We Tried Crazy Old School Boxing Exercises

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We Tried Crazy Old School Boxing Exercises
Old school boxers were built differently. And fighting in this developing sport took courage, hands of stone, heads like cinder blocks and a variety of physically taxing exercises. Exercises which helped to create legends such as Joe Louis, Max Baer, Jack Dempsey, Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali.
In this video, we will attempt to try these exercises for ourselves: chopping trees, digging holes, jumping rope, using medicine balls and more, all in an attempt to see if we can keep up with an old school boxing workout routine. Wish us luck.
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[@dangelo1369]

You have to remember, these were body conditioning exercises from the days of bare knuckle fighting. These guys made themselves into iron that could endure great amounts of pain and grueling endurance.

[@UnoGroove]

I swear the medicine ball has to be a troll from older trainers. You do all this practical, real world, based training (digging holes, chopping wood etc), then they're like; 'Now, you need to dive abs first onto a solid ball'... doubt they kept a straight face.

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​@@buffdudesI think it's about tensing the abs before impact😂

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They did it to condition the core to take body punches. If you can't take a punch to the body ....you shouldn't be in a ring.

[@ivandillardmusic2042]

If you had ever taken a punch to the gut you would realize how applicable this is

[@gregquinn7817]

It actually makes plenty of sense. It's trying to replicate getting hit in the stomach. Usually they would have another person slam the medicine ball into them. Boxers still 100% do this. But if you are working out by yourself it will work to give impact. Also there is plenty of evidence that impact like that does actually stimulate those muscles in ways that direct ab exercise doesn't, plus you learn to exhale on impact.

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I completely lost it at the ball exercise! 😂😂😂 You Guys are awesome!

[@FrostyTheSwoleman]

So just to clear up something. Old school boxers DID have other shoes other than work boots or combat boots and in fact most of them didn't run in them, but people like Marven Hagler would intentionally wear boots to make his workouts harder. He wanted to add that artificial difficulty because he knew that when he was in the ring wearing his boxing shoes he would be moving even faster and it would take less effort and he could focus all his energy on the fight. Awesome video as always! Hope to you guys do more boxing related vids in the future!

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I feel like I lost 10 pounds and I have a limp just watching you both.

[@EverettBurger]

Off of the top of my head regarding old school boxing: John L Sullivan - he was the birth of the sweater. He would jog with a think long sleeve shirt to induce sweating. We now use it to keep warm. Joe Louis would run six miles the day before a fight. Tony Galento was Nick named two ton Tony due to him being an iceman. He would carry blocks of ice up NYC apartment stairs to make money. He needed to sell two tons a day to earn enough money to raise his family (each block was fifty pounds) George Foreman usd to walk ten miles behind a pickup truck and punch a heavy bag hanging from the truck.

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Her energy is still with you Keep on Keepin' on.

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It's crazy that these guys used to do this, get into a fight where one person gets a severe concussion, then go to work in the morning.

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I love exploration here of old workouts and exercise routines. Really interesting and educational.

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That's how I built a lot of my muscles back in the last military period: wood cutting, wood chopping, barrel carrying, regular food, regular sleep.

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Running in work clothes/boots reminds me of work, running stairs while listening to fire alarms as a fire alarm technician. What a workout! Interesting video again guys.

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Haha this was the best episode since a while. I think Those Old school Boxers had amazing endurance and toughness.

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Would love to see real boxing training! Always good to know how to throw hands and get a workout in too 👌

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It's never too early or too late to start boxing. Great workout and cements that confidence.

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Great vid dudes! Your doggy might need shoes on the hot asphalt! Check his paws are not getting cracked!

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Thank you Benny! We did that one pretty early in the morning but you're right, it does get pretty hot during the mid day. We'll make sure and be mindful of it! 💪

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1:06 the dog is like “what the hell is going on?” Lol

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Need some medicine after the Medicineball fight. You guys are freaking awesome.

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This was so great.

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[@Luckragol]

7:20 -use heavy bag to make body get used to been hit. just push it and catch it with your torso. medicine balls are used by throwing them to your trainingpartners midbody while he is keeping his muscles tight.

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Can you please Do another fit for survival video please

[@algorworld7447]

My boxing coach has been training people for about 55 years. He has us doing a lot of these. Except for the clothes stuff. Lol

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Bcz probably every one knows lose light clothes better for running and we always had that the boxer you saw on vid they got dressed up for shooting a vid 😅😂

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You should flip it for the next video and try out the most modern boxing training techniques and see how they compare.

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Thanks!

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[@guillermoletsworkitout3522]

So the medicine ball one it's like we use to do in karate we would hit eachother tighten are abs then when hit breath out

[@chocolatesquirrel2002]

Breathing out softenss the hit ?

[@Peter_1986]

I love Hudson's random boxing between 1:06-1:16, lol.

[@carpenter155]

When you guys were digging and hit solid rock, that’s when the mattock comes out and you smash through the rock. KEEP DIGGING! Digging and wood chopping/splitting is where true KO power is built. Also if you feel beat up after training- Epsom salt bath, use 5-10 lbs of Espom salt and soak for 20-30 minutes.

[@quintonstarman9832]

I remember when i was boxing we'd beat the piss out of each other with medicine balls, best was we formed a circle and pass a ball around by slamming it into the person next to you

[@e22378]

You guys look great after this workout

[@johnmurphy7224]

Some of the Old-School boxing training.Is really good & Tough the one I'd, Prefer is bouncing on the.Medcine ball I've tried that a couple of times, it hurts but it's really good Excerse, 👊

[@charleshill1906]

I hate digging in Central Oregon. I live on a plate with about 3 inches of dirt on top. Anytime we need to dig a post hole we have to have a pick, sledge, and pry bar standing by as well as a wheel barrow to haul everything away. Lava rock is my nemesis growing up and my parents would often punish me for being unruly by telling me to "go pick rocks," as a form of punishment.

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I'm 42 now and do mostly calisthenics and moderate weightlifting 5 days a week, when I was in my 20's I was a hod carrier and that job along with a good diet kept me in really good shape year around.

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An ex England rugby player, Nigel Redman tells a hilarious story about training at a Turkish gym where the proprietor would hit him with wooden paddles as he worked out 💪 😅

[@NeonRazer42]

The medicine ball deal is also how Hudson created his kids.

[@goldenboy2674]

Any Gold found while digging? Great video btw.

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I would love to know what went through any curtain twitchers minds when they looked out the window and saw hudson running in full clothes shadow boxing like a mad man 😂

[@pile333]

That medicine ball exercise seems the best way to block your heart beat to me! 😄

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Jumping rope is awesome

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I wanted them to try hitting the heavy bags and doing boxing combos

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1:09 lol the dog

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Awesome hey you guys should do Karl gotch pro wrestling workout or Hindu wrestling workout 3:42

[@buffdudes]

Thanks for the suggestion we'll check them out!

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Central Oregon? Looks like the Redmond or Bend area outdoors.

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why don't you guys try tyson's workout

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I’m curious what do you think training with fitness machines when bulking or some extra reason? From your videos, I guess like you’re advocates of free weights training which I prefer more also. But do you ever use machines and benefit from them? I’d like to know your opinions FREE WEIGHTS vs MACHINES in a video maybe? STAY BUFF💪🏻😎

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Medicine ball: and that honey is how i met your dad

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My Grandpa lived on farm in the Midwest with 12 brothers and sisters his dad made a gym with concrete and iron farm tools. He told me a training secret before planting after plowing the field he would run in it.

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Imagine living in that neighborhood, Seeing two dudes run down the street in work gear, then last month dressed as Indiana Jones. 🤣🤣💪

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Finally someone notices who max baer is

[@ct6852]

The random hallucinogenic seizure exercise looked kinda fun.

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you guys are like the myth busters or dirty jobs of fitness. Thats the vibe i get, it’s like a Mike Rowe-Esque down to earth kind of approach

[@Nutella-gn9uv]

Where do you get this old school training program?

[@ChrisBairDrums]

The ball exercise 😂

[@mindless7788]

the digging holes part seem quite light, look at the dusty sand ... Try hard packed clay

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Oregon digging (Ha), NW Arkansas says hold my beer.

[@professorartlifts1268]

The medicine ball stunt is a hard pass 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Might as well take gut shots from Mike Tyson

[@bananasenpai]

I would like to apologize for laughing out loud uncontrollably while you guys suffer on the medicine ball. That shit was funny haha

[@isaacclark5833]

Those work boots were made differently "back in the day" also the roads were dirt, much softer after miles...

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The medicine ball segment was hard to watch! Ouch

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Medicine ball routine-I didn't know dying could be so entertaining!

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1920s boxer aint afraid to face anyone

[@FirstLast-iv2tc]

Used to live in a horrible place in Central Oregon called Powell Butte. It was hell on earth. I cringe every time I see a Juniper tree or a chunk of lava rock..

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When I was a kid I used to help my grandma with saw while my grandad was in charge of choping (using this saw was considered easy). She could go on for hours at age of 65 I have no idea how.

[@oddrocket2743]

Where it the sparring, punching bag, and boxer squats (AKA side to side squats)?

[@12thMandalorian]

I imagine a lot of these "old school bodybuilders" had a lot of de-load weeks due to injuries

[@DabobbyG937]

We do 20 minutes skipping and once you reach the 10 minute mark for the last 20 seconds of every minute you either do sprints or double jumps with the ropes

[@KrisVic91]

I worked with a 66 year old builder couple summers ago. 6"2 145lbs, strong as f**k. Fitter and stronger than me. Just from doing his job. Day in day out.

[@jointder14]

What did you do with the tree, once it was cut down 🤔🥲?

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A healthy lifestyle is something you refine over time - not overnight

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4:13 All the dust on the inside elbows makes it look like someone took a razor blade to them.

[@SHARKVADERS]

BD!!!!!