Heavyweight boxers

[likeawashboard]

Anyone wonder how heavyweights like David Haye or Evander Holyfield maintain there size even though they do almost all cardio work? I mean do they just eat more? Its hard enough to move up a weight class with lean mass let alone do it whilst boxing and running 5 miles a day several times a week, Lemme know ya thoughts!

[PWOGasMan]

Excess calories = weight gain


k?

[TylerMitchell22]

That's a good question. I'm sure they maintain a high caloric intake to balance out all the burned calories. My best guess wound be a combination of weight training and a naturally muscular (genetics) body.

[VIsland]

Anyone wonder how heavyweights like David Haye or Evander Holyfield maintain there size even though they do almost all cardio work? I mean do they just eat more? Its hard enough to move up a weight class with lean mass let alone do it whilst boxing and running 5 miles a day several times a week, Lemme know ya thoughts!

Those dudes are at the pinnacle of their professional sport. They have diet and nutritionalists tweaking their calories to the nth degree maximizing their optimal potential.

[DDon1996]

Steroids and food. Winning.

[kusok]

Anyone wonder how heavyweights like David Haye or Evander Holyfield maintain there size even though they do almost all cardio work? I mean do they just eat more? Its hard enough to move up a weight class with lean mass let alone do it whilst boxing and running 5 miles a day several times a week, Lemme know ya thoughts!

Juice.

[likeawashboard]

Excess calories = weight gain


k?

K? its not that simple, its all muscle weight, thats why i mention ripped heavyweights, not the other fat *******s,

[CAV40]

Haye, Holyfield, Klitchko, and the likes have elite muscular genetics. Although I have seen Klitchko pay special attention to nutrition in pre fight training videos. If you look at most heavyweights They appear to be muscular(yet not ripped by any means). I would assume that diet plays a role considering the amount of cardio they do.

Also many of the top guys these days don't train year round and take breaks after fights. I have heard stories of Buster Douglas and Riddick Bowe blowing up to 375 lbs in between training.

[kusok]

K? its not that simple, its all muscle weight, thats why i mention ripped heavyweights, not the other fat *******s,

I will try this again:

They use steroids.

You know this, right???

[WonderPug]

Juice.

But fruit just contains sugar and sugar is bad

On a more serious note, of course. And I don't know how people overlook this simple fact.

[likeawashboard]

I will try this again:

They use steroids.

You know this, right???

I didnt argue the fact they steroids were involved, i said it wasnt just excess calories to the other comment

[likeawashboard]

Haye, Holyfield, Klitchko, and the likes have elite muscular genetics. Although I have seen Klitchko pay special attention to nutrition in pre fight training videos. If you look at most heavyweights They appear to be muscular(yet not ripped by any means). I would assume that diet plays a role considering the amount of cardio they do.

Also many of the top guys these days don't train year round and take breaks after fights. I have heard stories of Buster Douglas and Riddick Bowe blowing up to 375 lbs in between training.

Yeah Buster Douglas nearly got a heart attack he got so fat, Tyson is the only one with no question of steroids, that guy was huge at 12/13