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What are good things to make your punches stronger?

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#1 ·
ive read that punching the heavy bag helps but how fast? Ive read that if your stomache gets stronger your puncs get stronger...that are som good work out methods to get your punches much stronger? Do push upshel?
 
#4 · (Edited)
Like SuzukS said, weight gloves work well. Power punching involves your whole body. Try to avoid arm-punching (punching using only your arms) which is taught in some traditional martial arts schools. As you work the bag focus on putting all your body's momentum into your punches. The force behind your punch starts at your toes and ends at your knuckles.
 
#7 ·
linkster01 said:
Good technique = power and speed, work your jabs and crosses untill your moving fluid and fast. Then you will get power.
I agree power has nothing to do with it. I know people who are twice as strong as me but I can hit ten times harder than they can because I have ben practiceing kempo and kickboxing for 6 or 7 years now. put your hip into it turnover your punches. use your whole body in your power punches not just your arm. nothing beats years of practice.
 
#8 ·
Uchi said:
if you don't mind pain, i recommend putting nuwspapers on a brick wall and punching it straight for 2 hours. Thats the way Shaolin do it
dont do that!
I know a guy that got in to that hands of stone stuff where he would hit bricks and rocks. He said his hands were littely that stone. he said It killed the nerves in his hands and his hands were so stiff and rugged that he couldn't even make a sandwich for himself. It took a while but he finaly got his hands working again. So they are good for hiting but that is all they good for.
 
#12 · (Edited)
The secret is a good core training
I think everyone here agree with the fact that you hit harder when you use your entire body, when you use this technique to punch, you're using your abs, your back, your obliques and your legs. Your arms just need to be able to resist to the impact that the punch will make, I suggest plyometrics (Medicine ball). Kettlebell exercises are really good too.
and add to this a lot of practice to be very familiar with the movement, so your punches could become really fluid and be relaxed until you hit, because tension in your muscles would retain your power.

Did I forget something? :D
 
#14 · (Edited)
You can look in this thread here: I Need More Power! We cover a lot of stuff there.

If I remember correctly... You (the OP) are the one who's going to get "called out" any day now, right? I doubt any of this is going to return any miraculous results in power, so don't take it as a gaurantee of anything.
 
#16 ·
americanfighter said:
I agree power has nothing to do with it. I know people who are twice as strong as me but I can hit ten times harder than they can because I have ben practiceing kempo and kickboxing for 6 or 7 years now. put your hip into it turnover your punches. use your whole body in your power punches not just your arm. nothing beats years of practice.
you're confusing power with strength. they are differant. power is work over time, strength is just work, how much weight you can move.
 
#17 ·
americanfighter said:
dont do that!
I know a guy that got in to that hands of stone stuff where he would hit bricks and rocks. He said his hands were littely that stone. he said It killed the nerves in his hands and his hands were so stiff and rugged that he couldn't even make a sandwich for himself. It took a while but he finaly got his hands working again. So they are good for hiting but that is all they good for.
Who needs a sandwich when you can punch out a bear? Just kidding, ya don't that it can really mess up your hands.
 
#18 ·
linkster01 said:
Good technique = power and speed, work your jabs and crosses untill your moving fluid and fast. Then you will get power.
yeah technique is what generates knock out power not brute streghnth. At my gym one of the old school boxers had a demonstration where he proved that him being this short 5'5 little old man could throw a harder punch then this huge guy. It was all in the technique.

What helps is tecnique also heavy bag works but you want to try and hit a makiwara as well. The reason being is if you rely on just the heavy bag your going to limit your punches subcontiously at the moment of impact. What you want to train to do is punch through your oponent which generates more force into the strike. Thats what a makiwara comes in handy because it teaches you to punch through your oponent. you need to use the heavy bag in conjunction with this because the makiwara is a flat surface and you need to work around it but the heavy bag gives you a more human like form to practice on
 
#19 · (Edited)
Well Technique is really the most important thing before any sort of Power,because practicing an incorrect punch will just hurt you more then your Target.Once you have Perfect Punching form (with more then just the Cross) then doing all sorts of Training comes into play more.Now as far as training your muscles for more power,well the closer you train to simulating a Punch the better so don't bodybuild thats just useless bulk.The usual way is to train like you punch.Such as Punching while holding resistence bands pulling back on your arms or doing Tire drags for more drive and power and when you do weight train use explosive Lifts like the Power Clean/Power Snatch.After that you'll do General Strength training like Power Lifting but with Full Movement and no Special equipment,Powerlifting is Officially the Squat,Dead Lift and Bench Press all done with PERFECT STRICT form and with a heavy Rep range (1-5 Reps)How ever as an MMA fighter you'll do other exercises and all with FULL Range of MOTION(Such As Heavy FULL SQUATS).The reason you must power lift is because usual Bodybuilding will bulk you up and cause you to change weight class plus you will not have maximum muscle recruitment so you'll be weak compared to your size.Now like they said earlier With out a Strong Core your LEGs can Be Power Houses and your Upper Body as Solid as a Brick but the power your Legs Generate will not transfer completely to the Punch.So Core work is a Must.But still Punching form before anything most of all because a Diesil Explosive Guy can punch the wrong way and break his own hand,lol.
 
#20 ·
go to the gym and find a cable cross machine and grab the appropriate handle accessory. then add as much weight as you can while maintaing form and practice slow punches. it will develop the muscles used in a punch and make your hand feel a lot lighter. this should just be an extra workout, not the core one. because its all in the hips.
 
#21 ·
MMAtt said:
speed first, power later.
I have to respectfully disagree. It is my belief and experience that in almost all kinds of physical activities, you have to be very careful in applying full speed exercises. Although they are useful for developing physical condition, you cannot learn or maintain good technique. To learn to do something well you have to do it at a slower pace, and then speed up as you improve.

Even when you get very good at it, you should go back and check that you can still do it when you do it slowly. Bad habits creep in from laziness, bad teachingm conflicts in teaching and the fact that the biomechanics of your body changes as you age and the levels of your conditioning change. So, IMO, you should never stop doing things slowly, even if you only do that every now and then.
 
#22 ·
Onganju said:
You can look in this thread here: I Need More Power! We cover a lot of stuff there.

If I remember correctly... You (the OP) are the one who's going to get "called out" any day now, right? I doubt any of this is going to return any miraculous results in power, so don't take it as a gaurantee of anything.
Glad you linked to that- I was just thinking I would have to do it myself.
 
#23 ·
Like many others have said it has a lot to do with technique. Technique is the most important of course. Remember to keep your hand loose up until right before the point of impact, this greatly helps the speed of your punch, and thus power.

Here is a really good core exercise that should help with hooks and punching.
Bodybuilding.com - Muscle Media - Full Contact Abs With Pavel Tsatsouline.
 
#24 ·
americanfighter said:
I agree power has nothing to do with it. I know people who are twice as strong as me but I can hit ten times harder than they can because I have ben practiceing kempo and kickboxing for 6 or 7 years now. put your hip into it turnover your punches. use your whole body in your power punches not just your arm. nothing beats years of practice.
i agree with wat you were saying it doesnt have anything to do with power its all to do with skill, iv herd that the stomach is like the temple of the body so if you have a strong stomach you can turn into your punches faster and get a lot more speed
 
#25 ·
You want powerful punches? Technique. Landing a punch right where it needs to be will KO someone before throwing a very hard punch to the wrong part of the body.
 
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