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    i'm doing bench press with dumbbells, focusing on explosiveness. as i do 1 rep i bring the weights down slowly and when i go back up i do it as fast as i can. anyone know if this actually works or if it's good for you? are there any other workouts i can do to help build my explosiveness?

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    http://books.google.com/books?id=wAl...oebb7aoXW3DLIQ

    Note the author.

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      "i'm doing bench press with dumbbells, focusing on explosiveness. as i do 1 rep i bring the weights down slowly and when i go back up i do it as fast as i can. anyone know if this actually works or if it's good for you? are there any other workouts i can do to help build my explosiveness?"

      Try.....

      Squats, Push Press, Cleans, Power Cleans, Deadlift, Snatch, ect....

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        plyometric pushups or any other plyometric exercise

        hill sprints

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          Perform med ball side throws for 5 reps each side rest 2 minutes do 3-4 sets... Explosive push ups are great as stated, and if you're going to bench for speed, attach bands so you don't decelerate and work on true speed. Just benching with the barbell will cause you to decelerate the bar at the end range. You don't want that when training explosively. Med ball throws are great too. You realize the med ball great for explosive power.

          Rob Pilger
          www.boxingperformance.com

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          • #6
            Boxers should not be lifting weights. Muhammad Ali never did any form of weight lifting at all. Calisthenics plyometrics and HIIT is what boxers need to be doing.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by giantsbran1227 View Post
              Boxers should not be lifting weights. Muhammad Ali never did any form of weight lifting at all. Calisthenics plyometrics and HIIT is what boxers need to be doing.
              People didn't brush their teeth and take showers in the stone age, and they got laid. I suggest you try it. Or just get some information on what you're talking about.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by giantsbran1227 View Post
                Boxers should not be lifting weights. Muhammad Ali never did any form of weight lifting at all. Calisthenics plyometrics and HIIT is what boxers need to be doing.

                agreed , and if you want an example of a modern fighter who never touched weights in his peak, look at roy jones junior and see how damn explosive he was

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by aussieboxer2320 View Post
                  agreed , and if you want an example of a modern fighter who never touched weights in his peak, look at roy jones junior and see how damn explosive he was
                  And some people live to be 100 years old, while smoking and drinking and eating crap. That doesn't mean they got that old because of their habits, but in spite of them. This is the "logic" you're employing, and it just shows you don't have any real knowledge on the subject(which is evidenced in that other thread, where you fail to make the connection between high rep lifting and muscle endurance.). You're perpetuating myths here, which doesn't help anybody, so please get a grasp on at least the basics, before you play an expert. Can you honestly say you've read books on excerise physiology and training theory?

                  Sure, extremely gifted athletes like RJJ are super explosive, and no amount of training, of any kind, can make a mule into a racehorse, but you can make a faster mule, and an even faster racehorse.
                  Last edited by PunchDrunk; 04-01-2008, 06:04 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Why do people refuse to understand that lifting weights WILL NOT make you bigger. It depends on how much food you are consuming and the type of resistance workouts you are performing. The olympic lifts are GREAT exercises for building explosive strength. As for Ali and RJJ, I'm pretty damn sure most of us weren't born with their amazing talent and therefore able to dominate everyone. Bodyweight training can replicate weightlifting, so if that's true, I'd better stop bodyweight training as well.....

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