no power, what to do?

[FirePunch]

Sounds like you might be out of shape .

Hard work my man someone needs to reshape his body

[DaveJH]

Start a weightlifting regime to build your fast twitch fibres up. I'd recommend olympic style lifts such as snatches, and movements such as power cleans as these are the best for increasing power throughout the whole body. Compoud movements get motor-units used to working together, in the same way they do when a punch is thrown, which allows for a greater amount of force to be generated.

I'd also look into performing plyometrics, as these are invaluable for aspiring fighters.

[Spartacus Sully]

find a new coach and work on learning to box.

youll find that once you get technique down and distance down power and speed will come.

no need to waste your energy with useless things that will only make you sore and force you to spend more time recovering then actual boxing training.

its not about being big and strong its about technique, timing, distance, and endurance.



Jimmy Wilde
137 Wins (100 by KO) 4 Losses 2 Draws 8 No contests

[andrefabre]

freelance coach

I have been boxing for the last few weeks and I was doing padwork for the third time today. During my last two sessions of padwork me and my coach have been working on technique. Today I was told to put as much power as possible into my punches and I have come to the sad realization that I have no speed or power. My coach said I should rethink joining the gym and to just save my money. Should I just quit? If I keep going what kind of style should I develop considering I have no speed or power?

Thanks for all feedback and advice

Power comes correct positioning and correct movement and good basic stand and good foot work!a mouse can throw a poowerful punch!Your coach should be able to teach you!You can be taught on the heavy bag!

[Ray Corso]

What has your teacher taught you to add speed and power? Have you been taught to pronate your punches (turn your wrist over at impact) are bringing your back leg up and siting down on your punch to be able to add your shoulder (lats) and hips and legs into the effort? Alot of power can be generated from your legs very simular to how a pitcher in baseball can gain some mph on the pitch. Theres alot of techniques to learn along with the Method that you imply to your style of boxing.
You can lift weights and run across the country but if you don't have technique you don't know how to do punch correctly.
Alot of great punchers in the history of boxing are natural punchers but even they need technique or their'll be off balanced when the punch is delivered.
You only have a few weeks into the sport, why not work on preping your body to be able to work harder as you move along and study in the mirror to refine your postioning. 'Just in case they don't fall off of the first punch make sure your follow through puts you in a safe postion and even better would be to continue punching hahahaha!!! Have fun son, get in shape and learn a skill that when performed correctly is a beautifull art form in sport.
............"chess with consequences"...! Ray

[Nick Name]

I have been boxing for the last few weeks and I was doing padwork for the third time today. During my last two sessions of padwork me and my coach have been working on technique. Today I was told to put as much power as possible into my punches and I have come to the sad realization that I have no speed or power. My coach said I should rethink joining the gym and to just save my money. Should I just quit? If I keep going what kind of style should I develop considering I have no speed or power?

Thanks for all feedback and advice

STOP. Your coach is an assh0le. You do have to rethink joining the gym: leave that gym and find a better one! My advice as an agonist? Leave power alone and focus only on technique. Power comes after. Watch this video it'll clean out some stains.

[Kimo]

First of all do NOT LISTEN to that douchebag of a coach.

If you want to box, then continue to do it! It's an excellent way to stay in shape.

Secondly, screw him if he writes you off after a few weeks of training. Boxing takes years and years to develop. Like many people have said here already speed and power comes from a number of factors and techniques coming together. That will take a long time to develop.

Believe me dude, when I first came in the gym I sparred against a guy with a prosthetic leg who was half my size, he kicked my ass simply because he been boxing for years and I didn't know jack about technique/timing/strategy etc.

Change gym/trainer and keep going at it! Even if you are not physically gifted, mastering the technique will get you very far, especially if you're a recreational boxer.

Do me a favour, take a video of your mitts work now, save it. Then keep training for half a year, video another mitts session....and compare. Your body will transform, your technique will be better....stronger and faster believe that! Hard work & dedication!

[Scipio]

Keep training. You want to do strength training (lower, middle amd upper) and many rounds of heavy bag. But most of all learn how to throw a punch correctly

[Rockin']

the speed is within you, maybe not as much speed as your coach desires but you can be faster. Give a friend of yours a $20 bill and have this friend hold that $20 bill sticking up high outside of his clenched fist. Inform him that if he can pull his hand away faster than you can snatch it then the bill will be his. Believe me that you will move faster than you think you can trying to get that bill back. The speed that you show in trying to get your $20 back is the speed that you can show in the ring. You being fast is not the problem, it's in your mechanics. There is obviously too much time elapsing from when you initially push off of that back foot. The initial push off of the back foot, the thrusting of the arm outward, the roation on the fist.... it all starts at the same time and ends at the same time, in turn your shot will get there quicker. Take smaller steps forward while just slightly lifting your foot off of the ground and gliding it a short distance over the canvas.

Just imagine if you got $20 for hitting the mitt faster every time that you land a fast jab........Rockin'

[New England]

hmmm


well on the bright side having the power and speed doesnt automatically get you to the international tournaments. that's why you go to the gym.

everybody i ever hit or who held mitts for me has told me that i was a brutal puncher, and i used to get my butt whipped at the gym when they put me in there with the very experienced amateurs (boxing was not my first sport, or even my second or third, so i was not as experienced as the guys my coaches would put me in there with)

punching power doesnt win you fights. it does make it easier, and it does give you more options (coming back from behind, for starters,) but it's not neccessary to be a good or even great boxer

work on your skills
some of the best boxers ever were not hard punchers


greb
pep
ali
even armstrong (who knocked everybody out) wasn't a big one punch puncher (especially at WW, where he would use his conditioning and attrition to wear guys down. he still holds the record for knockouts in WW title defenses and it will probably never be broken)

all of these guys were modest punchers at the absolute best, and are all considered among the ten best boxers of all time, many of them make people's top 5, included with joe louis, langford, and robinson (all huge punchers, coincidentally)

hell, pep and greb could hardly pop a baloon
likewise with ali, for a HW he was a light puncher.


you can easily get around your light punching with boxing craft
watch the experienced guys in your gym that operate simmilarly to yourself (without a huge emphasis on punching hard,) and try and emulate what they are doing
learn their moves
fight like they do

its my opinion that the only truely damning quality in a boxer is having a bad chin.
not only can it lead to you losing fights, you are putting your health at risk

everything else you can work around
there are actually very few gifted punchers at the top of the game today

bradley
mayweather
ward
marquez

none of these guys are big one punch punchers
they are all top p4p fighters, though

watch them and try and be more like them, and you should be fine.