Grip training

mayweather uses them because he has brittle hands and they help strengthen them , the reason other boxers use them is because they feel it adds a little power to there punches whether it does i dont know , the answer is there not important but if your an elite athlete youl do anything for an edge.

 

If you are going to do grip training just pick up something heavy and hold it as long as possible, don't use the silly hand squeeze things.

 

Grip training strengthens the hands, wrists and forearms, so yeah can be beneficial for boxing. Deadlifts, weighted chi ups and weighted hand over hand stuff on the ****** bars are all good for strengthening grip.

 

i couldnt tell u the exact problem i know he hasnt got big hands so it could be that or just wear and tear

 

I tried one of those before... it was shite.

You claim it "cures" arthritis?

 

I prefer simple stress balls, the sand filled leather thingies.

 

strengthening your grip strengthens your fore arm and wrist making the punch sturdier more solid with less give making making the force of the punch transfer more efficiently in a sense making the punch harder but not faster or more powerful.

i dont know about curing arthritis but its a low impact exercise tool that some one with arthritis can actually use to strengthen the muscles in the hand and fore arm taking stress off the joints while at the same time you can work your fore arm to extremes with such things as using only 1 or 2 fingers with your thumb or holding it at the end of your fingers or just the tips of your fingers.

 

To be honest i think strengthening the forarms just isnt needed if your punching with good technique. accuracy will be there the bones will bear the weight of the punch like they should do, if technique or range isnt right thats where the problems start, and power can escape from a wrist or an elbow, if everythings not right then at least 1 joint somewhere will give resulting in a weaker shot. its usually to do with the path your elbow travels when throwing a shot that gives you the feeling your wrist is bending under the strain of the punches when its probably just due to slight wasted movement and poor elbow placement or the path the elbow takes to get to where its going isnt ideal.

Range problems will see force escaping from the elbow mainly but a bit from the wrist aswell if range is very bad, the closer you get further smothering your shot the more power will escape from the elbow and also from the wrist, the further the range you lose penetration on the target and dissolve the power of the shot either with a mixture of muscles and elbow joint or just muscles or just absorb the force the with elbow joint, the latter is very painful obveousely.

even propper elbow allignment and use of joints cant stop power from escaping from the elbow if the range is the problem, but good technique gives you much more allowance for poor range judgement (or a bigger sweet spot as i call it) than shoddy technique does thats for sure.

I do agree with training the hands, i have brittle hands myself and have broken my right hand twice, once in a street fight and again caught in a machine at work, i do farmers walks because i just feel the stronger tendons in the hand will act as a roll cage when contracted to protect my bones more on impact, probably not true but it makes me feel better, if you slow down a brick breaking demonstration and watch their hands you will know what i mean lol.

 

so whats the proper path for an elbow to travel so that you never roll your wrist and with this proper technique do you still have to wear hand wraps since you dont have to worry about the give in your wrist any more?

 

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Nobody said you don't have to wear hand wraps, anyone can mess up. Wayneflint is saying it's a lot more down to technique than strength of the forearms.

As an example - a powerlifter has extremely strong forearms, but if he doesn't know how to punch he can still snap his wrist in half.

What are you trying to argue? It looks like you're asking how to punch correctly...

 

i know how to punch and i punch correctly id like to know how this guy punches where the bones line up and your wrist dosnt give.

hes not saying its alot more down to technique then fore arm strength, hes saying it is down to technique and distance while "strengthening the forarms just isnt needed" .