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Weekly boxing training schedule with Carl Froch

Carl Froch revealed the weekly boxing training schedule he used for his biggest fights

BN Staff

19th June, 2016

Weekly boxing training schedule with Carl Froch
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MONDAY

7.45am

Fast three-mile or fast five-mile run

Midday

S&C

3pm-6pm

10-12-round speed circuit/3 1/2-minute rounds including running between cones in the ring, footwork ladders, floor-to-ceiling ball, pull-ups and press-ups.

TUESDAY

7.45 am

Hill Sprints

3pm-6pm

Boxing session (Mix of shadow-boxing, bags, pads, sparring); Personal strength routine (order of exercises changes every day): Super-set press-ups (3×50, building to 5×50 or 3×80-100) and clean and press with medicine balls or dumbbells (10kg each hand), or 80kg deadlifts with dumbbells (3×10); alternating ab work including sit-ups, crunches, twisting sit-ups and leg raises (3×50, building to 5×50); pull-ups (2×10, building to 5×10); dips (4×25, building to 6×25).

One-minute rest between sets (two minutes between muscle groups) but recovery is reduced gradually as reps increase. Abs sometimes worked at home in the evening instead with 3-4×100 crunches on a Swiss ball.

WEDNESDAY

AM

Punching session (minimum 12 rounds – pads, bags, sparring); abs, back and core exercises with skipping and speedball.

PM

Track sprints

THURSDAY

Rest

FRIDAY

AM

‘F*** ‘em up Friday’: A punching session that should leave the fighter completely spent.

PM

Treadmill or Versa-climber sprints.

SATURDAY

AM

Strength and conditioning; boxing technique (no impact – footwork drills, shadow-boxing etc).

PM

50-minute steady-pace run including some hills and slopes.

SUNDAY

Rest

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