whats the best way to increase punching power

[superbobby15]

besides the bag

[superbobby15]

is there any other ways to increase punching power

i use dumbell bench to increase my punching power

does anyone else have any other ways

[kevin green]

punching power

Punching power comes from tying everything together .The best way to increase power in your punch is with a heavy bag. You have to be careful not to let your wrist bend when you impact. Start slow with good form and let the power increase naturally over time .just concentrate on keeping the elbows close to your side and keep both feet touching the groundpushing off the rear foot and snapping back the punch always back into a guard position protecting your face. Always keep moving and throw maybe 4 left jabs and bang with right. Throw in some backhand (fist) bringing it back by your ear and snapping the punch out and back. Throw in some hooks low and high.Remembering to always return to protecting your chin and face. Plus remeber if you want to hit hard you have to have strong hands. Always try to hit with your pointing finger nuckle and middle finger nuckles to lesson the chance of shoving your nuckles back. If you hang a heavy bag from the ceiling you can shake the house pretty bad they have floor models and some with water bladders that feel like flesh on impact.
They have other bags speed bags, double ended bags plus stuff like focus mitts but for power hitting a heavy bag can generate maybe 500 lbs. of force but you can only lift maybe 100-200- lbs.
Plus remember that punching power comes mostly from your tricep muscles but it is the whole body that ties it together and the best way to do this is to always do stuff while MOVING!

The way to strengthen your hands is squeezing things like tennis balls, rollup a sheet of newspaper in one hand getting it all in a little ball ,but hitting the bag will do it too if you give it time. Overdoing it can result in numbness so don't always hit it hard use finesse snap the punches out and back into a guard position and remember there are plenty of guys in prison from hitting someone too hard and killing them accidently.

[RobertG]

Re: punching power

Originally posted by kevin green
.just concentrate on keeping the elbows close to your side and keep both feet touching the groundpushing off the rear foot and snapping back the punch always back into a guard position protecting your face.

Remember what Wu Tang says Kevin: "Best protect your neck".

Punching power comes mostly from the tricep?? Ummm, yeah, don't coach boxing.

[Tom Yum]

Rob G, some people think bench pressing is punching

[kevin green]

punching

Actually I would like to teach you some boxing. Incline press is probably more in line . I stand by my answer that triceps are the striking muscles. Have you ever sent someone flying 20 feet with their arms and feet straight out like some cartoon.How about ever made someones feet go over their head. You ever cut someone with a left jab? This is real world shit. Other side of coin ever break your hand on someones forehead? Ever break someones ear drum and break your hand doing so. Not fun when doctor sets your knuckes back but you learn don't hit with corner of your fist! (little finger side)

[kevin green]

Re: Re: punching power

Originally posted by RobertG


Remember what Wu Tang says Kevin: "Best protect your neck".

Punching power comes mostly from the tricep?? Ummm, yeah, don't coach boxing.

keep chin down

[RobertG]

Re: punching

Originally posted by kevin green
Actually I would like to teach you some boxing. Incline press is probably more in line . I stand by my answer that triceps are the striking muscles. Have you ever sent someone flying 20 feet with their arms and feet straight out like some cartoon.How about ever made someones feet go over their head. You ever cut someone with a left jab? This is real world shit. Other side of coin ever break your hand on someones forehead? Ever break someones ear drum and break your hand doing so. Not fun when doctor sets your knuckes back but you learn don't hit with corner of your fist! (little finger side)

Real world shit eh? How come professional boxers, who know how to punch, as opposed to you, don't send guys flying 20 feet? I mean Tyson managed to lift a guy maybe 6" off the mat with an uppercut and that was one of the most impressive punches anyone has ever seen. No one goes flying 20 feet from a punch. And no you don't punch with your tricep. And if you did, they certainly wouldn't go very far.

Incline press works primarily the upper pecs. What exactly that is going to do for your punches is beyond me. Its not a tricep isolation exercise, so therefore, yet again, your logic is flawed. Are you really telling up the upper pecs are the key to punching?

If you're in the habit of throwing hammer fists or something, sure, triceps do the work. If you punch like a boxer, they are accessory muscles, not the prime force generators. Ummm, you sort of need to put your body into a punch, not just throw some limp wristed weak ass arm punches out there.

[Tom Yum]

Feet go over their head? I train with both amateur and professional fighters. Feet never go above the head
Unless the size differential is like Sapp and De lahoya.

Everyone knows punching power comes from the ground. Rotating your fist over and snapping at the last second is what cuts. The impact that jarrs heads comes from the ground up, NOT the arm.

I have no desire to break my hand and if I did it wouldn't be on their forehead

[Half-Asleep]

put a sandbag against a solid wall so u don't break your knuckles when u hit it if its like concrete or bricks. then punch it hard and keep pushing your fist for about 10 seconds after impact and then repeat. the logic behind it is that u get used to punching something that doesn't move when u hit it so u keep hitting harder trying to move it. the reason u keep pushing the punch after the impact is to build up all the muscles used in the strike. i wouldn't suggest punching just a brick wall as u will cut your knuckles up on the wall same with concrete.

[kevin green]

punching power

The incline press is just more inline with how a punch is usually thrown compared to a regular bench press. You are bent over in a little more of an upward angle when you take into consideration
properly thrown Boxing type of punch.

I will always remember a college football coach told me in a weight training class that the triceps are your striking muscles, maybe when compared to the biceps.triceps push your arm out biceps are more pulling movement.
Secondly As far as feet over the head were talking street fights
people zigging instead of zagging .Under fighting tension the tendency to over react often leads to situations where some one may step into a punch but also some one may get caught moving away. Also in street situations there is alcohol involved which certainly affects your reactions. Be advised that any size disparity would be amplified on the street., and a boxer or martial artist would not tend to be caught as blatantly in an off balance or compromised position. Plus the adrenalin would be amped up
in a real life combat situation. Plus maybe you guys are just pussys that don't know how to hit.

[hashpuppet]

The best ways to increase power are to weightlift low reps and high weight and eat a lot to gain muscle mass and strength but sacrificing some speed or to do high reps and lower weight and gaining less strength, burning more fat, and not sacrificing speed. You can also learn to put more weight into a punch, decrease your stamina and put that into power, or do plyometrics to increase speed and power, or increase flexibility to increase speed, power, and stamina. Can't think of anything else.

[Tom Yum]

I think an incline bench is good for strengthening some of the upperbody muscles involved in punching. Its probably a little better than bench press. Anything that gets the lats, shoulders and upper back would be good too.

If you sprinted at someone and punched them and there was a 50+ lb weight difference, I could see feet flying up but even stepping in wouldn't be enough unless we're watching Tyson vs. Gary Coleman.

[kevin green]

I think you hit the nail on the head! Try a skip step entry overhand right with the opponant looking over his right shoulder.
Plus a properly executed foot sweep can make the feet and head change places instataneously so why not a punch its just two differant ends of the body.

[Tom Yum]

It works on video games or if you can get a 40 yd sprint and tag someone, or if your'e Tyson and about to hit Gary Coleman but a skip-step overhand right?

We're not jumbling words together for the sake of trying to sound legit, are we ?

Don't quit your 900-number job.