Many people have claimed to be the baddest on the earth throughout human history. Mike Tyson is the only fighter who has ever held that title, and he is the only one who has ever held it globally. He may not have been as graceful or stylish as Ali, and he may not have been unbeaten like Mayweather, but he was the most vicious and fearsome fighter we have ever seen.
Mike was a physical specimen, and many people attribute his appearance to “genetics.” Some people, on the other hand, find it difficult to attribute success to somebody who worked out for 8 to 10 hours a day, six days a week, and then added mental training to make it a total of 10 to 12 hours a day dedicated to his art.
He trained for 50 to 60 hours a week, which is more than most people work in an office. That doesn’t scream genetics to me. The truth is that genetics only contribute to your becoming a heavyweight; the rest is up to the fighter. Mike’s training had everything to do with the fact that there were thousands of genetically gifted heavyweights who weren’t Mike.
So let’s get down to business and talk about what we learned about Mike’s training regimen via books, articles, videos, and interviews.
In summary, this is what Mike Tyson’s typical workout looked like in a day:
Wake up at 4 am – 3 to 5-mile jog
Breakfast
Sparring 10 to 12 rounds
Calisthenics (push ups, dips, sit-ups and shrugs and 10 minutes of neck work)
Lunch break
Six rounds of sparring, bag work, slip bag, jump rope, pad work and speed bag.
More calisthenics
Shadow boxing focused on technique, often just one.
More calisthenics
Dinner
Exercise Bike for cool down
Study fights or training footage
2000 sit-ups, 500 push-ups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs, and roughly 30 minutes of neck bridges every day were the total reps for callisthenics. Throughout the day, these were divided into several sets. He didn’t perform them all at once, but rather spaced them out between other workouts.
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