Which are The Most Important Muscles For Boxing?

The most important muscles for boxing

If you are starting with boxing you may be wondering what are the crucial groups of muscles for this sport, so you can focus on them.

 Why? Well, nobody has enough of time to develop every single muscle in their body and we all need to focus on priorities.

 One of the biggest truths about muscles and boxing is that you don’t need big one, you don’t have to be bodybuilder.

 The characteristic you need in boxing most is speed and too bulky musculature can easily slow you down.

Professionals often emphasize that the biggest part of the strength for punches comes from the lower part of the body, legs especially.

Actually, the biggest muscles (calf and quads) are in legs and they are responsible for strong punches because the boxer uses them to push off the ground and generate power.

 You may notice that many professionals are more muscular at legs than at chest or arms.

Quads and calf should be able to generate the power needed, so take care of them.

Of course, every boxer needs good footwork and movement to avoid punches just as balance to be stable after getting some.

All of these are provided from the lower part of the body.

Hips are near to the center of the body’s gravity to make sure you have a balance.

Let’s go to abs. They are some kind of connector between limbs, but they also allow breathing and should be strong enough to get frontal punches.

The same role of connecting power coming from limbs is assigned to back, too.

 But, you also need them for punch recovery (to get your hands back close to the body after missing the punch)

Shoulders are next. They generate power for punches but this is not all.

Endurance of arms depends on shoulders and when shoulders are tired the fighter can’t even protect the head from opponent’s hits.

 Be sure shoulders are well trained because they have to provide great speed and snap.

 Arms are important due to delivering the power coming from legs for strong punch.

 In general, have in mind that power, accuracy and defence come from the upper part of the body.

Chest muscles doesn’t really have any special role.

They just connect shoulders and arms. Maybe we can add that they generate the biggest amount of power of the upper body.

It is not a bad idea to make the neck stronger to protect your head from punches, actually to keep the head stable after being punched.

At the end, there is one more, maybe the most important muscle.

Don’t forget about making your heart strong enough as it is crucial muscle for letting you to keep up with the pace.

 It is definitely - nobody wants to get tired after couple of rounds.

 Excellent level of fitness is a must and it can be done by good cardio workouts. This will carry you through the rounds with no problems.

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