Mike Tyson's famous training routine is most likely fake.

[revoltub]

Probably the most famous legendary routine in boxing history.

2000 pushups, situps, shrugs, squats etc or something like that, plus jogging and hitting the pads etc.

I always believed this, but from what I heard it was a fake routine posted as a joke that kept getting circulated.

More than likely I would say his calisthetic rep numbers were closer to around 350, if you go by the squat card game he allegedly played. But I doubt it was every day. And I'm not completely sure it was even that much.

I think the legend comes from the fact that Tyson was undoubtedly a well built guy, yet very short for HW. Plus with having to do a lot of conditioning it is hard to say how he was able to maintain that much mass at the same time.

it is always said that mike didnt lift weights but I'm not sure. Seems like a hard physique to build without it.

It is possible that he was so juiced up that he was able to do 300 plus or so squats and pushups a day and build it.

Thoughts?

 

[Seano]

I don't believe Tyson was juiced up. He's the most self loathing fighter in history. He'd have admitted it by now.

 

[revoltub]

I don't believe Tyson was juiced up. He's the most self loathing fighter in history. He'd have admitted it by now.

I agree but I also wonder if he could've been given them without knowing it

 

[Icanseeu]

Maybe he was juiced as I think most athletes are on something but Mike was very well built at 13 so maybe not.

 

[tank666]

I remember in his book (which is excellent) he talks about doing pushups and took him a while but eventually got 100 in the clip. So 100 straight. Definitely a beast although doubt the figures in that routine lol

 

[treelo]

the famous training routine that nobody has ever heard of?

not heard anyone say this ever about Mike Tyson before this post

 

[prikoke]

2000 seems way to much, but then apparently Ron Lyle did like 1000 push-ups a day "on a bowl of spinach" so it's possible. Doubt it would help his boxing, though, at some point anything would be giving diminishing returns.

 

[revoltub]

the famous training routine that nobody has ever heard of?

not heard anyone say this ever about Mike Tyson before this post

Really? Its been quoted and mentioned almost everywhere for years.

 

[revoltub]

2000 seems way to much, but then apparently Ron Lyle did like 1000 push-ups a day "on a bowl of spinach" so it's possible. Doubt it would help his boxing, though, at some point anything would be giving diminishing returns.

I don't remember, was Lyle training boxing in prison? I mean around all the pushups?

I guess if you trust Lyle's routine you can say mike could have done it but did Mike have the time to do it inbetween all of the other stuff.

 

[Nova44]

Probably the most famous legendary routine in boxing history.

2000 pushups, situps, shrugs, squats etc or something like that, plus jogging and hitting the pads etc.

4AM – Rise and shine! Tyson done long periods of stretching, before doing 10 interval sprints and 10 box jumps.

4.30AM – 3-4 mile run, followed by a mile-long walk.

5.30 AM – Shower and back to sleep

10 AM – Rise and shine once more! Tyson awoke to oatmeal for breakfast, accompanied by milk.

12 PM – Skills and ring work: Tyson would typically spar 10 rounds.

2PM – After sparring, it was chicken and rice, or steak and pasta, with some fruit juice.

3PM – More skills and ring work for 45 minutes to an hour. Followed by an hour on the exercise bike.

5PM – Calisthenics work: 2000 squats, 2500 sit ups, 500-800 dips, 500 push ups, 500 shrugs with 30kg barbell, 10 minutes neck work.

7PM – Dinner: Chicken and rice, or steak and pasta, usually with orange juice.

8.30PM – 30-45 minutes on the exercise bike.

9.30PM – Bedtime.
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I would never recommend anywhere close to that amount of sit ups to anyone, as you're just asking for back problems, but the rest of it isn't outlandish at all, whether it's what he actually did or not.

 

[ryun253]

Maybe he was juiced as I think most athletes are on something but Mike was very well built at 13 so maybe not.

Tyson at 14



If this is Tyson really at 15, he's a fucking genetic specimen

 

[Frode Falch]

1000 push ups a day isnt that crazy if you spread it out. Like high volume training. I have done it. And i am nowhere near prime Tyson in athletic level.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

4AM – Rise and shine! Tyson done long periods of stretching, before doing 10 interval sprints and 10 box jumps.

4.30AM – 3-4 mile run, followed by a mile-long walk.

5.30 AM – Shower and back to sleep

10 AM – Rise and shine once more! Tyson awoke to oatmeal for breakfast, accompanied by milk.

12 PM – Skills and ring work: Tyson would typically spar 10 rounds.

2PM – After sparring, it was chicken and rice, or steak and pasta, with some fruit juice.

3PM – More skills and ring work for 45 minutes to an hour. Followed by an hour on the exercise bike.

5PM – Calisthenics work: 2000 squats, 2500 sit ups, 500-800 dips, 500 push ups, 500 shrugs with 30kg barbell, 10 minutes neck work.

7PM – Dinner: Chicken and rice, or steak and pasta, usually with orange juice.

8.30PM – 30-45 minutes on the exercise bike.

9.30PM – Bedtime.
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I would never recommend anywhere close to that amount of sit ups to anyone, as you're just asking for back problems, but the rest of it isn't outlandish at all, whether it's what he actually did or not.

Getting up at 4, going for a run then back to sleep for 4 hours? That’s the maddest thing about his regime

 

[Hitdepruns]

No nap after the steak with pasta? Big mistake.

 

[revoltub]

1000 push ups a day isnt that crazy if you spread it out. Like high volume training. I have done it. And i am nowhere near prime Tyson in athletic level.

Plus 2500 squats, plus 800 dips, 500 situps and shrugs etc?

I guess it is possible but again from what I heard it isnt his real routine

 

[Dr Fong]

I don't believe Tyson was juiced up.

 

[randomg1t]

4AM – Rise and shine! Tyson done long periods of stretching, before doing 10 interval sprints and 10 box jumps.

4.30AM – 3-4 mile run, followed by a mile-long walk.

5.30 AM – Shower and back to sleep

10 AM – Rise and shine once more! Tyson awoke to oatmeal for breakfast, accompanied by milk.

12 PM – Skills and ring work: Tyson would typically spar 10 rounds.

2PM – After sparring, it was chicken and rice, or steak and pasta, with some fruit juice.

3PM – More skills and ring work for 45 minutes to an hour. Followed by an hour on the exercise bike.

5PM – Calisthenics work: 2000 squats, 2500 sit ups, 500-800 dips, 500 push ups, 500 shrugs with 30kg barbell, 10 minutes neck work.

7PM – Dinner: Chicken and rice, or steak and pasta, usually with orange juice.

8.30PM – 30-45 minutes on the exercise bike.

9.30PM – Bedtime.
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I would never recommend anywhere close to that amount of sit ups to anyone, as you're just asking for back problems, but the rest of it isn't outlandish at all, whether it's what he actually did or not.

a close friend of mine is a family man whose work and family obligations got him almost completely out of sports. this year, he set a goal for himself to do 20k pushups, which comes up to about 55 a day. we're what, 8 months in and he now does 100 every day, no problem. sometimes he does 150.

if my buddy at 37 years old, with 2 kids and an office job can come up to 100-150 pushups a day, i imagine a prime mike tyson could do 500 and call it a tuesday.

now, doing 500 pushups in one set, that's a different story entirely. but it doesn't seem far fetched at all that he'd do 5 sets of 100.

 

[revoltub]

a close friend of mine is a family man whose work and family obligations got him almost completely out of sports. this year, he set a goal for himself to do 20k pushups, which comes up to about 55 a day. we're what, 8 months in and he now does 100 every day, no problem. sometimes he does 150.

if my buddy at 37 years old, with 2 kids and an office job can come up to 100-150 pushups a day, i imagine a prime mike tyson could do 500 and call it a tuesday.

now, doing 500 pushups in one set, that's a different story entirely. but it doesn't seem far fetched at all that he'd do 5 sets of 100.

It is definitely possible that he did 50 to 100 reps in sets of 10 spread throughout the day. But I can't find a legitimate source of what his training routine really was as far as bodyweight training numbers.

 

[randomg1t]

It is definitely possible that he did 50 to 100 reps in sets of 10 spread throughout the day. But I can't find a legitimate source of what his training routine really was as far as bodyweight training numbers.

meh, he could do 10 sets in a span of 20 minutes. i haven't been doing pushups in ages, but when i did them daily as part of a morning routine, i did 60 in a minute.

granted, i weigh 160lbs, so it's a lot easier for me, but i ain't mike fucking tyson either.

my point is, you can get to really high number of reps of body weight exercises when you do them consistently, even if you aren't a world class genetic freak... something that mike absolutely is.

 

[treelo]

Really? Its been quoted and mentioned almost everywhere for years.

never heard of it, probably some internet bullshit rumour