Old school training

chin ups and pushups to me is the best thing for punching power.

 

i know some people say weight training when implemented properly can increase your power.....maybe they are corrrect, but i never bother with weights and i am super duper fast and shoot power from teh body off the line as fast as any fighter to date. I am currently training for a pro debut.


From an old school perspective....i just do pure calistethics,,,as mentioned pushups and pullups....sometimes i will swing the hammer on the tire...the hammer is an old school technique that is forgottten...these are the things that allow the fighter to focus generating power from the hip while strengething the shoulders. I still don't know how doing weights or having extra muscles increases power. Muscle has a decreasing marginal return for fighting. Look at timothy bradley with only 5 ko's.

As long as i am swinging with explosion with my sparring with some good heavy 16 ounces gloves then i am getting what i need!!!!

 

get facts on weights before bagging them..your no pro and have no idea what your talking about. Weights dont mean muscle, Ronnie Coleman and Arnold Schwarzeneggar didnt do a few curls and bench press to look like that. Bodybuilding is totally about diet. If u believe weights slow u down go look at ross enamait who is probably 10x faster than u. Sorry if i sound angry, its not personal but im sick of the stigma that people give weightlifting

 

maybe this should be re-considered ?:good

 

If you're going to comment at least state some facts.

Your opinions on weight training mean nothing when you don't have a clue.

 

whats the difference between doing bodyweight pushups or bench pressing the equivalent amount? its all resistance training and depends on your goals for how you go about it

 

Biomechanically quite a lot. Bench pressing is one on the back, the legs and core don't do any stabilising work (keeping your body straight for example).

 

If you don't use your legs and core when doing bench press you don't know how to bench press.

 

Are you saying the bench press is a whole body movement :think

I think you got my point though, there's a big difference between pressing yourself up while facing the ground, and pressing something up while facing the sky. Muscles are taxed in different ways, the weight you're moving is distributed differently (from your toes to your head vs. above your chest), etc.

 

In a way, yes.

If I were to do bench press for boxing it would be for strength, so I'd do powerlifting style bench press. The other style is more bodybuilder trying to build muscle which is what you see randomers at the gym doing with their legs flapping around or legs crossed in the air or whatever crap.

Dave Tate explains it better than me.

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