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Title: Mike Tyson did nt lift weights?
Post by: Darren Avey on December 05, 2013, 06:04:29 AM
BULLSHIT!!! He just came out of the womb like this did he?!  ::)

(https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/s403x403/1486812_595315023851837_1354140891_n.jpg)
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Post by: Army of One on December 05, 2013, 06:17:36 AM
From memory he was already 200 pounds at 14.Ive met chocolate faces who were huge who knew nothing about weight training.
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Post by: Darren Avey on December 05, 2013, 06:21:30 AM
LOL @ chocolate faces!
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Post by: BB on December 05, 2013, 06:22:52 AM
He lifted, there's footage of him squatting and benching in the high 200's - low 300's on a few training tapes. I can't find it online, but about a 1:20 in you can see him training with weights here -

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Post by: Oblique on December 05, 2013, 06:24:44 AM
Shitted his career away... over Robin Givens. ::)

Jeez!!! ??? :P
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Post by: Rascal full on December 05, 2013, 07:21:54 AM
The guy was a genetic freak and had unbelievable power, speed and agility. I don't know when he started using juice but I reckon it was when he came out of prison and around the time he fought Peter Mcneeley. Shame he started using all sorts of other drugs around the same time.
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Post by: Pray_4_War on December 05, 2013, 10:09:50 PM
Mike was a true genetic freak at 12 or 13 years old.  Teddy Atlas or one of the guys in Catskill said that Mike had never lifted weights before they got him.  They had him bench and he was putting up grown ass man weight but he was essentially a kid.  Obviously later on in his career he lifted but I really don't credit that for his physique.  The dude was pretty much built that way and then when you add in the boxing workouts that's what you end up with.  Plus he's short so he looked bigger in photo than he really was.
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Post by: arce1988 on December 05, 2013, 10:10:50 PM
 mike took ped and lifted


 ped plus dna
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Post by: flinstones1 on December 05, 2013, 10:15:54 PM
BULLSHIT!!! He just came out of the womb like this did he?!  ::)

(https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/s403x403/1486812_595315023851837_1354140891_n.jpg)

all you need to do is look at the face. Look at how wide the cheekbones are...the jawline. These all point to one thing0- crazy natural test levels.
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Post by: mik1111 on December 06, 2013, 01:43:49 AM
there was a video o him benching 3 plates
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Post by: Mr Nobody on December 06, 2013, 01:51:27 AM
He probably lifted in prison.
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Post by: jr on December 06, 2013, 02:45:15 AM
all you need to do is look at the face. Look at how wide the cheekbones are...the jawline. These all point to one thing0- crazy natural test levels.

High test during puberty.

One on right has higher test

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Post by: hench on December 06, 2013, 03:24:18 AM
You learn something new everyday
High test during puberty.

One on right has higher test

(http://assets2.motherboard.tv/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/be69e1e9a365f7b59395b02ed8851249.jpg)
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Post by: affeman on December 06, 2013, 03:40:52 AM
It's common knowledge that Tyson already benched 315 as a 15 yr old. Guy was insanely strong and aggressive already as a teenager, a 1 in a million athlete.
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Post by: The Showstoppa on December 06, 2013, 03:48:41 AM
I believe it. Anyone who has played sports at a fairly high level can believe it. Those negros w/ the good athletic genes are on another level.

Herschel Walker didn't lift either.


Not true about Herschel.  He perpetuated that to build his myth. Bjust like the no junk food thing when he was eating bags of McDonalds.

I think Tyson lifted as well. Probably not very structured, but at least some. 
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Post by: Red Hook on December 06, 2013, 03:51:15 AM
BULLSHIT!!! He just came out of the womb like this did he?!  ::)

(https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/s403x403/1486812_595315023851837_1354140891_n.jpg)

revisionist history meant to engender or create certain sentiments amongst the ignorant masses.


same as when old time bodybuilders say "we didn't know much about steroids" or "we use to focus more on the training and didn't abuse steroids"
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Post by: oldtimer1 on December 06, 2013, 03:54:31 AM
You can have a muscular physique from doing other exercises than lifting weights.
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Post by: Kwon_2 on December 06, 2013, 03:59:19 AM
BULLSHIT!!! He just came out of the womb like this did he?!  ::)

(https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/s403x403/1486812_595315023851837_1354140891_n.jpg)

No Darren, he didn't come out of the womb like that.

He's definately more than a few years old in that pic.

Also, the gloves should be evidence of that as well, since you don't come out of the womb with gloves.
Title: Re: Mike Tyson did nt lift weights?
Post by: Mr Nobody on December 06, 2013, 06:14:11 AM

Not true about Herschel.  He perpetuated that to build his myth. Bjust like the no junk food thing when he was eating bags of McDonalds.

I think Tyson lifted as well. Probably not very structured, but at least some. 
Yes Hershel probably lifted in one of his personalities.
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Post by: galeniko on December 06, 2013, 07:17:06 AM
High test during puberty.

One on right has higher test

(http://assets2.motherboard.tv/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/be69e1e9a365f7b59395b02ed8851249.jpg)
i dont know, surely bone structure of parents has bigger effect on how the pffspring face gonna look,no?
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Post by: bigkid on December 06, 2013, 07:27:17 AM
Some black guys have this weird thing about pretending they don't lift.  Carl Weathers used to say the samething
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Post by: flinstones1 on December 06, 2013, 09:31:14 AM
i dont know, surely bone structure of parents has bigger effect on how the pffspring face gonna look,no?

The jawline and cheekbones have receptors and are very sensitive to testosterone and androgens. women only want these faces for one night stands though not for long term relationships..... They sense these characteristics brought on by  high test levels, and instinctively already  know the man is going to cheat.
Why do they seek these faces out for one night stands? It's simple...testosterone compromises the immune system and requires energy. So only a male in tip top condition can produce natural high levels of this hormone.


Title: Re: Mike Tyson did nt lift weights?
Post by: Fortress on December 06, 2013, 10:33:49 AM
Ive met chocolate faces who were huge who knew nothing about weight training.

"Huge"? I think you mean muscular. There is a difference. Tall and muscular isn't huge.  
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Post by: Orb on December 06, 2013, 10:44:36 AM
Tyson was an animal in his heyday
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Post by: Orb on December 06, 2013, 10:52:33 AM
 Tyson
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Post by: Orb on December 06, 2013, 10:53:12 AM
Tyson
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Post by: Mr Nobody on December 06, 2013, 10:53:42 AM
Raw genes he never picked a weight up in his life.
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Post by: Orb on December 06, 2013, 10:54:45 AM
Tyson
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Post by: Orb on December 06, 2013, 10:55:17 AM
Tyson
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Post by: Orb on December 06, 2013, 10:56:19 AM
Tyson
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Post by: Darren Avey on December 06, 2013, 11:04:05 AM
He d have got his ass handed to him in da octagon
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Post by: mdn250 on December 06, 2013, 11:12:41 AM
He d have got his ass handed to him in da octagon

One of the few boxers to always admit that, and say how amazed he is by the way he learned how MMA fighters train, etc.

He really is a pretty good case of the fat kid training his ass off "weights" being the last thing on the program. Kind of like how Evan Centopani says he realized he had a good build after losing a ton of fat by running,etc and then knew he could turn that base into...well a way different level of the word huge :)

ps- Had no idea of the facial thing with T levels...how is it then most rapists/crazy fucks who can't keep their hands off women are usually redneck-meth looking?

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Post by: Branchs Ears on December 06, 2013, 12:32:34 PM
I can believe he didn't seriously lift weights. Dude was just a crazy genetic freak from the get-go.
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Post by: 240 is Back on December 06, 2013, 12:35:20 PM
Also, the gloves should be evidence of that as well, since you don't come out of the womb with gloves.

I did.  My mom was banging quite a few getbiggers' fathers and I didn't want to catch anything on the ride out.
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Post by: oldgolds on December 06, 2013, 12:39:09 PM
Guarantee he was on the juice. Holyfield too.
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Post by: a_pupil on December 06, 2013, 12:42:31 PM
the us government should force mike tyson to breed with both williams sisters as a super athlete experiment.
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Post by: 2Thick on December 06, 2013, 01:10:27 PM
Tyson lifted weights - it's in the vid. I also recall one of his later fights a few years back when Chad Nicholls was "working with him as a nutritional advisor" ... ::)

Tyson showed up for that fight weighing about 240 or so IIRC (much heavier than his previous fighting weights in the 215-220-ish range). He was still lean, but he was obviously bigger and had a bit of a watery look about him.

I don't think any MMA twinks would have had a chance in hell with that crazy fucker - at least not when he was at his peak in the late 80's.
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Post by: ProudVirgin69 on December 06, 2013, 01:24:22 PM
He was not who he was because of weight lifting.... the muscular size, power, and strength were mostly innate.

But he did supplement his boxing training with weight training.... as does just about any boxer/fighter
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Post by: arce1988 on December 06, 2013, 01:25:31 PM
 gyno
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Post by: Kwon_2 on December 06, 2013, 01:39:09 PM
I did.  My mom was banging quite a few getbiggers' fathers and I didn't want to catch anything on the ride out.

 ;D
Title: Re: Mike Tyson did nt lift weights?
Post by: Fortress on December 06, 2013, 03:04:56 PM
Of course he trained with weights ... and of course he used anabolic drugs ... and of course he was naturally aggressive and muscular ...

Why does any of this even require consideration? If you have any clue, you know. Weight training for Mike was just that, weight training. It wasn't some all-intensive bodybuilding approach, obviously.

And as far as the whole MMA thing, Tyson would have been at a disadvantage in the sport, sure. Who wouldn't agree? But in a spontaneous real fight, my dough would have been on Iron Mike. In his prime the guy was too aggressive, explosive and talented with his fists to have been at much risk of having to duke it out on the ground. Within the first few seconds the foolish bastard who chose to pursue the altercation would have had holes punched into him. MMA hero or not.
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Post by: Rome on December 06, 2013, 03:25:57 PM
He lifted, there's footage of him squatting and benching in the high 200's - low 300's on a few training tapes. I can't find it online, but about a 1:20 in you can see him training with weights here -

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- Hard to hit
- Crazy head movement
- Absolute precision as far as punching from the entire body. Vintage Tyson was heavyweight perfection, never saw anything like him before or since. When he started becoming easier to hit (goofed of with his training)  and didn't develop a back up plan if the knock out didn't happen, everything went wrong.
He had ALWAYS fought opponents bigger than himself and once they had an easier target to hit and were no longer scarred shitless....
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Post by: Hulkotron on December 06, 2013, 04:14:37 PM
The elite genetics of the Hebrew
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Post by: Marty Champions on December 06, 2013, 04:28:59 PM
Some black guys have this weird thing about pretending they don't lift.  Carl Weathers used to say the samething
hahah they dont like to admit to effort, to me this is an awesome effect!
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Post by: Rascal full on December 06, 2013, 04:30:55 PM
- Hard to hit
- Crazy head movement
- Absolute precision as far as punching from the entire body. Vintage Tyson was heavyweight perfection, never saw anything like him before or since. When he started becoming easier to hit (goofed of with his training)  and didn't develop a back up plan if the knock out didn't happen, everything went wrong.
He had ALWAYS fought opponents bigger than himself and once they had an easier target to hit and were no longer scarred shitless....

Bang on bro
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Post by: Mr Anabolic on December 06, 2013, 05:25:59 PM
- Hard to hit
- Crazy head movement
- Absolute precision as far as punching from the entire body. Vintage Tyson was heavyweight perfection, never saw anything like him before or since. When he started becoming easier to hit (goofed of with his training)  and didn't develop a back up plan if the knock out didn't happen, everything went wrong.
He had ALWAYS fought opponents bigger than himself and once they had an easier target to hit and were no longer scarred shitless....

Ali in his prime would have made Tyson in his prime look like a helpless baby.
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Post by: Fortress on December 06, 2013, 05:44:28 PM
Ali in his prime would have made Tyson in his prime look like a helpless baby.

Not to put Ali down, but Tyson would have put him into a permanent coma.
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Post by: anab0lic on December 06, 2013, 06:23:01 PM
From memory he was already 200 pounds at 14.Ive met chocolate faces who were huge who knew nothing about weight training.

how in the hell is this stupid shit so funny LOL.
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Post by: ESFitness on December 06, 2013, 08:14:11 PM
you believe anybody working with Chad Nicholls is NOT using PEDs????
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Post by: Pray_4_War on December 06, 2013, 10:32:39 PM
Tyson

This is the PED using, weight lifting Tyson.  1995 and beyond.
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Post by: chess315 on December 07, 2013, 04:51:22 AM
 Tyson genetic gifts aside would not have done that well at mma he is so athletic would win local fights easy but would have trouble with ncaa level type wrestlers just cannot seeing him having the patience and iq to deal with something like mma. Boxing carries over in fights but not a lot more then the ability to run a football or other athletic feats. Hell professional wrestlers have done better historically then boxers in mma. MMA requires a some what patient mind. So he can bench 315-400 every high level 200lb athlete can.

 I could honestly see someone like john cena or Mariusz Pudzianowski beating him. I almost think if no wrestling/grappling background football is damn near a better first skill then boxing. Plus he would be 205 that takes away glory of the big heavy weight fight
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Post by: MAXX on December 07, 2013, 04:58:48 AM
You can have a muscular physique from doing other exercises than lifting weights.
this

try a session of boxing a sack at high pace intervalls and see how your arms and shoulders feels after.

also he self admittedly did steroids.
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Post by: chess315 on December 07, 2013, 05:11:23 AM
this

try a session of boxing a sack at high pace intervalls and see how your arms and shoulders feels after.

also he self admittedly did steroids.
elite trainers from young age had every advantage a athlete can have.
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Post by: MikMaq on December 07, 2013, 05:30:55 AM
High test during puberty.

One on right has higher test

(http://assets2.motherboard.tv/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/be69e1e9a365f7b59395b02ed8851249.jpg)
This is total bunk the guy on the left is easily a half foot taller than the guy on the right. Tall people have long heads, it's a fact.
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Post by: kevcat on December 07, 2013, 07:21:06 AM
You can have a muscular physique from doing other exercises than lifting weights.

Exactly. I haven't lifted weights seriously for over a year now since deciding to train MMA solely everynight. Ive lost a few lbs of course but I still look like I lift, purely from the grappling and other bodyweight exercises. Add that together with Mike Tyson havin way better genetics than me, and it isn't that hard to believe his build is mainly from boxing training.
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Post by: 2Thick on December 07, 2013, 12:39:04 PM
Tyson genetic gifts aside would not have done that well at mma he is so athletic would win local fights easy but would have trouble with ncaa level type wrestlers just cannot seeing him having the patience and iq to deal with something like mma. Boxing carries over in fights but not a lot more then the ability to run a football or other athletic feats. Hell professional wrestlers have done better historically then boxers in mma. MMA requires a some what patient mind. So he can bench 315-400 every high level 200lb athlete can.

 I could honestly see someone like john cena or Mariusz Pudzianowski beating him. I almost think if no wrestling/grappling background football is damn near a better first skill then boxing. Plus he would be 205 that takes away glory of the big heavy weight fight

Pro wrestling is fake.  ;D

I somehow doubt John Cena or very many other people on earth would last very long in a real confrontation with Mike Tyson. I'd bet money that just about any NCAA wrestler or MMA "cagefighter" would shit their pants and probably run away from a young Mike Tyson. I remember a world champion kickboxer in the 90's laughingly tell a reporter who asked him that Tyson would definitely destroy him in a fight, no contest.
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Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on December 07, 2013, 01:04:33 PM
Years ago he said he and Holyfield had an unspoken contest of who had the better physique. They both brought in bodybuilders and lifters to train them. If he or anyone is saying he didn't lift back then, they are just trying to re-write history.
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Post by: AlphaMaleDawg on December 07, 2013, 01:41:40 PM
Mike was a true genetic freak at 12 or 13 years old.  Teddy Atlas or one of the guys in Catskill said that Mike had never lifted weights before they got him.  They had him bench and he was putting up grown ass man weight but he was essentially a kid.  Obviously later on in his career he lifted but I really don't credit that for his physique.  The dude was pretty much built that way and then when you add in the boxing workouts that's what you end up with.  Plus he's short so he looked bigger in photo than he really was.

This makes sense, but 5'10 isn't short.
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Post by: Conker on December 07, 2013, 02:06:07 PM
This makes sense, but 5'10 isn't short.

it's very short for a HW boxer
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Post by: AlphaMaleDawg on December 07, 2013, 03:21:01 PM
Pro wrestling is fake.  ;D

I somehow doubt John Cena or very many other people on earth would last very long in a real confrontation with Mike Tyson. I'd bet money that just about any NCAA wrestler or MMA "cagefighter" would shit their pants and probably run away from a young Mike Tyson. I remember a world champion kickboxer in the 90's laughingly tell a reporter who asked him that Tyson would definitely destroy him in a fight, no contest.

I would never undersell John Cena in any type of athletic competition but even he would get killed by Tyson in his prime

it's very short for a HW boxer

I thought of that but he was talking about height in terms of a photo posted
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Post by: beakdoctor on December 07, 2013, 04:42:09 PM
At the very least he lifted while he was in prison. He said as much. He was interviewed by John Madden when he was released when Madden asked what he did to pass the time Tyson said he read (Arthur Ashe and Chairman Mao) and lifted weights.
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Post by: Mr Nobody on December 07, 2013, 05:10:12 PM
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Post by: 240 is Back on December 07, 2013, 05:13:44 PM
This is total bunk the guy on the left is easily a half foot taller than the guy on the right. Tall people have long heads, it's a fact.

vaginal births = tall heads, I thought?