Despite Suffering From Crippling Nerve Condition, 56-Year-Old Mike Tyson Says His “Every Day” Grueling Workout Includes 400 Rows, Smashing Medicine Ball 200 Times, an Hour of Cardio, and More

Mike Tyson became the world’s youngest Heavyweight champion at age twenty. It is the sort of achievement that demands heavy sacrifice. Over the years, Tyson developed a fitness regimen that helped him outbox fighters, bigger and stronger. It prepared his body to receive devastating punishments in each fight. The routine prepped him for twelve grueling rounds of slaughter, every time he stepped into the ring.

Reportedly, his day started early in the morning, at four. After the mandatory three to five-mile jog, he would have his breakfast. Ten to twelve rounds of heavy-duty sparring would follow. Before lunch, Tyson would break into calisthenics that involved push-ups, sit-ups, dips, and shrugs, besides ten minutes dedicated solely to building a bull of a neck. After lunch, he would do six more rounds of sparring and focus on other areas such as bag work, pad work, speed bag, slip bag, and jump rope.

His pre-dinner workouts used to include more calisthenics and shadowboxing. Sometimes, reportedly, after dinner, Mike Tyson would get on an exercise bike to cool down. Usually, the day would end by watching countless reels of training footage or a close study of fights. According to the website, sportsbible.com, Tyson dedicated himself to calisthenics three times daily. However, the number of repetitions would be insane for a regular person to consider doing it.

Mike Tyson reveals his shocking training regimen at 56 years of age: An ‘Iron Man’ in real life

It’s been nearly seventeen years since ‘Iron’ Mike retired. However, despite his fifty-six years, the former champion pursues a taxing fitness program, come rain or shine. He revealed a few details in the latest episode of his podcast, Hotboxin’. Magician and entertainer Criss Angel joined the show as a guest. After explaining that he has been training under MMA veteran Frank Mir, the magician asked Tyson about his training details.

‘Iron’ Mike replied, “Hey, I train, um, I will train every day, but then they [say] the only train every day you get hurt, it takes a week or two off. I train pretty much every day, but I cut it back down to like four times a week.” Criss Angel was curious to know how long he trained, and the former champion said, “Um, I may do some rowing. 400 rows. [So] I might slam the ball 200 times, five steps to 20 or 10 sets to twenty, and then I’m going to the treadmill for probably an hour.“

The magician, as old as Tyson, then said that he had to do a lot of stretching with advancing age. The latter emphasized that without the stretches, the exercises might turn harmful since he’s at an age when the joints and bones are more prone to injury. He explained that earlier, he used the bag work or jump rope before the sparring session. But later, he started spending more time warming up his body.

This might surprise many fans who were saddened to see Mike Tyson using a wheelchair at Miami Airport last year. Speaking to the media, he had revealed that it was due to sciatica pain. Moreover, whenever sciatica fired up, he couldn’t even talk! However, the youngest Heavyweight champion in boxing thanked God that it was the only ‘health problem’ that afflicted him.

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