how you convert exercise or wt training into punch power/speed?

[Del Coqui]

its hard since you mostly work different muscles and dont work at the same speed. How long should it take for you to actually notice a difference? whats your take on this?

[TheNegation]

Could you maybe speak english

[Del Coqui]

I will when you speak spanish. LOL, just answer the question smart ass...

[TheNegation]

I will when you speak spanish. LOL, just answer the question smart ass...

That's my point maybe I could if you could put it in terms that a human being could understand, in other words simplify it.

[Del Coqui]

That's my point maybe I could if you could put it in terms that a human being could understand, in other words simplify it.

Ok, i got you. Its evident this days more and more boxers are lifting weights and doing more non-traditional boxing exercises, for example plyos. Weight trng and exercises will actually make you stronger, but how do you turn that strenght into punching power or speed?

[TheNegation]

I understand why your saying now, but honestly I don't know the specific details of how exactly it's transferred.

Strength x Speed= Power???

I really don't know, I wish I did.

[Moderator]

Ok, i got you. Its evident this days more and more boxers are lifting weights and doing more non-traditional boxing exercises, for example plyos. Weight trng and exercises will actually make you stronger, but how do you turn that strenght into punching power or speed?

Pacquiao is punching a banana tree for 4 years over and over again every day. Do the same

[Del Coqui]

LOL, it seems easier to get stronger working out than seeing a real difference in power or speed, that's why I ask. I guess the right answer is to just keep pushing yourself over a longer period of time.

[Spartacus Sully]

You get faster and more powerful by doing stuff faster and more powerfully not by lifting weights. you improve the rate at which you get faster and more powerfully doing stuff faster and more powerfully lifting weights.

if your not improving your either lifting weights wrong or your lifting weights too much in comparison to how much you spend punching.

any action to move a weight should be an action made as fast as you can while maintaining control of the weight. Thus improving the acceleration properties of the muscles invoked. improvement of top speed is not possible with weights as you will allways be able to do something faster with out restriction then with restriction.

[mightymouse2k]

its hard since you mostly work different muscles and dont work at the same speed. How long should it take for you to actually notice a difference? whats your take on this?

Ok, i think i know what your saying. I'd be interested in hearing everyone elses view on this controversial subject. To my mind, inorder to get the maximum benefit, the "extra curricular training" should mirror the demands of the chosen sport as closely as possible. This applies not only to the way the body’s energy systems and neuromuscular systems are taxed (through manipulation of intensity and rest intervals etc) but also to the movement patterns of each exercise.
So for example, where bodybuilders tend to isolate a muscle group and train it to exhaustion (hypertrophy), we as athletes (boxers) should train the specific movements of our sport.

Furthermore, a tradeoff between how we organise our training is important, i.e. in what type of training should be emphasizing? Should it be maximal strength, hypertrophy, explosive power, muscular endurance, etc.

It is important to note that your training depends on "you", what best suits your body (metabolism, natural strength, height, size, etc), what your objectives are in the long and short term (heavyweight champion of the world, just to be fit, self defence, etc) and also what your strategy in the ring is (verbal abuse thrower, heavy puncher, points scorer, etc).