Thread: What exercise should I do if I want to punch harder?

Your lower body and core are most important. You need to generate power with your lower body and transfer it to your upper body via your core. The less stable your core is, the more power is lost during the transfer.

Forearms.

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You don't need any bigger/stronger muscles than you have now...

You only need to learn how to throw a punch -

technique is more important than muscle although you definately need a tight core and a soolid base.

tongue

lats

chest for hooks shoulders and back

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

You don't need any bigger/stronger muscles than you have now...

You only need to learn how to throw a punch -

Yeah, true though. Have you seen Bruce Lee? He weighs nothing, but his punches could put any man on the ground.

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Your lower body and core are most important. You need to generate power with your lower body and transfer it to your upper body via your core. The less stable your core is, the more power is lost during the transfer.

100% correct

Why do you want to improve your punch? Have you taken up boxing? If not, is it simply to hit people harder? If so, you're better off taking up a martial art if you want to protect yourself or just pick fights.

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

You don't need any bigger/stronger muscles than you have now...

You only need to learn how to throw a punch -

Thats right......you are born with power or you are not!!!!
The only way to hit harder is to develop skill and technique...

Fighting a big body builder or power lifter??? box him.....95% chance he has 0 power and no idea how to punch!!

Fighting a tall lanky guy......bum rush him....he probably has good power and speed so boxing him is a bad idea..

Originally Posted by cfs3

Why do you want to improve your punch? Have you taken up boxing? If not, is it simply to hit people harder? If so, you're better off taking up a martial art if you want to protect yourself or just pick fights.

I wish I could do some real form of martial arts. I remember taking it years ago (Tae Kwon Do, however that's spelled), and it was very uninteresting, repetetive and boring. I think I could excel if I took it again, but it would most likely interfere with my routine, which I can't let happen. Plus, it seems as if it would take years of practice to actually USE what's learned. How often do you get into a fight with someone and politely spar?

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

How often do you get into a fight with someone and politely spar?

thats why you take BJJ

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

I wish I could do some real form of martial arts. I remember taking it years ago (Tae Kwon Do, however that's spelled), and it was very uninteresting, repetetive and boring. I think I could excel if I took it again, but it would most likely interfere with my routine, which I can't let happen. Plus, it seems as if it would take years of practice to actually USE what's learned. How often do you get into a fight with someone and politely spar?

All martial arts are about repetition. You do it until you reach "unconscious competence", that is, you do it without thinking about. It doesn't take long to put the knowledge to use. You practice on a small group of strikes (hand and foot) and blocks. A person who knows a few things well do better than someone who knows many things poorly (this applies to bodybuilding as well). As a side note, I've done Muy Thai and Okinawa-te.

Originally Posted by cfs3

All martial arts are about repetition. You do it until you reach "unconscious competence", that is, you do it without thinking about. It doesn't take long to put the knowledge to use. You practice on a small group of strikes (hand and foot) and blocks. A person who knows a few things well do better than someone who knows many things poorly (this applies to bodybuilding as well). As a side note, I've done Muy Thai and Okinawa-te.

True. I was also pretty young so repeating the same things over and over didn't exactly captivate me. I'd like to fight one of my friends. I think it's important to know your own strengths and weaknesses before it happens for real. Basically I'm bigger and stronger and he's smaller and faster. Maybe I'll get some boxing gloves and we'll just spar or something. He thinks I'd kill him, but something tells me that if he really tried he could hit me several times more quickly than I could react. In a real fight I wouldn't limit myself to just punching though.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

True. I was also pretty young so repeating the same things over and over didn't exactly captivate me. I'd like to fight one of my friends. I think it's important to know your own strengths and weaknesses before it happens for real. Basically I'm bigger and stronger and he's smaller and faster. Maybe I'll get some boxing gloves and we'll just spar or something. He thinks I'd kill him, but something tells me that if he really tried he could hit me several times more quickly than I could react. In a real fight I wouldn't limit myself to just punching though.

This reminds me of one of my sparing matches (Muy Thai). I was facing off against a guy named Aldo. He was a bit smaller than me, but much more experienced.

He and I were on friendly terms. I didn't see him outside the gym, but we got along well enough. Since it was sparring, we decided to use about 50% - 75% full strength punches and kicks.

The first round he took me apart. His superior hand work just wove through my defenses when ever I tried to hit him. He kept in close and threw jab after jab. I started to get pissed.

The second round I used my greater reach to keep him at bay, but he got one really good shot in at my face. I swear I saw red. I mean that literally, everything went red-tinted. I threw an upper cut with everything I had behind it. If it connected it would taken his head off. Thankfully (sadly?), it missed. I would discover later that night that I'd damaged my tendon.

Between rounds two and three I'd calmed down enough to analyze what I was doing wrong. I'd let him drag me into a pure boxing match. I hadn't used my legs but a few times.

Round three started and Aldo moved in. He threw a round house and I jumped back and kicked him right in his left armpit (he was a southpaw). Effectively taking his best arm out of the fight. I then preceded to pummel him. I was about to throw a round house when the bell rang and something weird happened. During the second round when I saw red, if I had had a gun I would have shot him. I was that pissed. Then the bell range and like a switch going off I felt zero anger. Nada. We tapped gloves and the fight was over.

I learned two important things from that fight, one: the need to use strategy when fighting and two: I have anger management issues.

Spar with your friend, it can be a lot of fun. Just don't bring a gun.

Originally Posted by cfs3

This reminds me of one of my sparing matches (Muy Thai). I was facing off against a guy named Aldo. He was a bit smaller than me, but much more experienced.

He and I were on friendly terms. I didn't see him outside the gym, but we got along well enough. Since it was sparring, we decided to use about 50% - 75% full strength punches and kicks.

The first round he took me apart. His superior hand work just wove through my defenses when ever I tried to hit him. He kept in close and threw jab after jab. I started to get pissed.

The second round I used my greater reach to keep him at bay, but he got one really good shot in at my face. I swear I saw red. I mean that literally, everything went red-tinted. I threw an upper cut with everything I had behind it. If it connected it would taken his head off. Thankfully (sadly?), it missed. I would discover later that night that I'd damaged my tendon.

Between rounds two and three I'd calmed down enough to analyze what I was doing wrong. I'd let him drag me into a pure boxing match. I hadn't used my legs but a few times.

Round three started and Aldo moved in. He threw a round house and I jumped back and kicked him right in his left armpit (he was a southpaw). Effectively taking his best arm out of the fight. I then preceded to pummel him. I was about to throw a round house when the bell rang and something weird happened. During the second round when I saw red, if I had had a gun I would have shot him. I was that pissed. Then the bell range and like a switch going off I felt zero anger. Nada. We tapped gloves and the fight was over.

I learned two important things from that fight, one: the need to use strategy when fighting and two: I have anger management issues.

Spar with your friend, it can be a lot of fun. Just don't bring a gun.

Hahaha. I certainly will keep that advice in mind. Luckily for him, if I ever got that angry at him, he could just run away. That may make me have even more anger, but I doubt I'd ever get that angry in the first place.

My whole problem against someone I know is that I'd be afraid to hit him at all for fear of hurting him. I weigh about 100 pounds more than he does and I'm probably almost three times as strong.

Get or find a good heavy bag and pound on it ... wearing protective gloves of course ... till you cannot swing any more. Start off easy so ya know you have proper form then let 'em fly. The next day ... you'll have your answer Just ignore that wrist pain.

Dif strikes need dif muscles ... you never mentioned the punch you are after.

Here's what you do...

Watch at least 5 of this guys fight videos
at least 5 times...

(Cung Le)


Study them carefully...

Work out with a heavy bag, at least 30min...

rest 1 to 2 hours

After this you will be able to take out
any bouncer or street punk
in a matter of seconds

Trust me, this works -

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Here's what you do...

Watch at least 5 of this guys fight videos
at least 5 times...

(Cung Le)


Study them carefully...

Work out with a heavy bag, at least 30min...

rest 1 to 2 hours

After this you will be able to take out
any bouncer or street punk
in a matter of seconds

Trust me, this works -

I wish it were that easy.

if you want to punch harder, take a boxing class. trust me form is everything. when i first started boxing i thought i had a hard punch but not even close to how i can now...most power in a punch comes from the lower body just as cowpimp explained it.

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Here's what you do...

Watch at least 5 of this guys fight videos
at least 5 times...

(Cung Le)


Study them carefully...

Work out with a heavy bag, at least 30min...

rest 1 to 2 hours

After this you will be able to take out
any bouncer or street punk
in a matter of seconds

Trust me, this works -

lol this actually works

Originally Posted by BigDyl

I wish it were that easy.

I will show you how easy -

Punk

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

I will show you how easy -

Punk

Oh yeah?!?!

You should masturbate 3-5 times a day for a month and never reach climax. That oughta do it.

go hit bags regularly. shadow boxing with weighted gloves.

You should masturbate 3-5 times a day for a month and never reach climax. That oughta do it.

that'll do it alright.

You should masturbate 3-5 times a day for a month and never reach climax. That oughta do it.

Holy shit I'm angry just from reading it!