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Originally Posted by chillaplata  Fedor advocates this kind of training in his book. Chuck Liddell does likewise in his own book: apparently hitting an old truck tire with a sledgehammer is a favorite training technique of Coach John Hackleman and his team at The Pit. |
It is, John has his guys hit tractor tires with hammers all the time. He says he picked the technique up from Earnie Shavers, who said it was great for increasing his punching power. I do it pretty regularly on the tractor tires behind our gym, but I've only got a 12 pound hammer. 20 pounders give a much better (and much harder) workout, but I can't find a store with one around here.
For funsies I dug up this picture of me hitting tires at The Pit, I'm the guy in the center rearground.
Hammer time! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!