Is it possible to increase your speed and power? – Coach Firas Zahabi


Coach Zahabi talks about speed and punching power. Is there such a thing as the “touch of death” ? Are people like McGregor and Mike Tyson born this way or did they learn the skill?


38 Comments

  1. Firas I hit pretty hard now with both hands, and remember when I started on the bag when I was a teen, I could hit softly with my right hand only, my left hand was useless, but I developed power over time.

  2. I know the secret. Give me a brick glove. I will knock out any man or at least most.

  3. Probably heard it from you sometime ago but thats my line of thought too. Tell that to my peeps all the time. You Rock Coach! Keep the vids coming….👀

  4. But it's easy to knock someone out. I haven't fault against world class fighters tho I'm sure they take smack waaaay better than the rest. I don't think Conor even has much power but he hits the button perfectly which doesn't require much power to ko someone

  5. Like Firas said, punching power is mostly genetic, of course technique will make you hit "faster" and harder", but you will never have that touch of death and that one punch knockout power if you don't already have it. There are many genetic factors to this and some are still unknown, but here is a list of the most notable punching power factors…
    1 – Muscle fiber type: Your fast-twitch to slow-twitch muscle fiber ratio is completely genetic, and guys with high percentage of fast- twitch muscle fibers tend have more explosive power, but less stamina.
    2 – Bone structure: Wide shoulders, long arms, big hands, thick wrist, short and thick waist, big traps, large back, and overall high bone density, all of this can greatly contribute to punching power
    3- The attachment of the muscles to the bone: Where your muscles are attached to the bone can be a big factor as well. Let's take the biceps for example, the tendon that attaches the biceps to the radius bone, the closer to the end the attachment of the bone is, the more leverage you will get.

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