and Oscar De La Hoya all experimented with switching between orthodox and southpaw stances to varying degrees. Marvin Hagler, Manny Pacquiao, Roy Jones Jr. Switching Stances Believe it or not, this is actually a thing boxing greats have done from time to time. Though Rocky at first feels like a “Kentucky fried idiot,” he does eventually bag the bird.

The best way to obtain it? Chasing a chicken around an alley. “We need greasy fast speed!” Mickey tells him. Chicken Chasin’! In Rocky II, Mickey tells Rocky that he needs to get faster to beat Apollo in their rematch. Lugging Logs In Rocky II, Rocky is shown hauling a giant log around the streets of Philadelphia, squatting, hopping and duck walking with the massive piece of lumber on his back. In Rocky II he’s hammering scrap metal in a junkyard and in Rocky Balboa he once again hefts a sledgehammer to pound some truck tires. Hitting Stuff Real Hard with a Sledgehammer Rocky was big into CrossFit-type exercises long before that was a thing. Given the risk of Salmonella, thunder isn’t the only thing Rocky should worry about. Mickey promises Rocky his training will make him so dangerous he’ll eat lightning and crap thunder. He doesn’t even stir before chugging them. Salmonella Diet This isn’t really a training technique but Rocky’s preferred protein shake in the first film is about half a dozen raw eggs. In 2006’s Rocky Balboa, the aged pugilist returns to the fridge to hit the heifers once more. Doesn't seem terribly sanitary but maybe it helps tenderize the meat? According to heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier, who really was from Philly, this was one of his training methods and Stallone copied it for the movie. Rocky's best friend Paulie works at a meatpacking plant, granting him access to a meat locker filled with slabs of beef he’s allowed to liberally pound away at. Pounding the Meat This is the unorthodox training technique that started it all. Jordan’s Adonis Creed (wearing gray sweats, natch) jogs to an updated version of “Gonna Fly Now.” At the end of the movie, Donnie and Rocky mount the museum steps one more time, albeit slowly to accommodate the former champ’s weakened (but improving) physical condition. So cute! Running Creed Creed ups the ante with some motorcycle dudes doing wheelies down the street while Michael B. Running Balboa In Rocky Balboa, the Stallion runs with a dog wearing a matching gray sweatshirt. Running V In Rocky V, Tommy “the Machine” Gunn beats Rocky up those same museum steps before doing a sick cartwheel at the top. Rocky’s raised arms at the peak are essentially a metaphor for Rocky conquering all of Russia at the height of the Cold War, even before his cringe-worthy “Everybody can change!” speech at the end. Running IV In Rocky IV, Rocky outruns a Mercedes full of KGB agents before charging up a snowy mountain. Running III By the third one Rocky's beach sprinting against his former nemesis Apollo Creed, with slow-motion camera emphasis on their rippling thighs and extended ocean hugging. Quite a group of young endurance athletes Rocky has there. According to some sources, mapping the route the kids follow checks in at around 17 miles. Running II In Rocky II the run is virtually identical except this time he’s joined by about a thousand cheering kids, making the whole thing more than a little corny. But that triumphant moment, and the street market full of well-wishers he runs through, set a precedent that would be emulated and escalated in every other movie in the series, sometimes to bizarre extremes. In the original film, Rocky’s runs are just him jogging through the streets of Philly in that signature gray sweatsuit, eventually conquering the 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. So not that weird, but it sets up later oddness. Running Admittedly this is the most ordinary exercise Rocky engages in: running.

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