The Golden One - November 12, 2020


Will Strength Training Reduce the Power of Your Punches？ Yes and No


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8 minutes

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00:00:46.000 Hello lads. Today I want to elaborate a bit on strength training and striking.
00:00:53.000 Now the question you see in the title of the video said yes and no.
00:00:58.000 It depends a bit on how you train.
00:01:00.000 So in order to understand why strength training might actually reduce power in your punches.
00:01:06.000 You need to look at what a good strike is and what a bad strike is.
00:01:11.000 So when you do a bench press and if you grind the movement. Boom. And grind.
00:01:18.000 If you translate that into a punch. Grind. That's a bad punch.
00:01:24.000 A good punch however is going from point A. Here your god. To point B. Hopefully your opponent. As fast as possible.
00:01:34.000 Now if you tense from point A to point B. If you tense here. If you push. If you use muscle force here. You will reduce.
00:01:44.000 However if you learn to relax. If you don't push. But if you snap. As fast as possible. That's a hard punch.
00:01:53.000 So instead of thinking. If you are used to doing a lot of bench press. Military press etc.
00:01:59.000 Instead of thinking that you should push the punch. Think that you should snap the punch.
00:02:05.000 So what I'm doing right now. You can't see my legs. But I am. I have a spring in my step. Otherwise I'm relaxed here.
00:02:12.000 I'm not up here. If I'm up here tensing. I can't explode. You need to be relaxed. Fluid. In order to explode.
00:02:21.000 So what I want to do. Instead of push. My arm. I want to snap it. So here. Move around. Relax. Relax. Boom. Spring in my step.
00:02:32.000 So. The difference between a gym exercise. Where you grind. A punch. You snap. Snap. And back.
00:02:48.000 So a punch of course. A good punch. You explode with your entire body. Basically. Explode. Relax. So you don't tense here.
00:02:56.000 Because if you tense. You reduce the speed of the movement. Relax. Relax. Relax.
00:03:01.000 Relax. Relax. Explode. Relax. And tense. You need to tense at the end of the movement as well.
00:03:09.000 Because otherwise you might hurt your hand. And also if you do train a lot with wraps and boxing gloves.
00:03:16.000 Make sure to still aim with these two knuckles. And make sure to tense at the end of the movement.
00:03:22.000 Now you ask. How to get around this. Because you of course. You do want a good bench press.
00:03:27.000 But you also want to be able to have a good punch.
00:03:30.000 So what you want to do is. Either. At the end of your heavy sessions. You reduce the weight.
00:03:36.000 Quite a bit. And just try to explode. As much as possible. You can use. You can use. Maybe.
00:03:42.000 Just the. The bar. And do either military presses. As fast as possible. Or bench presses. As fast as possible.
00:03:48.000 That way you will train to be explosive. So you're not only grinding. And same thing.
00:03:53.000 If you want to get as strong as possible. In the bench for example. You can also try to explode.
00:03:58.000 Then of course. If you are near your max. It's hard to explode through. The entire movement.
00:04:03.000 But it's a good mindset at least. Second thing you can do. Is to just train. At a heavy bag.
00:04:08.000 At a heavy bag. If you are big. Bulky. You have done a lot of bench presses. Just go to a heavy bag. Focus on.
00:04:16.000 Explode. Relax. Tense. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum. Bum.
00:04:22.000 Doing it as fast as possible. And. Don't have an ego. You don't need to. Punch. You don't need to feel like you're moving the bag.
00:04:31.000 You're supposed to snap the bag. And then eventually. When you've got a good technique. It will be hard.
00:04:37.000 So then you ask. Is it bad then to train in the gym. If you want to be a good boxer. Or a good fighter.
00:04:45.000 No. Absolutely not. It's good. Because if you have a lot of power. In your body. You can generate a momentum.
00:04:53.000 So you can look at a little clip. From when I was a bloat max polar bear. You can look at this clip. Boom.
00:05:07.000 So you see. In my rotation. I get a lot of power. Just because I have so much force. I have so much. And. I have so much power. I have so much force. So much strength. So much explosiveness.
00:05:35.000 To twist my body. If I had been 20 kilos lighter. I wouldn't have as much force. In my rotation.
00:05:42.000 Same thing when I punch. If I manage to get my entire body. Behind the punch. It's a lot more power. Than just the arm.
00:05:51.000 So if you have put on a lot of mass. Don't feel like it's a wasted effort. In regards to becoming a good. A good striker. Because you will have more gunpowder. So to speak.
00:06:02.000 So it's not necessarily about having a big biceps. But if you have a lot of muscles overall. And you can use that explosiveness. To get that hip rotation.
00:06:12.000 Then of course also a second point. When we're talking about strength training. And using force. In various predicaments. If you look at an MMA fight. Or a boxing match. There are a lot of things you won't see. You will never see someone grabbing someone else's jacket. Because there aren't any jackets.
00:06:31.000 You probably won't see someone trying to grab a guy. From here. Put him there. But if you're a bouncer. Maybe you need to do exactly that. Getting a rowdy person. From point A to point B. Then of course you have a lot to use for. Various rowing exercises. Etc.
00:06:49.000 And we've talked about judo before. That judo can be absolutely brilliant. In a street predicament. Because you have. A hard pavement. Which is something completely different. From a nice.
00:07:01.000 Somewhat soft. MMA canvas. You have clothing. You can grab. Etc. So a lot of things you don't see in MMA. Can actually work.
00:07:10.140 If you have a job in security. Or just need to calm down a situation. So keep that in mind as well. Being big and bulky.
00:07:17.960 It has many benefits. The only thing. If you strike. You need to learn how to relax as well. So anyway. To recap. Teach your body. How to relax. Relax. Relax. And explode.
00:07:32.020 Do not translate a bench press into a punch. Because it's two completely different things. So if you drop your ego. If you have a strong bench. If you're a strong bulky guy.
00:07:41.440 Drop your ego. Find a good rhythm. To walk in. To move in. Spring in your step. Backwards. Forwards.
00:07:47.960 To the side. Explode. So you don't need to prove. To anyone. How strong you are. Because it's two completely different things.
00:07:57.840 So try to relax. Try to explode. Visualize. This movement. Explode. Relax. And tense. Boom.
00:08:07.040 Something like that. So anyway. I hope that was. Somewhat informative.
00:08:10.860 Thank you for watching. X-XO. Boom.
00:08:14.700 Boom.