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How do i train to last a long time in a fight?

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i need some stamina, i smoke cigs like a pack every 3 days

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  1. If you keep smoking, forget it.  It is hard enough to build up good boxing stamina without smoking.  I used to train a friend of mine and whenever he would start gasping and wheezing during drills, I would yell "Wanna smoke, huh?  Wanna smoke????"

    Here is a clip from Sly Stallone's book on being healthy and getting in shape:

    "QUIT SMOKING:  NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTTS"

    "I smoked cigarettes from the time I was 13 until I was 29 and in the middle of making Rocky.  you see me smoking in the movie, actually.  Like so many millions of people, I smoked because I thought it was glamorous and a great way to look mature.  Actors did it.  Presidents did it.  Even athletes smoked.  I remember Arnold Palmer swinging a golf club with a cigarette in his hand.  There used to be so much smoke at boxing matches, they'd call them "smokers."  Smoking was sensual, s**y, mysterious, and - surprise surprise - it was killing people.  You certainly don't need me to tell you about the damage nicotine can do.

    I'd gotten away with the habit for years, but when I really started pushing my body for Rocky, I knew I had to quit.  When I first started training for those fight scenes with Carl Weathers, I'd start gasping after 30 seconds.  it was like someone had parked a Buick on my chest.  Quitting was next to impossible.  I can't tell you how many times I said 'This is my last cigarette.'  After maybe 200 attempts, I somehow managed to go a month without one and discovered how mcuh more I could taste and smell.  In fact, that was what ultimately got me to stop.  After being away from cigarettes for a while, I walked into a room where people had been smoking and I go nauseous.  That sealed it."

    So if you don't want to listen to me, at least listen to Sly!!!  Best of luck to you!!!


  2. STOP SMOKING IMMEDIATLEY. Your paying to kill yourself.

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