Mike Tyson's Epic Workout Routine- a true BEAST!!!

Its quite oldschool. Respect to Tyson

 

I know that a lot of hard trainers; top athletes and bodybuilders... don't believe in such a thing as overtraining as long as you get enough proper rest... and if training actually is your job then getting plenty of rest isn't all that hard to do.

 

Probably had to do with Tyson's persona and tendency to lose focus on certain things

 

damn if you do that for 6 weeks youre in great shape, im considering it for the summer.

 

every time someone posts this I laugh at:

"6am: come back home shower and go back to bed (great workout for those huge legs of his)"


showering and sleeping a great workout for his legs!?

 

I have read this before and the part that always baffles me is him going to bed straight after the run, waiting up to several hours before something is being eaten. After you have trained you're meant to put the fuel back in your body

 

Wow thats action!

 

this is not old school. this is the normal schedule of a professional athlete.

 

see he didnt do 500 push ups at once everyday, he did them in sets of 50

thats quite possible

definitly tough workout (for a heavyweight).

 

Have these Tyson routines been verifed by anybody that trained with Mike at the time?

 

According to Kevin Rooney....


First few weeks:

Run 1-2 miles at 4am

Start gym work at 2pm or 4pm depending on how he felt;

Work the Willie for 10-15min

Work the heavy bag for 20-30min, Work the punch pads for 20-30min
-Working on specific combinations drilled over and over, using numbers system, focusing on moving the head after the last punch thrown

Then calisthenics, including neck braces.


Next 5-6 weeks:

Run 2-3 miles at 4am

Work the Willie for 10-15min

Sparring...work up to 15-16 rounds full-contact w/ no headgear (with fighters like Jesse Ferguson, Oliver McCall, Mike Williams and Glenn McCrory)

Work slip bag for 10-15min

Work the speed bag for 10-15min

Then calisthenics.


As far as weights, there was a barbell and some plates at Catskill and instructions on a little wall poster how to do each exericse. Tyson did that sometimes, but wasn't part of the routine.

 

work the willie?

 

The Willie bag, it was like a big dummy with numbers on, that D'Amato created.

 

these ' training routines ' are all over the internet theres never any solid source backing them up , until i see sources i wont believe it i could quite easily make up a routine that sounds believeable and you wouldnt know