At his peak, Tyson had unparalleled strength on the field, in addition to rare talent, his hard work outside the field was indispensable, looking at Tyson's diet and training plan that year, it is not difficult to imagine why he was able to dominate the entire heavyweight boxing world from 1986 to 1990.
A few days ago, a fitness website in the United States disclosed some secrets in Tyson's training and diet, which may have reference value for many boxing peers and boxing enthusiasts.
It is understood that Tyson's daily calorie intake was between 3,000 and 4,000, which was the accumulation of his three staple meals a day.
Usually, Tyson's breakfast includes milk, oatmeal, vitamin supplements, lunch is rice, chicken breast, dinner is based on steak, pasta, and a glass of orange juice.
The only food Tyson is allowed to supplement between the three main meals is a protein shake. In addition, Tyson is allowed to eat one cheat meal a week, which is his favorite ice cream and a certain brand of cereal.
This seemingly bland eating habit provided the impetus for coach D'Amato to train Tyson with intensity.
In preparation for the game, Tyson will work out in the gym for about 10 hours a day, with only one day off per week. The 10 hours are divided into six stages: early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, after dinner, and evening.
Tyson's day of training begins at 4 a.m., first running 4-6 kilometers, then 3 rounds of aerobics and 10 rounds of boxing. Exercises include 200 sit-ups, 50 bench presses, 50 push-ups, and 50 shoulder shrugs, but no more strength training is deliberately done. In the afternoon and evening, Tyson will have more practical combat and empty boxing exercises, as well as a full 60 minutes of exercise bike training.
The last part of Tyson's day is watching videos of the upcoming boxers and adjusting their minds, during which time there is no physical training.
Tyson can complete about 2,000 sit-ups, 500 bench presses, 500 push-ups, 500 shoulder shrugs, and 10 minutes of neck movements alone in a single day.
Coach Damato is very dedicated to Tyson, even if it is the only day of the week off, he will ask Tyson to do a 90-minute bike ride, for which the media joked: If you want to be as dominant as "Ironman" Tyson, please start the same work.
According to the relevant things revealed, Tyson's diet and training are fundamental, but there is no deliberate pursuit of strength, especially a lot of strength training. To that end, Tyson once made an interesting analogy in which he saw the similarities between strength and boxing, like the relationship between cheese and cake. In Tyson's view, proper strength training helps boxers, but D'Amato repeatedly told him that strength training like weightlifting slows down the speed of the boxer, and the boxer needs faster speed because "speed kills", in short, Tyson did not follow the typical bodybuilding training, did not do too much strength training, he focused more on simple boxing training, which will maintain the heart rate and improve the endurance and explosiveness that should be.