WNY MMA: I Want a Punch Like Popeye

Hello you guys, I've been looking around the gym lately and have seen a number of new people floating around the striking classes. Some trying to punch their hardest by powering through with their arms, but only to practically die after one round of pad work. I know that you just got finished watching your favorite episode of the Ultimate Fighter and saw an awesome knocked out by David "RockHands" Cobb. No, he is not a real UFC fighter, he was one of the amateurs that I worked with a few years ago, but you get the idea. You want harder punches, I don't want you to get tired so early, so how can we fix this. I know, I will give you a few tips that you may not have considered before to help with your kinetic chain. No need to thank me, just know who your sponsor is, wny mma & fitness ofcourse.

I hope you aren't the type of person that skips leg day, if so, you may be killing your punching power at its foundation. So you think just because you are running miles upon miles, that you will be putting people on their backs left and right, you are mistaken. Now don't get me wrong, you will definitely build up your aerobic endurance, but what about the anaerobic. We need to build your legs into explosive columns of muscle. Squats with be the king exercise in your regimen, coupling that with box jumps, sprints and cycling will give you the push you need to really get the power moving. They have some really useful equipment at wny mma & fitness.

Next up are the hands, now I remember posting an article of the importance of hand and grip strength. As mma fighters, kickboxers, and boxers you don't really think about developing the hands in particular, but traditional martial artists do. Now i'm not saying to beat your hands into brittle sags bone and muscle. Using hand grippers to build up the muscles in your forearms and hands, which will lead to less hand injuries. Doing knuckle push ups now and again will also get your knuckles and wrists accustomed to bearing the weight of your body, which is a good change to constantly wearing boxing gloves.

There are more tips, but I will stop here for now. I will resume this article tomorrow, actually, I'll just right a part 2. That way we all win, well, happy training. Yours truly, wny mma