Hand speed....?

[WannaBPowerful]

Sorry to be asking this on here, but its the only place i could think to ask. How could i increase my handspeed overall? I dont mean lifting weights, i mean like punching or things like that.

 

[goldenone]

Dont know if this helps but here is a link on handspeed/boxing:http://www.ringside.com/archives/strength_and_conditioning/strength&conditioning_speed.htm

Have heard training with some light hand weights can help http://store.titleboxing.com/wh.html

 

[benchmonster]

I hate to break it to you, but hand speed is a lot like foot speed. You can get a little faster, but basically you are either born fast or not. Speed bag work helps some, and practicing your punches in the air also helps, but just like you are not going to be able to go from not being able to jump to Michael Jordan, no matter what you do, you can't go from being slow, to having a jab like Bruce Lee.

B.

 

[epimetheus]

While Benchmonster is correct in that handspeed has that sort of genetic peak, don't believe it. Aim for Bruce lees speed. Go for light speed. Break your speed record over and over and reach the fastest that you can. We are what we make ourselves, and an elite member does not believe in the word impossible.

 

[benchmonster]

Good point Epimetheus.

In 5 years of competitive full contact karate, I became so much faster, I would not have beleived it was possible. Unless you give it everything you have, you will never know where your genetic peak is, who knows, maybe you do have Bruce Lee's wiring? You can't say for sure whether you do or not, unless you try as hard as possible.

Epimetheus, you have done us all a favor. I should have pointed out what you did.

In defense of my earlier position, though, even when I weighed 135 and was 14 years old, I could outpunch Senior football players who weighed over 200 lbs on those punching machines that measure your power. This was without any training. I was lucky enough to be born fast and built on it. I have seen others, who are less athletic work for a long time and not get very far. But I have also seen some who could not walk and chew gum become very good fighters. So you never know till you give 100%

B.

 

[b fold the truth]

Perfect technique is where super fast speed comes from...a kick, punch, or a jump shot. Perfect technique...

B True

 

[coolcolj]

its all in the nerves and fast twitch muscle fibres

you can improve the first one quite a bit just by practising punching faster. The 2nd one is what your born with

 

[Jacob Creutzfeldt]

Learn optimal technique, hypertrophy fast twitch muscle fibers, and reduce inertia by eliminating bodyfat.

 

[baryon]

Do a gram of Test/wk and have yourself locked into an unbreakable glass cell with beautiful women masturbating outside. That should do the trick.

--baryon

 

[FitnessFrk]

ditto to what CoolColJ stated...