24/04/2026
4 EXERCISES TO IMPROVE PUNCHING POWER 🥊
Not only will they help with increasing your overall power but they will also help with improving punch speed / explosiveness 💥
▪️Exercise 1 - LOADED SHADOW BOXING
Great for increasing muscular endurance in the shoulders, helping you punch harder and faster for longer periods of time, as well as strengthening your guard.
▪️Exercise 2 - CABLE PUNCHES (jabs & crosses)
Much like loaded shadow boxing this exercise focuses on developing shoulder strength & endurance. It also helps develop jab and cross technique by forcing you to turn the hips into each punch to generate enough power to fully extend a punch under additional load whilst also engaging the core to keep the body in a balanced / stable position.
▪️Exercise 3 - LYING CHEST PUSHES (Med Ball)
The rapid throwing motion trains fast-twitch muscle fibers, which are mainly responsible for producing high force in minimal amount of time. This is great for mimicking the explosiveness of a punch. It isolates the upper body by removing the legs & forces the chest, shoulders, and triceps to produce maximal force, which is essential for developing punching power / speed.
▪️ Exercise 4 - POWER PUSH UPS.
Much like the lying chest pushes it helps with recruiting the fast twitch muscle fibres & generates maximal force from the chest, triceps and shoulders - just from the opposite angle. It’s also fantastic for better injury prevention in the hands, wrists, elbows & shoulders.
Incorporate these movements into your routine if you take part in any combat sports & want to maximise your punching power 👊🏼💥
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