Volume IV of Owning A Mixed Martial Arts Physique starts with a very important part of your workout that is often neglected-the warm up. Warm-ups can be directly related to fighting moves or general movements. The primary purpose of a warm up is to increase your body temperature and heart rate.
The increase in body temperature adds to the benefit of your entire workout. Higher temperatures accelerate the rate of all of your bodily processes. It speeds your metabolism and improves your fat burning.
Putting your punches together into combinations is a total body workout. Combinations add a new level of difficulty and intensity to your workouts, and help to improve your coordination and agility. Keep your elbows and knees slightly bent on all of your punches.
form is first, then speed, and then comes your combinations…
As you know, practice makes you perfect. But practice correctly. It takes thousands of repetitions of perfect jabs, crosses, hooks and uppercuts until they look and feel natural. So if you want to develop a powerful hook then practice the hook.
Be sure your form is correct. Proper form gets you from your fighting position to the target most directly and efficiently with awesome power. Repetition is the best way to perfect your punching power.
The more powerful you become, the more muscle tone you possess. Power is equal to force times speed. Force is the muscle behind your punch. Speed is how fast you can move your muscle. Powerful muscles are sleek and athletic looking.
If your force is zero or your speed is zero, your power is equal to zero. But if your force is great, and your speed is excellent, the power in your punch will be astounding. So in order for a punch to be powerful, it must have both force and speed.
Speed is a combination of reaction time and movement time. Reaction time is measured from the moment you think about executing a technique until you actually move muscles.
The increase in body temperature adds to the benefit of your entire workout. Higher temperatures accelerate the rate of all of your bodily processes. It speeds your metabolism and improves your fat burning.
Putting your punches together into combinations is a total body workout. Combinations add a new level of difficulty and intensity to your workouts, and help to improve your coordination and agility. Keep your elbows and knees slightly bent on all of your punches.
form is first, then speed, and then comes your combinations…
As you know, practice makes you perfect. But practice correctly. It takes thousands of repetitions of perfect jabs, crosses, hooks and uppercuts until they look and feel natural. So if you want to develop a powerful hook then practice the hook.
Be sure your form is correct. Proper form gets you from your fighting position to the target most directly and efficiently with awesome power. Repetition is the best way to perfect your punching power.
The more powerful you become, the more muscle tone you possess. Power is equal to force times speed. Force is the muscle behind your punch. Speed is how fast you can move your muscle. Powerful muscles are sleek and athletic looking.
If your force is zero or your speed is zero, your power is equal to zero. But if your force is great, and your speed is excellent, the power in your punch will be astounding. So in order for a punch to be powerful, it must have both force and speed.
Speed is a combination of reaction time and movement time. Reaction time is measured from the moment you think about executing a technique until you actually move muscles.
