boxing for fitness

[lightning knife]

hey i take kung fu usually but i have recently started boxing (last week) and i need more strength according to the instructor there any tips on building it up keeping in mind my age means that joining a gym or doing weights training seriously is out of the question

[npk9]

Strength or power? Like more power in the punches or more strength like you need more push ups? How long have you been doing Kung-fu? I only ask because we would need to know what your instructor meant by that. How old are you?

[twtguy]

Originally Posted by npk9

Strength or power? Like more power in the punches or more strength like you need more push ups? How long have you been doing Kung-fu? I only ask because we would need to know what your instructor meant by that. How old are you?

arent they connected? doesnt strength give you more power when added to speed? im confused by ur question.

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by twtguy

arent they connected? doesnt strength give you more power when added to speed? im confused by ur question.

Thats different though isnt it, to have speed with one and not with the other.
Strength is the ability to lift heavy weight.
Power doesnt require a heavy weight but to do more work per unit of time.

To train power you lift medium weights at high speed. to train strength you lift heavy weights at low speed.

They are very different in terms of how you train them. Training strength alone will only give you some power increase, strength training as such isnt suitable for boxing where as power training is.

Not to be confused with power lifting which has nothing to do with it.

[twtguy]

Originally Posted by Ghost

Thats different though isnt it, to have speed with one and not with the other.
Strength is the ability to lift heavy weight.
Power doesnt require a heavy weight but to do more work per unit of time.

To train power you lift medium weights at high speed. to train strength you lift heavy weights at low speed.

They are very different in terms of how you train them. Training strength alone will only give you some power increase, strength training as such isnt suitable for boxing where as power training is.

Not to be confused with power lifting which has nothing to do with it.

awesome info ghost! you dont happen to have any articles on this do ya?

[npk9]

Body mechanics have A LOT to do with power. Even if you do not have a lot of strength you definitely can generate a lot of power. Now of course - if you have maximized your power through body mechanics - you can increase power via strength and speed. That is the stage where you are looking at raw attributes as opposed to the execution of the technique.

[twtguy]

im gonna go ahead and re comment here. i read over what you said a few times, and its starting to make more sense to me now.

Originally Posted by Ghost

Strength is the ability to lift heavy weight.
Power doesnt require a heavy weight but to do more work per unit of time.

To train power you lift medium weights at high speed. to train strength you lift heavy weights at low speed.

this cleared a lot up from what I used to believe. i previously read that in order to get more power, one needs to use heavier weight. i think they meant for power lifting?

question 1: whats the difference between power lifting and power training?

question 2: how could a person find a "medium" weight?

question 3: you always hear things like "pound for pound hes the strongest," and stuff like that. how do you work strength training in with your power training routine to get stronger without gaining mass?

question 4: (i was gonna open a new thread on this one but we're already here) what muscles do you guys think a boxer should target/what gives a boxer more punching power/explosiveness/speed/etc?

i know its a lot of questions, but any and all help for each of them would be VERY much appreciated.

[twtguy]

really? no one?