Usefullness of biceps in boxing?

dealt_with · Jul 10, 2012

Ero_Sennin said: ↑

Some of my vocabulary may be wrong here so somebody correct me if I screw it up.

Your biceps are very important with throwing punches, even a straight punch. A lot of times it is an agonist muscle (antagonist muscles in a movement do the movement, agonist movements are muscles used in supporting a movement by creating equal tension in the opposite movement and keep you from hurting yourself). If your bicep is too weak you can end up hyperextending your elbow a lot.

My biceps don't ever get too sore when I'm going through a boxing workout or sparring, but if I'm really working on hooks it's the muscles that keeps me from throwing it as willingly like the shoulder makes you not want to jab when it's tired. Having well developed biceps (which doesn't mean "twin peak bodybuilder biceps") will also benefit you if you get hit in the bicep. I have had no worse injury boxing then I have getting a hook to my bicep and not being able to extend my arm for days. Having a hardened, developed muscle won't prevent that but it will make it less prone to being injured until your body starts getting used to being hit.

That's about all I can think of for the bicep, other then being in a clinch and holding a guy to you. It's not a huge muscle to focus on but it can definitely be a weak link.
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Agonist is the muscle that is performing the movement, the antagonist is the opposing muscle. So in this case the biceps and triceps respectively. What you think are agonists are synergist muscles.

Ero_Sennin · Jul 10, 2012

dealt_with said: ↑

Agonist is the muscle that is performing the movement, the antagonist is the opposing muscle. So in this case the biceps and triceps respectively. What you think are agonists are synergist muscles.
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Bam! I knew I was off when I started typing. I was getting ready to go to boxing and didn't have time to go through my text book which is why I put the disclaimer. It would have taken me a while to find because I'm deep into the cardiorespiratory system right now and all that stuff is in the muscle development/body movement portion.

Dealt_with just dealt with my bull crap and corrected it. Thanks a ton man.

dealt_with · Jul 10, 2012

Ero_Sennin said: ↑

Bam! I knew I was off when I started typing. I was getting ready to go to boxing and didn't have time to go through my text book which is why I put the disclaimer. It would have taken me a while to find because I'm deep into the cardiorespiratory system right now and all that stuff is in the muscle development/body movement portion.

Dealt_with just dealt with my bull crap and corrected it. Thanks a ton man.
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:good No probs brah

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