How to gain explosiveness?

Question

What is a good way to gain explosiveness for fighting? I'm thinking Sprinting, muscle toning (low weights, high reps), and clap pushups. Do these excersizes sound like they would build explosiveness? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

yeah that sounds good. clap pushups are really good i used to do them on my knuckles when i did tae kwon do.

Answer 2

For real explosiveness you need to practice one of the Internal Martial Arts -- otherwise you are just talking about speed, focus and/or power.

They are not the same thing!

By "explosiveness" you ARE talking about: Fa-ch'in

aka: an "energy strike," right?

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Answer 3

If you are after explosiveness, practice it; don't practice something else.

That is give explosive kicks, explosive punches.

Start from a relaxed position them explosively give your strike the max, repeat it in short reps.  

Answer 4

If your looking for explosiveness for fighting or any other sport. The best thing to do is train your fast twitch muscles. Also you need supplements like cytosport to help you properly recover. Look at the links below and check them out. Ive done Vert and I dropped my 40 yd dash from 5.1 to 4.8 and my bench press saw a 100lb gain. Supplements are key, your body needs it otherwise the breakdown will eventually hinder your proformance.

Answer 5

Dont forget bench presses, squats, pull ups. Any exercise that works large muscle groups will help with explosiveness.

Answer 6

When you want to build explosiveness in your legs go to an empty room and sprint tot he other side over and over again, but the key is to get to your top speed within the first two or three steps then just coast the rest of the way.

Once you have attained that focus on making your top speed faster.

Answer 7

David N is right.

The exercises you mentioned are good but they have nothing to do with "explosiveness".

This comes from a concept called "whipping the spine", which is a component in the development of Fajing.