Posted: February 14th, 2011 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Athleticism, Build Lean Muscle | Tags: Athletic muscle, Build Athleticism, build lean muscle, KO Power | No Comments »
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Rocky Marciano had power in the 1st and 15th round (when it counted the most).
Power is a fast but brief exertion of force. The more weight you can move the faster, the more powerful you are. But that doesn’t really count in sports – unless you’re an Olympic lifter or power. We need power that is there in the first round, quarter, period, or inning, but is also there in the last.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat
And there’s more than one way to build power that lasts. My preference is using each of them at different periods of training. The thing with being an athlete, weekend warrior, or just a normal guy who wants to be as awesome as possible, is that we want more. We want lean muscle, to look like an Adonis and to perform like Achilis.
It makes sense that we want power that lasts, not just something that’s going to be a one and done type of deal.
Posted: August 31st, 2010 | Author: Chad Howse | Filed under: Athleticism | Tags: build muscle, build power, develop knockout power, how to build knockout power, how to develop ko power, how to get knockout power, how to have knockout power, how to have ko power, Knockout, Knockout Power, knockout power born, KO, KO Power, obtaining knock out power, olympic lifts for knockout power, what exercises build punching power | 3 Comments »
Rocky Marciano
Some say power is something you’re born with and can’t be developed – a statement that I agree with, partially…
There are definitely people who are born with amazing knockout power. Guys like George Foreman, Sonny Liston and Rocky Marciano were blessed with amazing punching power and didn’t need to develop it with any special training. Babe Ruth had pure, natural power, so did Bobby Hull and Lou Gehrig.
But power isn’t something you have to be born with in spades, it can be developed from mediocrity to something more. I think you have to have the capacity to develop it, you have to be athletic to some degree if you want jaw breaking power, but even if you’re not the most athletic guy in the world, you can develop your power to a much more effective point than it is now.
Where does power come from?
Power doesn’t start where it ends. That means that a punch ends with your arms and fist, but you have to go to the beginning to find that source, and then develop it from there. Power – both in a punching, shooting, hitting, and swinging standpoint – originates from our legs and hips.
Neither one or the other – hips or legs – have more to do with effective punching power, but when both are developed properly the effects can be awesome.
What is power?
Power is weight x speed.
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