Is there any way to punch harder or faster?

Question

if there is can you tell me thanks

Answer 1

You can practice punching a heavy bag for your punching strength and hitting a speed bag for your quickness.

But there is only so much you can do to get better at punching. Great punchers are born not made.

Answer 2

For speed buy a speed bag. Theres no real technique to speed, your fast or your not fast. Training can make you faster.

As for power, you have to understand how a power punch works. Basically you plant your feet, if your throwing a right hook or strait right, push off your right foot as you twist your body, start to push off the left, its hard to explain in writing, much eaiser to show.

simply put, a power punch starts in your toes, goes through your leg, into your waist up through your back into your shoulder and then down your arm and into the other guys body. It takes alot of practice to master.

Answer 3

You can start with your forearm facing upward and punch in a twisting motion.

Also try exhaling sharply from your stomach, not your chest.

Answer 4

do plyometric push ups to build up power here is one example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LYPML1vw...

-Clap Push Ups

Answer 5

As an example, suppose you want to punch a person's nose?  In your mind, you want to picture your fist going right through to the back of their head, not just punching their nose.  If you want to punch someone's stomach, you picture your fist going right through and out the back.  It's a very, very effective visualization technique and just takes a little practice.

Answer 6

shadow box with weights

Answer 7

There reallyisn't  a way except for working out and practicing.

hope i helped

Answer 8

just learn how moving your feet and shifting your weight can add a lot of power into your punch and use that.

Answer 9

yes. proper technique is what makes your punch hard and fast. it is important to pivot your feet and twist your hips. you need to practice on the heavy bag and on the speed bag. also it is important to have good foot-work. go to a boxing gym and they will show you all of this and more

Answer 10

Perfecting the mechanics of a punch will improve power, faster comes with practice.

Get a good trainer.

Answer 11

try your stance.it is vital that to throw a damaging punch your feet are set apart so that your lead foot is set straight towards your oppenent flatfooted and your other foot is behind again straight at your opponent but on its toes.i could tell you a knockout punch involving your hand mechanics but a little now a little later...

Answer 12

those things are genetic their is not much you can do. you can shadowbox with 3lb hand weights or push up on your knuckles.

these workouts have very little  effect on your speed but might build your power if done right.

Answer 13

add muscle and practice on a bag with weights.

Answer 14

get stronger and then practice punching seems simple really

Answer 15

practice and to a lot of upper body work outs.

Answer 16

To punch faster, relax your shoulders and muscles...so you can snap that punch. To punch harder. hard punches are  a combination of mass and acceleration. sometimes if you put all your strength into a punch it's gonna be slow...other times if its super fast (like a jab) it wont have any mass/strength behind it and it wont hit that hard. It's a combination of both. The trick is to put your entire body into those punches, so they snap, and have a lot of mass that goes into it. An energy transfer from your toes, up your legs, through your butt, back, chest, arms, and finally in the fist. look up Rampage and fight science punch on youtube..it's a quick explanation of it.

Anyway I suggest going to some boxing classes to learn some proper form and technique, outside of class lift weights, and do a lot of plyometric excercises that focuses on the core of the body (which is where a lot of the punching speed and power truly comes from). Do this and you will have a very fast and powerful punch. Form, Technique, Strength, Speed are all important factors, and when all working together turn you into a great fighter and athlete.

~G

Answer 17

do strength training 3-4 times per week, and work both fast and slow twitch muscle fibers. these two types of muscle fibers are used for speed and strength. do one set to max on all upper body movements with 3-5 repetitions (mainly focus on multi-jointed exercises) and one set at high repetition...hitting failure at 12-15 repetitions

at least an hour a day on the heavy bag for 30 days--and then mix it up

Answer 18

Practice, hit you heavy bag over and over.  Focus on speed and strength, eventually you will make progress.  Having big bulky muscles will slow you down but make you stronger, small tight muscles will help with speed but lack serious strength.  You just need to punch over and over until you get a good combination of both.

Answer 19

yes

twist your mid-section more for more force in your punch