Does working out your forearms make your punches harder? Im a boxer, and just wanted to ask?

Question

Anything else that can give your punches more power let me know ok. Thxx

Answer 1

I bought a pro shadow boxer from title boxing. It has bands for resistence, but I learned a trick. Tie a few overhand or figure eight knots in the bands to give more resistence. You will quickly gain more speed and power, and it also helps you with form and punching straight up the middle. Also, some of the training videos show some good training techniques.
Now about the forearms. Get a piece of rope, a stick, and a 10 lb weight plate. Tie the rope in the middle of the stick, and tie the weight to the other end. Roll up that rope with the weight around the stick, do it in sets. This will give you more solid punches. However, the real power is coming from the legs, waist, and shoulders. Bend your knees, work on proper stance on the balls of your feet, turn your body when you punch. Let the power flow from your legs.

Answer 2

I'm a boxer my self and hell yea it makes u punch harder. Natural power is god given but if u werent born wit a sledge hammer as a fist then u have to work it out in other ways. try putting rice in a bucket and sqeazin it about 100X each hand, this is great for ur forearms.

Answer 3

It will help add some power to your jabs since jabs are basically arm-punches. But when we talk about power punches, i.e. hooks, straights, crosses and uppercuts, it won't really be of much help because in these punches the power comes from the hips. Mike Tyson did lots of squats to strengthen his legs and hips and that gave him devastating power. If you watched his fight versus Botha, you could see that the power of his right straight, which knocked Botha out, came from the turn of his hips.

Answer 4

To a certain degree...it allows you to make harder fists and getting hit with a harder fist will hurt more

as for the comment I saw in here about your power coming from your upper body....ahhh no....most of it comes from your midsection down when punching properly

Answer 5

Sort of, but sometimes when people box they get wrist pains and theres these grips that you can get for about $5-7 that it strengthens your forearms and your wrists so i guess that could help your punching power somewhat.

Answer 6

Nope, work on your shoulders, and your balance. Have you seen Marco Antonio Barrera's or manny Pacquiao's forearms, they are the size of my ankles and those boys can crack. It's all about the delivery of the punch, not the size of the forearms or biceps.

Thanks for the question.

Answer 7

I think all your upper body strenght help you puch harder. If i not mistaking i will say your whole body. The more mass coming from an object the more force

Answer 8

my guess would be adding more muscle mass. would make you stronger.