Bag work essential?

Additionally the scientific literature shows that stronger individuals are more efficient movers, expending less energy for the same movement. Even long distance runners benefit greatly from strength work, so what do you think the importance of it in a contact sport with no weight limit is? Being stronger and more powerful is part of endurance/stamina, if you ignore strength and power training then you're just training to be poor for a long time. Improve your quality.

 

Strength and power are the result of technique but sadly coaching is dying so people think that strength work will give you these physical qualities - it won't.

There is only so much time in the day. There isn't enough time for weights to become a priority but sadly it has - the focus should be on technique.

There is a place for strength work but the balance in this day and age is completely wrong. This is why fighters try to gain advantages through methods such as huge weight cuts. ANOTHER thing that hurts a fighters stamina.

 

Good post, its all about getting the balance right, in all ways. Do both at the same time, with thought it can be done.

 

What do you think.

 

You need strength, power and technique obviously. The stronger you are the less demanding the movements are on your brain, that means skills/technique is easier to learn. Strength underpins power, having stronger connective tissue also prevents injury and increases efficiency of movement (so stamina as well).
Having good technique isn't going to magically give you strength.

 

Stability and balance are two different things.

 

So you can have one without the other, stood up.

 

It is my opinion that people who say perfection can not be achieved are the ones that do not know what perfection is and therefore do not know how to achieve perfection.

It is also my opinion that running, skipping, weight training, circuit traing and pad work are all forms of exercise that are damaging to a fighters body. Overtime the injuries caused by these exercises will make sure a fighter no longer boxes.

Furthermore, all the exercises described are one directional, one plane square on exercises,
boxing is a side on sport!

 

Technique gives you much more practical strength and power gains then any amount of weights.

 

Perfection is unachievable full time. In an isolated movement you could almost achieve it. In the pursuit of perfection then you'll get as close to it as humanly possible. The very (erratic) nature of fighting makes perfection unachievable. Fatigue, damage, injury and an incompatible opponent etc are all reasons why constant perfect technical execution is not achieved.

 

You do no such thing.

 

This is the all-time classic post. Utter nonsense but classic.