Buster Douglas
There are no prises for guessing that the night in question is the one he fought the formidable Mike Tyson for the heavyweight title and shocked us all by winning despite being a 42-1 underdog. It is true that since the fight much has been made of the fact that Tyson had by then gone of the rails and didn’t train properly and had also lost some of his interest in boxing and although this is all true Douglas still deserves every body’s total respect for what he accomplished that night. Let’s remember that going into the fight Tyson had such an air of invincibility about him that most of the fighters who faced him were so intimidated by his ferocious aggression that they had accepted defeat before they even got into the ring. However, cometh the hour cometh the man and James Buster Douglas stepped up to the plate. Douglas who had had a good but not great career before the fight and one that is not even worth talking about after it, was a man on a mission on that February night in Tokyo and his performance is a perfect display of what can be accomplished when a man enters the zone. From early in the first round it was apparent that something special could take place as unlike all his predecessors Buster showed no sign of fear or caution and was surprisingly quite happy to take the fight to the champion. Fast forward to round eight and not only was Douglas still in with a shot but was actually winning the fight comfortably. then came what seemed inevitable and Tyson caught Buster with a peach of a right uppercut and down he went. However, because of Douglas’s indestructible spirit not only couldn’t Tyson capitalize on this but in the ninth he found himself in trouble. Then in round ten came one of the biggest sporting shocks of modern times when the seemingly invincible Tyson went down and was counted out. Taking all things leading up to the fight into consideration it is undeniable that Buster Douglas wasn’t fighting a Mike Tyson in his prime, but then again, by his own admission Tyson hadn’t trained properly for several fights before this and that hadn’t stopped him making short work of those opponents. The key to what happened that night is how the sad death of his mother 23 days before the fight didn’t send Buster of the rails as might be expected but instead turned him into a truly awesome, focused, fighting machine who refused to quite. In fact when comparing Buster Douglas to all the great heavyweights in history I think it is fair to say that he wouldn’t be high up on most experts’ lists but at the same time it is also true that on that particular night most of histories great heavyweights would have struggled to beat him. So my advice to anyone seeking some inspiration is watch the fight again and bare witness to how an iron will can win against all the odds.
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Facts on strength building
To build pure strength all bodyweight exercises have to be kept within the 1-6 repetition range.
Once you can do the required number of repetitions in an exercise change to a more demanding one
You can build strength and stay the same weight if that is your goal.
Strength training requires short workouts of no more than 30-45 minutes to be most effective.
Facts on muscle building
To build a combination of muscle and strength all exercises have to be kept within the 6-12 repetition range.
The best muscle building diet requires two grams of protein for every kilo of your bodyweight.
The quickest way to build muscle requires an increase in bodyweight.
Each muscle should be trained no more than once or a maximum of twice per week for best results.
Facts on abs building
Diet accounts for 80% of the success in building great abs.
You cannot spot reduce fat from any one area of your body or in other words you cannot pick and choose were to lose fat. It has to be done gradually throughout the whole body.
To lose weight eat 4 or 5 small meals a day with each meal containing protein. This keeps your metabolism high and stops your body going into starvation mode which is when it will store fat.
Do not lose more than 1 or 2 pound of weight per week.
The best three abs exercises are the dragon flag, full abs rollout and full hanging leg raise.
Sit ups and crunches are terrible fat burning exercises. You would have to do 1000 sit-ups every night for over 2 weeks to burn 1 pound of fat.
In one study on rats, one group was given all their food in one meal per day as opposed to the other group which had the same amount of food but in small meals throughout the day. The results showed that ones who ate all there food in one meal put on weight whilst the others did not.
Doing lots of cardio without muscle building will result in large muscle loss because your body will adapt to make the cardio easy by losing the heavy muscle. The result could be someone who has very little muscle but still carries some fat.
Exercises that are weight bearing like running and walking are better for burning calories than non weight bearing ones such as cross trainers and cycling.
Facts on flexibility
All workouts should begin with dynamic stretchinginvolving two sets of 10 to 15 repetitions of each movement used.
All workouts should end with a cool down of static passive stretching.
The quickest flexibility results are gained with isometric stretching.
Isometric stretching should be done towards the end of a workout and never more than 3-4 times per week.