| The most needed and under trained bio motor | | | | lift heavy weights, they can make you slow. |
| ability I'm talking about is maximal | | | | The key is though you must combine speed |
| strength. In this article I'm going to | | | | strength exercises with your strength |
| explain briefly why lifting heavy weights is | | | | training to increase the rate of force |
| a must, and why in fact they won't make you | | | | development. This combo of training will make |
| slow as many boxing trainers erroneously | | | | you far more explosive. The thing I question |
| believe they do. | | | | is, don't you increase your rate of force |
| | | | development hitting the speed and double end |
| Lifting heavy weights will make you slow is a | | | | bag? Yes you do. Keep in mind, by rate of |
| myth that has been around for many years. | | | | force development, I'm talking about how fast |
| This myth doesn't seem to be disappearing | | | | you move an object. That's the key, how fast |
| anytime soon either. This old myth comes from | | | | you move. If you wanna be fast, you have to |
| boxing coaches who never questioned it and | | | | move fast. |
| who no nothing about strength training for | | | | |
| boxers. Ask any coach what is their main goal | | | | A strength training block won't make you slow |
| in training their fighter? Their answer | | | | as long as you add speed training exercises |
| usually is, to make their fighter faster, and | | | | after a strength base is built. You can add |
| more powerful for their upcoming fight The | | | | more speed exercise in a future block or add |
| fact of the matter is that most fighters are | | | | both speed exercises and strength exercise |
| bloody weak! These coaches don't understand | | | | together in the same training block to |
| that to get fast, you first have to get | | | | increase speed. |
| strong. To get strong, you have to lift heavy | | | | |
| weights. Performing a hundred push ups and | | | | The results of adding these training means is |
| lifting light weights for over 25 reps won't | | | | you have a fighter who is truly faster and |
| get you strong. Performing high reps won't, | | | | stronger. That's what ends fights quick, |
| but high reps are often what a boxing skill | | | | explosive power. To be explosive you first |
| coach will tell his fighter to use. | | | | need to be strong so you can be fast. Speed |
| | | | is born from strength. Weak fighters are slow |
| Boxing skill coaches also fail to understand | | | | for a reason. When you are strong and fast, |
| that strength and speed, are the | | | | then you have true power. Once you are |
| prerequisites for power. So to be powerful, | | | | powerful behind sound skill, you are a |
| you have to be strong and fast. There is no | | | | dangerous fighter. I hope I've shed some |
| other way around this formula. If you ignore | | | | light on this old wives tale for you. The |
| it, you don't reach your full potential. | | | | next time you hear a boxing coach say lifting |
| | | | heavy weights will make you slow, you will |
| Now don't get me wrong, if you do nothing but | | | | know better to listen to that ignorance. |