Don't take my word for it all this stuff comes from Kelly Starrett who's got a PhD in the subject.
Did you read his book or did you have a different source?
Don't take my word for it all this stuff comes from Kelly Starrett who's got a PhD in the subject.
Yeah I have the Supple Leopard. Quality book but I also watch a lot of his stuff on youtube Mobility Workout of the Day (MWOD). Crossfit gets a lot of stick but this guy knows what he's talking about. My own mobility has improved leaps and bounds since I started incorporating his mobility work into my routine. I had a bad back for years until I learned how to do the Paleo Chair.Did you read his book or did you have a different source?
I also don't agree with @Sinister 's thing about body punches. Tensing the abs makes it much easier to absorb body shots for meand I don't take them well either way. It's not about shock absobrtion throughout the whole body with body shots for me but just the solar plexus and the abs and ribs are the only thing really protecting it.
I bet you have a relatively weak core. Maybe should take care of that first before talking technical nuances on how to take shots better.
better get to work with that medicine ball. I never had a problem with body punches but when i took mma they had an exercise where you'd have a partner walk on your stomach, ohh, that shit was torture for me. fact is, the more is the skinny one ectomorphic? the more long limbed you are, generally, the less well you take punishment to the body and to the head. Gil clancy once said that the old george foreman had a protective girdle of fat around his stomach, i don't know if fat helps absorb punches or not, especially since there are very few tubs of lard in boxing, george wasn't even really all that fat, 250,260 for a man that huge isn't that bad.I don't think I have the storngest core but not a super weak one either. I mean I'm not incredibly strong but I can deadlift and squat more than many people who take body shots better than me.
I have a small ribcage and low BF kinda like a smaller much skinnier version of Holyfield. I really feel body shots sometimes even if I block them partially. I certainly know I have hit people with bodyshots that i certainly wouldn't be able to take myself and they are not gymnasts either but just fit in shape hobby boxers.
better get to work with that medicine ball. I never had a problem with body punches but when i took mma they had an exercise where you'd have a partner walk on your stomach, ohh, that shit was torture for me. fact is, the more is the skinny one ectomorphic? the more long limbed you are, generally, the less well you take punishment to the body and to the head. Gil clancy once said that the old george foreman had a protective girdle of fat around his stomach, i don't know if fat helps absorb punches or not, especially since there are very few tubs of lard in boxing, george wasn't even really all that fat, 250,260 for a man that huge isn't that bad.
that's interesting, most boxers if i had to average it out are probably mostly under 10 percent body fat, heavyweights have traditionally been more bulky. Best thing you can do i do your situps, leg raised, work with the medicine ball. i've seen lots of boxers hit themselves while they do situps, i've never done that but i probably should, it can't hurt even though it looks fucking ridiculous in a regular health club, they'll think you're a tard or a pervert or something. get a partner and throw the medicine ball, you exhale when it hits you, you never hold your breath. Bodyshots, anyone will tell you, hurt worse than headshots, they also sap your strength and stamina which i'm sure you know.Yeah I'm kinda skinny but far from someone like Hearns. About 5'10 and 160lbs. I just really feel as if I take body punches worse than average. I think people with smaller ribcages and low BF take them worse which is mostly people who are build light like me. Holyfield certainly didn't lack muscles and strength anywhere but he didn't take body shots very well.
It's not even the accumulation of punches it's just that they hurt really bad short term once I get though the pain it's fine. Especially to the solar plexus it's tough regardless of where you hit me if it's even remotely close to my belly I feel it in my solar plexus
I imagine fat helps. it has obviously other drawbacks but it has to help its the outer layer of your belly and has to absorb some shock. Apparently it's really painful to get a tattoo on your ribs if you have very low BF (even more painful than if you have just average BF)
that's interesting, most boxers if i had to average it out are probably mostly under 10 percent body fat, heavyweights have traditionally been more bulky. Best thing you can do i do your situps, leg raised, work with the medicine ball. i've seen lots of boxers hit themselves while they do situps, i've never done that but i probably should, it can't hurt even though it looks fucking ridiculous in a regular health club, they'll think you're a tard or a pervert or something. get a partner and throw the medicine ball, you exhale when it hits you, you never hold your breath. Bodyshots, anyone will tell you, hurt worse than headshots, they also sap your strength and stamina which i'm sure you know.
Yeah I'm kinda skinny but far from someone like Hearns. About 5'10 and 160lbs. I just really feel as if I take body punches worse than average. I think people with smaller ribcages and low BF take them worse which is mostly people who are build light like me. Holyfield certainly didn't lack muscles and strength anywhere but he didn't take body shots very well.
It's not even the accumulation of punches it's just that they hurt really bad short term once I get though the pain it's fine. Especially to the solar plexus it's tough regardless of where you hit me if it's even remotely close to my belly I feel it in my solar plexus
I imagine fat helps. it has obviously other drawbacks but it has to help its the outer layer of your belly and has to absorb some shock. Apparently it's really painful to get a tattoo on your ribs if you have very low BF (even more painful than if you have just average BF)
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That's interesting about needing the range in the shoulder. I've also looked into Sinister's stuff and tried it. But in the end I came to what feels the most comfortable to me and thats just let the shoulder go where it goes during the punch which is internally and it feels the best.I've had a shoulder injury. But now my shoulder feels fine during punching. Now I just watch my posture outside of boxing in everyday and my shoulder and back and everything is much stronger than it used to be and more mobile. I was lacking in both strength and mobility in my shoulder.
My posture when i box isn't terrible though (in the Sinister/everyday sense). But I just let it go naturally and don't force it in either way.
I also don't agree with @Sinister 's thing about body punches. Tensing the abs makes it much easier to absorb body shots for meand I don't take them well either way. It's not about shock absobrtion throughout the whole body with body shots for me but just the solar plexus and the abs and ribs are the only thing really protecting it.
It doesn't feel comfortable the way some use a really really round posture when boxing but keeping the back textbook straight doesn't feel right either. If I let it happen naturally without thinking too much which includes letting my shoulder go forward my punches feel the strongest and quickiest.
you should start every conversation/speech like thisOk, I'm not a smart man. I don't know a lot of things...
It's funny how you're the only guy that admits he's not sure even though he has a theory/idea. Everyone else just says some shit and acts like it came down from god himself.
Sometimes its okay to be unsure, and its important to realise that sometimes there is more than one truth and that there are many factors at play.
can this be moved to the 'We dont give a fuck because we like boxing' forum please
Otherwise known as the MMA part
I couldnt give a rats ass if someone had bad posture or not, if he can box then i dont care if he comes in like a turtle
Hell, a fighter with an arm growing out of his ass will draw a crowd.