Pacquiao Doing Plyometrics and Isometric

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Shane was doing this under his dad back when he was a lightweight.

What's your point?

 

See 1st post?

 

No, he's not more explosive.

 

Manny's explosiveness has NOT changed. Manny went through some growing pains under Roach with regard to incorporating better foot work, head movement, and punch selection when he is moving forward.

And this resulted in him having to "THINK" in the ring when you just want to be "REACTING". But once he got this new stuff down that Roach was teaching him, he stopped having to think about it and it just became second nature.

The plyo and Iso helped an already extraordinary conditioned fighter be even stronger condition wise. And which no doubt helped him move up in weight.

Because if you haven't noticed "Conditioning" is HUGE part of Manny's game at the higher weights. Manny against Margo was simply punching and moving......not boxing. He did EXACTLY what Cotto did but due to superior punch resistance and stamina made it look easy and won the fight.

But that wasn't the "Art" of boxing. Manny wasn't controlling distance with a jab, Manny wasn't using tight circles and countering off of angles consistently. Manny was flurrying and moving.

Without his stamina at these weights, Manny would be in trouble. That is what the Plyo and Iso did for Manny.

 

Many boxing workouts in general include plyometrics.

 

Ariza's done a very good job with Pac, Khan and Ariza and he's feeding them right

 

The areas in which Pacquiao has seen enhancements, stamina and size are not necessarily things that plyometrics will substantially impact. Power and explosion are usually the byproducts of plyo, and he already had this. Sure it may have contributed but 'contributed' in this case is a very broad term.

Also, its hard to believe he has never done plyo considering that, like I said, many boxing workouts in general include plyo.

 

Pac has been a physical specimen since his move up to 122. Ariza is good but lets not go overboard. Pac didn't destroy a prime Barrera because he was more tactical. He didn't **** up Ledwaba in 6 rounds because of his slick style

 

The part about stamina is not true or I should say accurate. Plyo will aide in your stamina. It cannot be substituted for a cardio program but it does condition the body to perform explosive movements, and this will help a fighter in doing this throughout the fight and not just in the first few rounds.