The specify identify on everybody’s lips today is Anthony Joshua. Ahead of the gravest fight of his life against Wladimir Klitschko, the heavyweight victor’s training regime stepped up a notch – and we spoke to his trainer and the man himself to get the lowdown on a moment ago what it takes to become a world beater.
Eat Properly
It run afters a lot of fuel to power a frame like AJ’s. While the standard calorie intake for a man is 2,500 calories, Joshua regularly devours up to 5,000 a day – a choice he credits with his physique.
“My diet resisted me add power. Before, I didn’t really eat enough, I’d just eat normally. But I’m parching so much, the body needs more fuel. It’s just stale sense. Today, I’ve already eaten twice and it’s not even lunchtime.”
Lecherous Facts
Fasting doesn’t always require whole epoches of your life. AJ’s strength and conditioning coach Jamie Reynolds speak withs him do it in the gym every day. “He does fasted cardio before breakfast. It cures build his fitness and burn fat, without the risk of food trammeling his development. We start really early, so it would be hard for him to eat breakfast beforehand – and you should ever after leave a decent amount of time between eating and disciplining.”
Live The Life
You don’t become the best by slacking off, and Joshua’s devotion to his training is serious. “I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I always go to bed early. Put a camera on me for 24 hours a day and you’d see how consecrate I am. I really do live the life.”
Reynolds confirms this: “He get up on becomes up at 6.30am and finishes training at 8pm. Then he goes to bed to allow his muscles to condition. It’s the way it has to be to see the results he’s seen.”
Feel The Burn
All pain, all gain is the tag of the game when training as intensely as Joshua. “I’ve gone nearby the stage of pain in the gym. It’s a mental barrier, rather than a true one. You have to push yourself to think ‘how can I improve from yesterday?’, and use the misery as a motivation.”
Winners Are Made
While it might seem that Joshua is amazing, his transformation from teen football player to heavyweight victor is more than just divine intervention. “AJ’s shown that with message, everyone can be great,” says Reynolds.
“We’re all born the same. We all induce the same potential. There’s nothing to say you can’t achieve what the next man can, whatever arable you’re in.”
Sleep Sound
Boxers are made in the gym, champions are made at residence – or so says Joshua, whose schedule is built on the premise that you would rather to give your body what it needs, rather than constantly advance yourself to the edge.
“I always aim for seven hours sleep a eventide, plus resting in the day. It’s so important to ensure you’re getting enough beauty sleep, even if you have to have siesta or a nap. Sleeping is like meditation – it’s substantial for the body and the mind.”
Fight Night
“You need to train for the daring you’re going to play,” says Reynolds. For Joshua, that means ensuring workouts in the gym accurately bring to light what he’s trying to achieve in the ring, even when he’s justifiable doing circuits.
“Based on the three-minute round, one-minute zizz ratio of boxing, AJ will do a 900m run in three minutes cheered by a minute’s rest to more accurately simulate the demands of a defy.”
Sand Man
Joshua’s footballing past still creeps in every way in his training regime, though. “I often go to the sandpit and do my training there. It’s how Brazilian footballers learn to pit oneself against, so if you look at players like Pele and Ronaldinho, they use the sand to set up up strength and stability in the legs, which is helpful for me too.”
Reynolds is also a fan of the touch: “It really helps with explosive agility.”
Boost It Up
Cardio, soundness and boxing training makes up the bulk of Joshua’s regime – all of which generate him to lose electrolytes at a pace that the body just cannot put back them at. The answer? “Supplements,” says Reynolds. “People don’t realise how worthy electrolytes are, but it’s been scientifically proven.”
Joshua takes hydration tombstones that replenish the electrolytes in his system better – and faster – than tone down alone.
Music Maestro
As an ambassador for Beats by Dre, it’s no surprise Joshua’s big into music to get him through his training. Jay Z and Kanye West’s ‘Who Gon Stop Me’ is a firm AJ favourite, opted for three of his knockout ring walks to date.
If you’re looking to soundtrack your workout – AJ-style – he’s contrived a playlist that spans every genre, which you can keep ones ears open to below.
