Mike Tyson never lifted weights

[Agnostic007]

I guess we'll have to change the claim from Mike Tyson never lifted weights to Mike Tyson didn't lift weights before ______. Then we can adjust that claim once a video shows up debunking it. 

[MoralMan]

Whether he lifted or not, he d fuck up every single one of you. Do any of you bodybuilders think you d have a chance against Tyson in his prime?

[Donny]

Whether he lifted or not, he d fuck up every single one of you. Do any of you bodybuilders think you d have a chance against Tyson in his prime?

Oh shut up 

[Waller]

Whether he lifted or not, he d fuck up every single one of you. Do any of you bodybuilders think you d have a chance against Tyson in his prime?

Ronnie would have had him.

[Griffith]

He started lifting weights in prison.

Before that it was only heavy shrugs for reps, neck bridges, bodyweight exercises and lots of running.

[HTexan]

Cool video but that was at the very ass-end of his career.  After he fought Lennox Lewis.

So it thought  weights were the fountain of youth?

[fredrollon]

I guess we'll have to change the claim from Mike Tyson never lifted weights to Mike Tyson didn't lift weights before ______. Then we can adjust that claim once a video shows up debunking it.  

I certainly remember him lifting weights(curls/incline dumbell presses/barbell squats) post-Holyfield,in the late 90's.  Maybe he did some lifting during his incarceration for rape

[MoralMan]

That's gypo Joe Egan in the middle.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Tyson talked about him and Holyfield having an unspoken convo about having the better built body. Evander brought in Lee Haney to train him with weights. Tyson saying he didn't train with weights is him trying to rewrite history.

[fredrollon]

I met him once when he came over to congratulate me once on a boxing win. (EDIT) Actually, i feel bad for slagging him off. He really was just a decent, genuine guy.

And a young Tyson did lift weights, just not like a bodybuilding routine. He lifted them when he was in borstal and he would train with them intermittently, but mainly as a boxing routine He would do barbell shrugs, neck bridges, press-ups and go for jogs with a 50lb backpack on, as Cus believed it would stop him from growing too tall and ruining his fighting style.  

Read that one before. I'm calling BS on it,right now. Just like with bodybuilder's routines, there's a lot of nonsense online, concerning the training routines of fighters.    


Not sure about the barbell shrugs either. In all the video's and first person accounts it seems ,pre-prison,Tyson just did the standard boxer's routines and exercises.

[disco_stu]

Pretty obvious he did gear, even moreso later in his career. Anywho I'm sure he did all kinds of exercises, based on what he needed to improve. He had the heart of a lion no doubt. It's a shame he stoped taking his training seriously after cus died. After that he was just running on rage.

the guy won a bunch of fights over about 3 years- not even. at a time where there was questionable quality of opponents. then at the first sign of a challenge, he wilted like a flower.

he made a brief life out of being an angry bully and nothing more. he's entertainment value now. its quite pathetic.

in no way did Tyson have a heart of a Lion.

[Bulgarian_enforcer]

the guy won a bunch of fights over about 3 years- not even. at a time where there was questionable quality of opponents. then at the first sign of a challenge, he wilted like a flower.

he made a brief life out of being an angry bully and nothing more. he's entertainment value now. its quite pathetic.

in no way did Tyson have a heart of a Lion.

Becoming HW champion of the world at the age of 20 does not require courage i guess? You obviously don't know what your are talking about.

[njflex]

Tyson talked about him and Holyfield having an unspoken convo about having the better built body. Evander brought in Lee Haney to train him with weights. Tyson saying he didn't train with weights is him trying to rewrite history.

SAME WITH HERSHEL WALKER ..

[HTexan]

SAME WITH HERSHEL WALKER ..

Hershel walker did a shitload of body weight exercises. I think a lot of this guys, didn't do weights as much as a lot of current athletes because their used to be a misconception that lifting weight would hurt you performance.