chime-in on punching power

You are so wrong it defies explanation !

 

You're wrong.

What if somebody puts on 50 pounds, you saying they wouldn't then punch harder? :nut

 

I have improved both

 

No, sorry to disagree John but once you learn to sit on your punches, turn them over, turn your hip into them, they'll be allot more powerful than they first were when you walked into the gym. As you get stronger your punches have more weight on them, as you practise the punches 10,000s of times they become better more efficient more powerful punches

Now your physical limits are there ofcourse, smaller hands/bones will mean you haven't got the same weight, that your hand gives way a bit. If you don't have an explosive muscle type, you won't be able to generate as much power

 

First off there is neurological efficiency... "Neurological efficiency is the ability to contract a percentage of a given pool of muscle fibers" and neurological recruitment... "is the ability to activate a greater number of individual motor units." Improvement in either one of those would constitute an increase in punching power, and when combined together the increase would be more dramatic. People have different thresholds of ability when it comes to neurological recruitment and efficiency. Different starting points, and different ceilings of improvement. We can all get bigger, faster, and stronger. the difference in all of us is where we start, and how much room we have for improvement as individuals.

 

Yeah but in the beginning you said no boxer ever punches harder then when he first walks into the gym. That statement is 1000% wrong.

 

John power can't be drastically improved but it can be improved technique is very important, my best punches are hooks I like body punching it hurts more than the head IMO but you have to learn technique beforehand. If you don't know how to pivot on the ball of your left foot while your throwing a left hook and twisting your hips and shoulder into it (that's how you get your bodyweight into it it's all about leverage). I like you John ive read many tales of old fighters and funny stories because of you but though not drastic it;s not like there's no ability to increase power and speed there is just not to a great degree.

 

Well said

 

so what you are basically saying is that you either have it or you dont?:think
I guess it sounds about right.

Improvements are always possable,but raw power is either there or it aint.:heythumbsup

 

You are absolutely wrong. Power can always be increased. The degree to which it can be increased is limited by the athletes physical makeup/attributes. Can you turn a non puncher into a true puncher? NO, but to say that a boxer can never make any improvement in punching power is ludicrous.