Yeah, medicine ball baseball is interesting. I enjoyed doing the bit where you're doing sit-ups whilst passing the ball. As soon as your head comes up, a large, heavy ball is flying at it. Priceless.
Oh really? This just shows how easy it is to trick the reader into something. Maximal cycling? Erm.. ok. ANYWAY, the article have a few good points. They are however very obvious and nobody, at least in this thread, have said anything that disagrees with this article.
That didn't sound the way I actually wanted it to It was a good article, but it changes nothing. That's what I wanted to say..
What it suggests is that strength training only increases punching power if it causes hypertrophy. Neurological adaptations do not cross over. In other words unless you're gaining mass (and end up in a higher weightclass) it does not work.
Thanks to all of you for your great information. Ive taken what all of u said into consideration and have tried 2 implement it into my training. Thanks again.
Aplin if ur medicine ball exercises are for plyometrics or explosive strength then your ball should be lighter. Assuming you're using a 15-20 lb ball
Thats pretty good, but I dont see any one throwing the ball off your gut. We do lots of that with a 11 lb. ball.
Joe Louis didn't need any strength training, why do you need it? If you can find some kind of an answer to that question, then ask Joe Calzaghe why he doesn't need strength either.
that may be true but joe louis and joe calzaghe are not your average joes r they?(love the pun) i've done strength training for a while and the fact is it's enhaced my agility and stepping speed, which has crossed over into punching power too my hands aren't any quicker but they aren't any slower either
there is a certain level of strength that improves speed and power but that level is not very high in boxing excessive strength training will slow you down and reduce power, but an average strength person benefits from just the right amount once per week is enough to maintain the gains
Old fashioned boxing training got Calzaghe to the top of his division. Roy Jones, Mikkel Kessler, and Bernard Hopkins all did special strength training in preparation for Calzaghe. We all saw that it gave them no noticeable advantage. If strength was an issue in boxing you would have seen it against Calzaghe.