How Fast Can Typical Boxers Run the Mile? What Running Conditioning do They Do?
How Fast Can Typical Boxers Run the Mile?
How fast can boxers at the college or better levels run the mile? How fast would you have to run the mile in order to be able to run the mile at the same pace that they can run the mile?
The answer to the problem is complicated by the fact that boxers do not usually run just one mile at a time; rather, boxers typically run, averaging out the info I found on the internet, 4.8 miles non-stop. Yet still you can calculate how fast they would run a mile, if you have an understanding of to what extent pace slows down when longer distances are run.
My estimate is that the typical boxer at the college or better level is able to run a mile in 6 minutes 14 seconds.
Some times for miles for boxers I found on the internet:
3 miles 18:16 (5:36/mile)
6-7 minutes per mile (6.5 minutes/mile)
2 miles in 12 minutes or less (5:35/mile)
2 miles 15 minutes (6:58/mile)
4 miles 32 minutes (7:02/mile)
8 miles separately 5-6 minutes each (5:00/mile)
6 miles 45 minutes (6:36/mile)
6 miles 40 minutes army boots (5:52) (M Ali)
4-4.5 miles 40-50 minutes 4.25 miles 45 minutes (9:19)
7-8 miles 50-70 minutes 7.5 miles 60 minutes (6:48)
5 miles 30 min (5:10/mile)
3.75 miles 30 min (7:02)
2 miles 15 minutes (7:16) (bruce lee)
6 miles 45 minutes (6:36) (bruce lee)
long runs 36-72 minutes
7 miles 45 minutes (5:28)
The controversy continues to rage with boxing as with other sports, as to whether boxers should run distances such as a mile or longer, or should instead run shorter sprints broken up by short rests. On the one hand you have the modernist reformist who consider long distance runs a waste of time, and talk about aerobic and anaerobic and use other such scientific terms. On the other side you have the traditionalists who point to how all the greatest boxers were also long distance runners.
Seems to me that much of the confusion in the debate stems from the fact that there is variance in terms of how many rounds boxing contests continue for. For example, Olympic boxing Contests do not go on for as many rounds as professional ones.
My notes re this boxers running miles:
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon/fitness_for_boxing.htm
Interval Sprints Training for Boxers
Info regarding what kind of running conditioning running sprints of less than a mile competitive boxers at the college or higher levels engage in is hard to find on the internet--looks like if you really want to understand such matters you will have to buy a video or a DVD or a book. Nevertheless, I can present a rough idea of what the internet info shows regarding this kind of conditioning.
Controversy rages regarding what kinds of sprints should be run. The longest sprints Holyfield ran while getting into the best condition of his life, were 40 yard dashes. On the other hand most of the boxing fitness authorities on the internet advise running sprints of up to 800 meters at intervals. The general consensus is that what kind of such sprints are run can vary with the individual.
Those advocating that boxers should regularly sprint up to 800 meters, tend to deride those who advocate long distance running, on the grounds that exertion of the long distance running type is not a part of a typical boxing match. Those who do not believe in either long distance running or sprints of up to 800 meters, consider both long distance running and also such sprints to be too different from the kind of exertions a boxer makes in a boxing match.
A Typical Average Running Conditioning Program for Boxers
Judging from the info I could find, a typical average running conditioning program for high level competitive boxers would be as follows:
Long distance running:
Run 4.8 miles in 35 minutes--do this 6 days in a week if you want to be like the famous boxers of old, do it 3 days in a week if you want to get modern.
Interval sprints training routine
Perform 3 days in a week on days when not running long distance:
jog 1 mile
sprint 400m
rest 1 minute
sprint 400m
rest 1 minute
sprint 400 m
rest 12 minutes
sprint 800m
rest 1 minute
sprint 800m
rest 1 minute
jog 1/2 mile to cool down
Sprints Conditioning Routines for boxers I found on the internet:
1-mile warm-up
6 x 600 meters - 1 minute rest period between each interval
800 meter cool down - light jog
1-mile warm-up
2 x 800 meters - 1 minute rest between intervals
4 x 400 meters - 1 minute rest between intervals
4 x 200 meters - 30 second rest between intervals
800 meter cool down - light jog
4x20
4x40
4x100
3x300
45 secs rest between each
200 dashes
10x80 jogging 80 between each
warm up 1/2
6x400, meters rest amount of time it takes to sprint 400
2x400 meters rest time it takes to sprint
2x800
20 secs jogging
2o secs running
20 secs sprinting all in 2 minutes
rest 1 minute repeat 4x
6x880 rest 1 minute between each
t morrison could do this
1 mile warm up jog
1 min rest
800 m x 2
1 min rest
600x4
1 min rest
400m x 4
jog 800 m
My notes regarding sprints conditioning for boxers:
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon/boxing_sprints.htm
@2005 David Virgil Hobbs
How fast can boxers at the college or better levels run the mile? How fast would you have to run the mile in order to be able to run the mile at the same pace that they can run the mile?
The answer to the problem is complicated by the fact that boxers do not usually run just one mile at a time; rather, boxers typically run, averaging out the info I found on the internet, 4.8 miles non-stop. Yet still you can calculate how fast they would run a mile, if you have an understanding of to what extent pace slows down when longer distances are run.
My estimate is that the typical boxer at the college or better level is able to run a mile in 6 minutes 14 seconds.
Some times for miles for boxers I found on the internet:
3 miles 18:16 (5:36/mile)
6-7 minutes per mile (6.5 minutes/mile)
2 miles in 12 minutes or less (5:35/mile)
2 miles 15 minutes (6:58/mile)
4 miles 32 minutes (7:02/mile)
8 miles separately 5-6 minutes each (5:00/mile)
6 miles 45 minutes (6:36/mile)
6 miles 40 minutes army boots (5:52) (M Ali)
4-4.5 miles 40-50 minutes 4.25 miles 45 minutes (9:19)
7-8 miles 50-70 minutes 7.5 miles 60 minutes (6:48)
5 miles 30 min (5:10/mile)
3.75 miles 30 min (7:02)
2 miles 15 minutes (7:16) (bruce lee)
6 miles 45 minutes (6:36) (bruce lee)
long runs 36-72 minutes
7 miles 45 minutes (5:28)
The controversy continues to rage with boxing as with other sports, as to whether boxers should run distances such as a mile or longer, or should instead run shorter sprints broken up by short rests. On the one hand you have the modernist reformist who consider long distance runs a waste of time, and talk about aerobic and anaerobic and use other such scientific terms. On the other side you have the traditionalists who point to how all the greatest boxers were also long distance runners.
Seems to me that much of the confusion in the debate stems from the fact that there is variance in terms of how many rounds boxing contests continue for. For example, Olympic boxing Contests do not go on for as many rounds as professional ones.
My notes re this boxers running miles:
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon/fitness_for_boxing.htm
Interval Sprints Training for Boxers
Info regarding what kind of running conditioning running sprints of less than a mile competitive boxers at the college or higher levels engage in is hard to find on the internet--looks like if you really want to understand such matters you will have to buy a video or a DVD or a book. Nevertheless, I can present a rough idea of what the internet info shows regarding this kind of conditioning.
Controversy rages regarding what kinds of sprints should be run. The longest sprints Holyfield ran while getting into the best condition of his life, were 40 yard dashes. On the other hand most of the boxing fitness authorities on the internet advise running sprints of up to 800 meters at intervals. The general consensus is that what kind of such sprints are run can vary with the individual.
Those advocating that boxers should regularly sprint up to 800 meters, tend to deride those who advocate long distance running, on the grounds that exertion of the long distance running type is not a part of a typical boxing match. Those who do not believe in either long distance running or sprints of up to 800 meters, consider both long distance running and also such sprints to be too different from the kind of exertions a boxer makes in a boxing match.
A Typical Average Running Conditioning Program for Boxers
Judging from the info I could find, a typical average running conditioning program for high level competitive boxers would be as follows:
Long distance running:
Run 4.8 miles in 35 minutes--do this 6 days in a week if you want to be like the famous boxers of old, do it 3 days in a week if you want to get modern.
Interval sprints training routine
Perform 3 days in a week on days when not running long distance:
jog 1 mile
sprint 400m
rest 1 minute
sprint 400m
rest 1 minute
sprint 400 m
rest 12 minutes
sprint 800m
rest 1 minute
sprint 800m
rest 1 minute
jog 1/2 mile to cool down
Sprints Conditioning Routines for boxers I found on the internet:
1-mile warm-up
6 x 600 meters - 1 minute rest period between each interval
800 meter cool down - light jog
1-mile warm-up
2 x 800 meters - 1 minute rest between intervals
4 x 400 meters - 1 minute rest between intervals
4 x 200 meters - 30 second rest between intervals
800 meter cool down - light jog
4x20
4x40
4x100
3x300
45 secs rest between each
200 dashes
10x80 jogging 80 between each
warm up 1/2
6x400, meters rest amount of time it takes to sprint 400
2x400 meters rest time it takes to sprint
2x800
20 secs jogging
2o secs running
20 secs sprinting all in 2 minutes
rest 1 minute repeat 4x
6x880 rest 1 minute between each
t morrison could do this
1 mile warm up jog
1 min rest
800 m x 2
1 min rest
600x4
1 min rest
400m x 4
jog 800 m
My notes regarding sprints conditioning for boxers:
http://www.angelfire.com/ma/vincemoon/boxing_sprints.htm
@2005 David Virgil Hobbs
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