Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the toughest and best middle weight boxer and undisputed champion of the late 1970's - 1980's. He was undisputed champion from 1980 - 1987. If you watch his fights on youtube you will see that he was in excellent condition for every fight and back then fights were 15 rounds. Below you will see what he did to achieve his level of conditioning.
According to the "Ring Magazine" article, Hagler does the following:
Biceps Routine:
No. 1 - Regular Barbell Curls: 5 Sets of 10 Reps
No. 2 - Seated Alternate Dumbell Curl: 5 Sets of 10 Reps
No. 3 - Close Grip Barbell Curl: 4 Sets of 8 Reps
No. 4 - Concentration Pulley Curls: 5 Sets of 10 Reps
Triceps Routine:
No. 1 - Seated Press From Behind The Neck: 4 Sets of 8 Reps
No. 2 - Parallel Bar Dips: 2 Sets of as many reps as possible
No. 3 - Standing Triceps Extension With Close Grip: 4 Sets of 8 Reps
Mon-Thurs-Sat
Lats and Arms:
- Wide grip chins 5x6-8 reps
- Long pulley lat exercise 5x10 reps
- Straight arm Pullover 5x10reps
- Lat Pulley Pull-ins 5x10 reps
- Incline Dumbbell Curls 5x10 reps
- Preacher curl 4x10 reps
- Gironda Bicep bench curl 4x10 reps
- Concentration Curl 4x10 reps
- One arm Seated triceps press 6x10 reps
Training
I was training with Sylvester for 5 months with a daily routine of 2 hours of bodybuilding training in morning. We were training a different muscles split, usually 2 muscle groups, and then we did 2 hours of boxing in afternoon. The weight training was very intense and together with the boxing, I became very cut.
The York Barbell Course Part 3
Here is the third of the four York Barbell Courses designed by Bob Hoffman.
The York courses were the standard for the majority of up and coming weight trainers back in the day.
Follow the course for 12 weeks and then move on to Course No. 4
York Barbell Course No. 3
Warm-up… Light Power Snatch