The best way to increase punching power..

[T.M.C]

What is it?

Is it just natural?

Technique?

Weight lifting?

Body composure?

Anyone really give an answer?

Obviously weight gives you an advantage

[GRkiller]

Some will say hitting the heavy bag, others will say its God-given. Me, I believe that putting in a good amount of heavy bag work helps most. Also, being bigger does not necessarily give you better punching power. I would bet that over 60% of people over 200 lbs. couldnt throw anything more than an arm punch. Technique has alot to do with the effectiveness of your punches.

[the_blueprint]

i got a hard punch and im only skinny, i use the heavy bag and do weights but dont just do weights, my brother is slow cos hes too muscle bound. my punches seem quicker after using the bag, also swivel when you punch and if you havnt got gloves on make sure you use your knuckles, i have a huge knuckle so it helps a lot

[lilevil]

Alot of it is technique. If you put your legs into your punches, rotate your hips, and practice your power will come. Some people are blessed, others have to work to gain power.

[RightHooker]

I'm fairly skinny and have never have lifted weights seriously. One of my coaches told me after my very first training session that I hit hard, and then was before I knew proper technique for punching.

So for some people it's just natural, but that doesn't mean anyone can't improve their punching power through perfecting their technique and getting stronger.

[Cutthroat]

Technique... I also think a strong back along with strong legs can make a big difference in your punching power. A lot of hard punching boxers have very muscular backs and a wide frame.

[danny stash]

Lol...................

[danny stash]

Some will say hitting the heavy bag, others will say its God-given. Me, I believe that putting in a good amount of heavy bag work helps most. Also, being bigger does not necessarily give you better punching power. I would bet that over 60% of people over 200 lbs. couldnt throw anything more than an arm punch. Technique has alot to do with the effectiveness of your punches.

LOL...Its statements like these that have made me a lurker and no longer a poster.

[Verstyle]

LOL...Its statements like these that have made me a lurker and no longer a poster.

He's not lying about that. Being on the bag can increase punching power, but you have to live on the bag for all that to happen.

[JayCoe]

Punching power is not God-given

I hate it so much when you hear people say punching power is god given. Jack Dempsey wrote in his book, quite clearly, boxers are made, not born. It's obvious why, punching power derives from physics, it cannot break the law of physics. Some people may be naturally more capable of throwing big punches just by the luck of how they naturally throw their punches. However, ANYBODY can feasibly learn how to throw powerful punches because it's all down to physics.

Power = mass x velocity.

To increase mass, without adding body weight, you step into your punches more, your throw your weight in more and you punch through, not at, the target.

To increase velocity you build muscles which aid this, this doesn't mean weight lifting, it means long hours on the punch bag etc. which builds the exact muscles you need.

It's all down to technique.

A tall slim guy can punch as hard as a shorter stocky guy, the stockier guy has mass, the taller guy should have leverage. Look at Tommy Hearns for example, heavy hitter even when he was a Welterweight.

Bigger guys do not always hit harder, I like using Mike Tyson as a good example because nobody disagrees that he hit hard. Mike Tyson was a big guy, fought at roughly 218 lbs. Yet when he fought people who were 240 or 250 lbs he still hit harder! Watch Tyson's punches, he would throw his entire body into them.

You look at your body shape and you break it down to find the best technique. The most simple way to increase power which people tend to ignore is using your legs more, and step in/punch through.

However, remember, just as physics enables us to all have heavy punching power, it does cap us. At my current weight of 150lbs, I could never hit harder than Mike Tyson, simply, again, down to Physics.