2006, 07:03 PM

Mike Tyson claims he does 2500 sit ups each day with a 20lb weight. I would have thought that would have been over training? What are you guys thoughts on this?

Here is a link bellow (it’s the Clifford Etienne post fight interview also for you fans of Mike it has all his fights here )

http://www.geocities.com/mike_tyson_ko/videos.html

**graeme87** · 08-04-2006, 07:38 AM

bump

***perfectbeast2001*** · 08-04-2006, 07:50 AM

I know a few boxers who train in this fashion. They all do huge ammounts of running and there weight training is more like heavy cardio ot HIT. One friend I work with does 700 press ups a day. He is a very successfull boxer so i gues they are not over training its just specific training for there sport. He considers bodybuilders to be lazy SOBS! That said Ricky Hatton has recently been coached by a strength trainer who has had him doing a much more "bodybuilding" orientated programme and he is one of the best fighters anyone has seen for years.

RA · 08-04-2006, 10:10 AM

I've also heard people that make the same claim. It would seem to over train but some swear by it.

**Undecided09** · 08-04-2006, 12:22 PM

MIke Tyson also has tattoos on his face, bit someones ear off, and claimed he was going to eat Lennox Lewis children...

**T3/T4 GSR** · 08-04-2006, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

MIke Tyson also has tattoos on his face, bit someones ear off, and claimed he was going to eat Lennox Lewis children...

Mans got a point here.

**helium3** · 08-05-2006, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

MIke Tyson also has tattoos on his face, bit someones ear off, and claimed he was going to eat Lennox Lewis children...

theres only one of them he hasnt done so not a good example.

***Doc.Sust*** · 08-05-2006, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

MIke Tyson also has tattoos on his face, bit someones ear off, and claimed he was going to eat Lennox Lewis children...

hahahahahah! the guy is a lunatic and a psycho, you cant believe anything people claim, especialy iron mike.it is probably just bull shite

**Coop77** · 08-06-2006, 02:25 PM

that video doesn't seem to be up anymore

**bigeater** · 08-06-2006, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by perfectbeast2001

I know a few boxers who train in this fashion. They all do huge ammounts of running and there weight training is more like heavy cardio ot HIT. One friend I work with does 700 press ups a day. He is a very successfull boxer so i gues they are not over training its just specific training for there sport. He considers bodybuilders to be lazy SOBS! That said Ricky Hatton has recently been coached by a strength trainer who has had him doing a much more "bodybuilding" orientated programme and he is one of the best fighters anyone has seen for years.

How can boxers do a lot of cardio and boxingtraining and still be big?
Mike Tyson ran almost every morning when he was a boxer and he was big.
You guys say that you burn/lose muscles when you run so how can fighters that do running in the morning be big? Do they just eat alot and take some steroids ?

**bigeater** · 08-07-2006, 04:30 AM

bump

**rar1015** · 08-07-2006, 07:58 AM

Mike Tyson is so full of sh!t its coming out of his ears!

**boxingbean** · 08-07-2006, 08:05 AM

2500 i beleieve...

i was doing 900 when i was boxing as s 10th grader

my coach does situps and crunches for a whole workout session

***Doc.Sust*** · 08-07-2006, 01:35 PM

more doesnt always equal better. some times less is best, dont overtrain, that is the name of the game. i leraned this leson the hard way, sur maybe tyson can do 2500 sit ups, it doesnt mean this is a good idea, also we have no idea what tyson takes, , i for one doubt he is natural, so it is hard to compare what you do to what he does if you are a natural athlete

**Njectable** · 08-07-2006, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

MIke Tyson also has tattoos on his face, bit someones ear off, and claimed he was going to eat Lennox Lewis children...

**SwiftMove83** · 08-07-2006, 07:25 PM

A couple years back I use to do 500 a day (250 morning/night, for football for getting hit in the stomach), but now I think I work my abs better and get better results doing 3 sets of various ab excercises.

**boxingbean** · 08-08-2006, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by Doc.Sust

more doesnt always equal better. some times less is best, dont overtrain, that is the name of the game. i leraned this leson the hard way, sur maybe tyson can do 2500 sit ups, it doesnt mean this is a good idea, also we have no idea what tyson takes, , i for one doubt he is natural, so it is hard to compare what you do to what he does if you are a natural athlete

true,,,, he would say all these situps are NOT for a 6 or 8pack

its for tuffness in the torso

u do 2000 situps a day, and u can take 200 punches in one round in the gut...

**Stumbo** · 08-08-2006, 03:20 AM

Thats silly. I overtrain my abs doing squats and tricept pushdowns.

**IronFreakX** · 08-08-2006, 03:42 AM

Im Aiming for 1000 now, but Im not a bodybuilder anymore.

Why would you(Im assuming you're a bodybuilder) want to do 2500 or even 500 a day?? its pointless.

**Sust Man** · 08-09-2006, 11:01 PM

I think this is done more so for mental toughness, endurance, and getting your body to adapt to more and more stress over time. I think its kinda like being a marine or something in boot camp. Those guys get hardly any sleep and do crazy amounts of cardio and physical conditioning. They don't do it to get big and defined, they do it to push the boundaries of their body and get acustomed to high workloads.

**Undecided09** · 08-10-2006, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Sust Man

I think this is done more so for mental toughness, endurance, and getting your body to adapt to more and more stress over time. I think its kinda like being a marine or something in boot camp. Those guys get hardly any sleep and do crazy amounts of cardio and physical conditioning. They don't do it to get big and defined, they do it to push the boundaries of their body and get acustomed to high workloads.

I would agree with this...I mean look at Carlos E, ZERO ab work, a good contest prep diet, and BOOM, you could wash clothes on the mother fu cker...

When I bulk I feel my abs get smoked with Deads, Rows, and Squats, amoungst others...So when I shed down I see no reason why they wouldn't have grown as well!

Abs are a Reflection of Ones diet!!! Period.

**stayinstacked** · 08-10-2006, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by bigeater

How can boxers do a lot of cardio and boxingtraining and still be big?
Mike Tyson ran almost every morning when he was a boxer and he was big.
You guys say that you burn/lose muscles when you run so how can fighters that do running in the morning be big? Do they just eat alot and take some steroids?

Mike Tyson was not that big. I saw him in a mall one time down in Florida and trust me, in person he's much smaller than you'd think. What'd he weigh anyways, like 205? It's really genetics, you could get that way easy enough wihtout drugs

***Doc.Sust*** · 08-10-2006, 01:18 PM

recently he weighed in at 240lbs for a boxing match,i really think iron mike uses some gear often,

**1819** · 08-10-2006, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by stayinstacked

Mike Tyson was not that big. I saw him in a mall one time down in Florida and trust me, in person he's much smaller than you'd think. What'd he weigh anyways, like 205? It's really genetics, you could get that way easy enough wihtout drugs

tyson is 5'10. fought anywhere from 215 to 230's most of his fights he was in the 220's.

**Undecided09** · 08-10-2006, 01:52 PM

Dude I mean regardless of size or anything, he really is a shame...if you follow or know anyting about boxing, its no secret that Mike Tyson when he first started out, was on path to be maybe the greatest boxer ever, his first 20 professional fights or something were all knockouts, and never went past the 5th round or something, that unheard of...Look what drugs will do to you!!!

**1819** · 08-10-2006, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

Dude I mean regardless of size or anything, he really is a shame...if you follow or know anyting about boxing, its no secret that Mike Tyson when he first started out, was on path to be maybe the greatest boxer ever, his first 20 professional fights or something were all knockouts, and never went past the 5th round or something, that unheard of...Look what drugs will do to you!!!

shame? 50wins 6 losses and still commands at least 20 million a fight getting his opponents 5 million or so. he has nothing to prove or be ashamed of.

**Undecided09** · 08-10-2006, 02:24 PM

Nothing to be ashamed of??? his Criminal record is longer than the list of opponents he has knocked out, don't even try and make that argument!

**1819** · 08-10-2006, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

Nothing to be ashamed of??? his Criminal record is longer than the list of opponents he has knocked out, don't even try and make that argument!

i mean in the ring. and yea he bit holyfields ear but people not in the know dont know that holyfield did the same thing to an opponent. shoulders, ears bitten and elbows being thrown are more common than you think. just dont make sportscenter. still the biggest draw ever. and people who think he wasted his talent are usually the people who think he is broke.

**oswaldosalcedo** · 08-10-2006, 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by graeme87

Mike Tyson claims he does 2500 sit ups each day with a 20lb weight. I would have thought that would have been over training? What are you guys thoughts on this?

Here is a link bellow (it’s the Clifford Etienne post fight interview also for you fans of Mike it has all his fights here )

http://www.geocities.com/mike_tyson_ko/videos.html

confusing bodybuilding with aerobics?

**Undecided09** · 08-10-2006, 02:37 PM

Whatever, thats not the point of this thread....Either way he is the target of a many one-liners, theres something to be said for that...

**1819** · 08-10-2006, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by Undecided09

Whatever, thats not the point of this thread....Either way he is the target of a many one-liners, theres something to be said for that...

true, and true

**boxingbean** · 08-10-2006, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Sust Man

I think this is done more so for mental toughness, endurance, and getting your body to adapt to more and more stress over time. I think its kinda like being a marine or something in boot camp. Those guys get hardly any sleep and do crazy amounts of cardio and physical conditioning. They don't do it to get big and defined, they do it to push the boundaries of their body and get acustomed to high workloads.

i dont got no abs that r cut, but my stomach is solid~~~ only do hangin leg lifts, lay down crunches, laying leg raises, and weighted side dips....

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**Hellmaskbanned** · 08-12-2006, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by stayinstacked

Mike Tyson was not that big. I saw him in a mall one time down in Florida and trust me, in person he's much smaller than you'd think. What'd he weigh anyways, like 205? It's really genetics, you could get that way easy enough wihtout drugs

**Donman25** · 08-12-2006, 10:33 PM

When I was in boot camp boot camp. I saw guys that showed up small and gain about 25 lbs in 12 1/2 weeks. I also saw guys that came small and left the exact same size. We all did the same exercises and ate the same meals.(some people did extra shlt if the screwed up alot.) I guess some people responed better to "over training". The body is a amazing thing and it can adapt to about what ever you can put it through as long as your mind doesn't get in the way.

**SuperLift** · 09-08-2006, 05:47 PM

We can hate on mike all day but he has more money than all of us put together......His house is prolly bigger than our gyms we goto.

**indaweedz** · 09-08-2006, 08:58 PM

actually right now he's training in vegas for a match that may not exist, owes something like twenty million to creditors, interesting story:

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=8101&more=1