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ThaGreatest, you are right. I see you answered my question. Those excercises build explosiveness and power through a large motion range. That type of lifting and pylometrics are what boxers should do about 4 times a month to supplement workouts. Guys stick to the medicine ball workouts everyday because they build more strength and better muscle for boxers than "traditional weightlifting."
You want functional muscle and power and the medicin ball workouts are great for those. They were later included in pylometrics for a reason.
PunchDrunk is right. Focus on strength alone is wrong way to go. I knew a competition level powerlifter and everything punchdrunk said is 100% correct about what they do. His focus was, single rep 700-800 squat and single rep 500-600 bench. He still was a decent MMA fighter. Wrong way for boxers though.
Look at Trinidad, hardly any muscle and I will say it, one of the the most feared KO artist in the last 10 years and maybe in the history of boxing at his weight. Does he looks like he lifts any weights? Power punching requires speed, accurracy, timing, proper leverage, and power. Not muscle.
Look at a football player like LT on the Chargers. That is the best running back in the NFL. That guys works his ass off but he is definitely not ripped up and he's a football player... This guys does lift weights but 2-3 days a week that is limited and with strict supervision. He does more focus on pylometric and core building workouts for injury prevention and balance and explosiveness and agility. Lineman and linebackers in the NFL need power and do the power lifts but they focus more towards high reps. 25x 250- 300 bench press
Maurice Greene olympic sprinter does lift weights 2x a week but for high reps and doesn't use weights more than 35 lbs and only about an 1 -1 1/2 hr long.
Weights do help but you have to consider what you are doing when lifting weights. Injury prevention, range of power, range of motion, agility, flexibility, overdevelopment, under development, isolated movements, compound movements, and how to correctly lift weights as well and their target groups.
I doubt Cus would let Tyson bench anything at 500. If Tyson benched that much he learned it in jail.
You want functional muscle and power and the medicin ball workouts are great for those. They were later included in pylometrics for a reason.
PunchDrunk is right. Focus on strength alone is wrong way to go. I knew a competition level powerlifter and everything punchdrunk said is 100% correct about what they do. His focus was, single rep 700-800 squat and single rep 500-600 bench. He still was a decent MMA fighter. Wrong way for boxers though.
Look at Trinidad, hardly any muscle and I will say it, one of the the most feared KO artist in the last 10 years and maybe in the history of boxing at his weight. Does he looks like he lifts any weights? Power punching requires speed, accurracy, timing, proper leverage, and power. Not muscle.
Look at a football player like LT on the Chargers. That is the best running back in the NFL. That guys works his ass off but he is definitely not ripped up and he's a football player... This guys does lift weights but 2-3 days a week that is limited and with strict supervision. He does more focus on pylometric and core building workouts for injury prevention and balance and explosiveness and agility. Lineman and linebackers in the NFL need power and do the power lifts but they focus more towards high reps. 25x 250- 300 bench press
Maurice Greene olympic sprinter does lift weights 2x a week but for high reps and doesn't use weights more than 35 lbs and only about an 1 -1 1/2 hr long.
Weights do help but you have to consider what you are doing when lifting weights. Injury prevention, range of power, range of motion, agility, flexibility, overdevelopment, under development, isolated movements, compound movements, and how to correctly lift weights as well and their target groups.
I doubt Cus would let Tyson bench anything at 500. If Tyson benched that much he learned it in jail.
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