Natural speed please
Roadwork has definitely been at the cornerstone of a fighters conditioning program since the beginning of boxing training.
While this has been tradition, there are better ways to train. I trained a fighter last year who was mentally conditioned to believe that long distance roadwork was essential during fight prep.
I was scared to take it out of his program just in case my hypothesis was wrong, but, I did it anyway because I felt strongly that it wasn’t necessary.
We did a majority of his conditioning work while doing his actual sport and to supplement, we would alternate short burst of running with dynamic flexibility.
He came into the fight in great condition. Not noticeably better than usual but certainly no worse either. Since then, his experience has given me more confidence to experiment more. I’ll keep you posted.
Thank you very much! it's so good!