Originally Posted by
hitmanhatton
and give bolt a workload over about 45-60 secs and he will be blowing out of his arse when all those fast twitch muscles are useless to him
then look at someone like calzaghe ... id say distinctly average physique for a professional athlete and yet stamina that seemed to be never ending
Who's talking about looks?
What exactly do you mean by workload? Are we saying that he can't handle a light workload for a few minutes?
He's going to be able to function at a higher intensity and stay there for longer than an endurance athlete who is only really trained aerobically.
If you've only got one gear then you're not going to cope with the pace.
Of course a bigger guy fatigues quicker than a smaller one. That's one of the reasons we have weight classes.
I'd love to know when fast twitch fibres became useless. Roy Jones Jr was a ball of them - and he did OK.
Even Calzaghe, he didn't put as much weight in his shots due to bad hands... but you don't get speed like that and you can't sustain long combos like Joe did without having a tonne of fast twitch fibres and anaerobic fitness... again, we're not talking about looks here... not when talking about Calzaghe and not when talking about Haye.
I've seen how Enzo trains his fighters, sure he gets them doing a lot of light sustained work, but they also do plenty of sprint type training.
work recover, work recover
up the intensity, the duration of work, reduce the recovery time and increase the volume of intervals as you get fitter.
Training should mimic the tempo of a fight and boxing isn't 45 minutes of twinkle toed dancing.
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