Anthony Joshua Fitness Secrets

Anthony Joshua fitness secrets – DITCHING weights, infrared saunas, brownies and ice cream

He’s estimated to be worth an astonishing £115million, so it’s not surprise that Anthony Joshua can afford a few luxuries you won’t find down the local gym.

But while most of us won’t be able to shell out for an infrared sauna or lug a weight plate around a swimming pool, a look at the boxer’s incredible fitness regime still reveals some invaluable tips.

This week, the unified heavyweight world champion agreed to a ‘lifetime contract’ with promoter Eddie Hearn until he hangs up his gloves.

It comes ahead of his clash with Oleksandr Usyk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night, where he will defend his three belts and potentially line up a superstar clash with Tyson Fury.

Joshua, 31, signed with Hearn after winning Olympic gold in 2012 and has become one of sport’s biggest – and richest – stars.

But it’s not come without some serious work outside of the ring. Here, we reveal his amazing fitness secrets.

Five hour gym sessions… twice a day
While he used to get up at the crack of dawn, Joshua now sets his alarm clock a little later, waking up between 6.30am and 7am.

“Some fighters get up at 5.00am, which is all good but sometimes I don’t leave the gym until late at night so I need rest,” he told Mr Porter.

“I’m training hard so I need rest to attack the day properly.”

His training schedule can vary, but in an average week he works out twice a day – though each session can last for up to five hours.

Joshua likes to mix up his routines, focusing on a balanced regime of cardio, bodyweight exercises, strength and core work – as well as sparring, of course.

On Saturdays, he has a lighter day based around mobility work, while on Sunday he takes a rest day.

Unusually for a superstar, the boxer trains in a public gym – and has admitted he’s constantly flooded by fans asking for selfies.

“You want to be nice, but you’ve got to be serious,” he told Insider, explaining how he also has to be strict about meeting up with pals after work.

“You’re always in a mental battle trying to keep your mind in the right place.”

Like the rest of us, Joshua had to rip up his routine over lockdown, but still founds ways to make it work.

He focused on skipping and shadow boxing while the gyms were closed, while also continuing his coaching over Zoom.

To recover, the star can sweat it out in his infrared sauna at home, while he also takes the odd dip in an ice bath.

Ditching weights, sandpit sessions and underwater challenge
When it comes to specific exercises, Joshua needs to pack on a lot of muscle.

Weight training has been a staple over the years, with deadlifts, squats and bench presses crucial parts of his routine.

However, one key to his success has been adapting his body for each fight.

Ahead of his tie against Usyk, team physio Rob Madden told the Sun he wanted to have a more slimline figure, which he’s achieved by ditching most of his weight training.

“The weight is always a team decision and effort but I think it has been more of a training adjustment than anything else,” said Madden.

“There is a lot less weight lifting and strength work, he actually gets a lot of his bulk just from boxing itself.

“If you look at his biceps and shoulders, a lot of that comes from the heavy bag and the amount of boxing he does.

“Going into the Usyk fight, you can see now that he is leaner than how heavy he was from Klitschko because he learned how heavy that feels and he personally prefers to hover a bit lower than that.”

As he’s progressed throughout his career, the champion hasn’t been afraid to mix it up – and even takes inspiration from other sports.

Occasionally, he goes down to a sandpit to practise his movements in the sand, inspired by iconic footballers like Pele and Ronaldinho.

“I think Brazilian footballers are much better in the world because they probably play football in the sand, so, they tend to build up strength on an uneven surface,” he told Men’s Health.

“So, if you make things difficult in practice, it becomes easier in the ring. That is really difficult when your feet are in the sand. It’s making things difficult, but learning how to adapt.”

Another quirky routine involves pushing a weight plate across the bottom of the pool.

He explained how he refuses to come up for breath until he’s completed the challenge, which builds up his mental strength in seeing a challenge through in strenuous moments.

“I’m making it difficult to keep under water,” he said. “So it’s building up a mentality that even when it gets tough, you have to stay underwater and I’m going to push that weight across.”

5,000 calories a day – with the odd chocolate brownie
Like any good bodybuilder, Joshua consumes a ridiculous amount of food to give him the fuel to power through training.

Over the course of a day, he revealed to GQ that he regularly wolfs down up to 5,000 calories a day – but avoids cheese and gluten.

When he first gets up, he necks a litre of water to get his metabolism going. He’ll then have a light snack of fruit before heading off to training.

“I’ll then have a proper breakfast, which is what most people have for lunch, because I’m eating at around 11am,” he said.

“Rice, chicken, vegetables, and sweet potatoes. Sometimes I’ll switch it up and have pork instead. If I want a snack, it’ll be either yogurt and honey or meringues.”

After his workouts are done for the day, he gets back for a big dinner, where he’ll have steak or salmon with pasta with grains quinoa and vegetables.

“I do allow myself to indulge every once in a while, even when I’m training,” he said.

Police foil N14m ransom payment, rescue kidnap victim, arrest suspects

A kidnap victim, Semiu Ogunniyi, who was abducted from a hotel in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been rescued by police operatives and local hunters.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Wilfred Afolabi, who disclosed this, revealed that one of the suspected kidnappers involved in the abduction of Ogunniyi, Muhammed Babuga, was arrested in the course of the rescue operation.

According to Afolabi, the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of N14 million for the release of the victim, after which the movement of the suspects was trailed through actionable intelligence.

The police boss disclosed that during the interception, the suspects engaged the operatives in a fierce gun duel, with several suspects sustaining gunshot injuries during the exchange of gunfire.

While speaking with newsmen at the headquarters of the state police command, Afolabi added that two suspected kidnappers, Ibrahim Umar, 25, and Paul Osanyinduro, 38, were arrested in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Council Area of the state. Abubakar Bamoh, 30, a logistics provider for the kidnappers terrorising various parts of the South-West, was also arrested.

He said, “Command also arrested 3 suspected kidnappers who have confessed to their involvement in various kidnapping cases across the state. This operation marks yet another success in the Command’s ongoing offensive against kidnapping and violent crime in the state.

“Acting on credible intelligence regarding the activities of one Abubakar Bamoh, male, aged 30 years, an indigene of Bunza Local Government Area of Kebbi State, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Command swung into action and successfully apprehended the suspect at one of the Fulani camps in Igbara-Oke, Ondo State.”
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SERAP demands explanation over missing N500bn oil revenue from NNPCL

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has asked the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Bayo Ojulari, to immediately account for and explain the whereabouts of the N500 billion oil revenue the company allegedly failed to remit to the Federation Account between October and December 2024.

In a letter dated May 17, 2025, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP cited recent revelations by the World Bank which showed that out of N1.1 trillion earned from crude oil sales and other income in 2024, only N600 billion was remitted by the NNPCL, leaving a staggering N500 billion unaccounted for.

The organisation is demanding full disclosure and recovery of the missing funds, and has threatened legal action should the company fail to act within seven days.

“SERAP is writing to request you to use your good offices and leadership position to promptly account for and explain the whereabouts of the missing N500 billion, which the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited failed to remit to the Federation Account,” the letter stated.JAMB’s

SERAP also urged Ojulari to identify and surcharge those responsible for the missing funds and hand them over to anti-graft agencies for investigation and prosecution.

“SERAP urges you to promptly identify those suspected to be responsible for the alleged missing oil money, surcharge them for the full amount involved, and hand them over to the ICPC and the EFCC,” the group wrote.

Citing the World Bank report, the group noted that revenue from oil sales and other sources was expected to be fully paid into the Federation Account and shared by all tiers of government, but the NNPCL failed to comply.

“Nigerians have the right to know why the NNPCL is remitting only 50 per cent of the gains generated from the removal of petrol subsidies to the Federation Account,” SERAP said.

“The failure by the NNPCL to remit the money is a grave violation of the public trust and the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution, national anti-corruption laws, and international obligations under the UN Convention against Corruption.”

SERAP warned that the alleged disappearance of such a large sum has serious implications for economic development, poverty alleviation, and the provision of basic public services at a time of national hardship.

“Despite the country’s enormous oil wealth, ordinary Nigerians have derived very little benefit from oil money primarily because of widespread grand corruption, and the entrenched culture of impunity of perpetrators,” the group added.

It stressed that the failure of the NNPCL to uphold transparency and accountability standards has worsened the country’s fiscal crisis.

“The missing oil revenue reflects a failure of NNPCL accountability more generally and is directly linked to the institution’s continuing failure to uphold the principles of transparency,” SERAP noted.

Citing paragraph 3112(ii) of the Financial Regulations 2009, the group said any public officer who fails to account for government revenue “shall be surcharged for the full amount involved and handed over to either the EFCC or the ICPC.”

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Security Operatives Nab ‘Wanted’ Kidnapper In Abuja Hajj Camp

Security operatives have reportedly arrested a wanted kidnapper at the hajj camp in Abuja.

A security source at the camp confirmed the arrest to our correspondent, on Sunday.

He said the suspect was nabbed during screening of pilgrims who were preparing to be airlifted to Saudi Arabia. He disclosed that the suspect identified as Yahaya Zango resided at Paikon -Kore in Gwagwalada area council of the FCT.

The source said security agencies had declared him wanted, following his alleged involvement in some kidnappings.

He said the suspect presented his passport alongside other Muslim contingent from Abuja who were on their way to observe this year’s hajj. “It was this afternoon during the screening at the hajj camp in airport when the DSS operatives apprehended him and whisked him away,” he said