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Posted in guide on 06/26/2007 08:52 pm by Yoga Guy
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which exercise will help increase punching power?
Ok here’s the story behind the question
I recently signed on to do Kickboxing. Its been almost a year since i last did martial arts, but it appears i’ve managed to keep most of the technique and leg strength, and some of the flexability (nowhere near as flexibal as i’d like to be though)
In an effort to increase my balance and flexability i’ve signed up for yoga, and it seems to be working ok so far, but this is where my story turns into a question.
Since i did martial arts my upper body strength has plummeted, i used to be able to do 100 continuous pushups with no problems, now i’m finding i have difficulty even getting out 20, (i’m just going to keep doing pushups to improve on this) But what i want to know is this, with my upper body strength dying so has my punching power.
What i want to know is if there are any good exercises you can do to increase punching power aside from push ups. / press ups.
All answers are welcome, except the flame ones.
The three answers above me are all good advice so I will not repeat them just add on to what they have said,
you can also slowly add weight, like wrist weights and ankle weights and when you are throwing your punches and kicks at the Makiwara Board or Bags or just in the air the weight will make your arms heavier and tired faster but as you do this more and more you will build up strength again and then when you remove them and do it after several months of this training you will no doubt notice that your punches are stronger and maybe even faster too in some cases!
Good luck!
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