nyet07
Level 2 Valued Member
Hello,
I was again reading one of Pavel's articles in strongfirst. In the tactical pull-up article written by Pavel he mentions how lats are important to a fighter since they allow one to put mass to his punches. I incorporated that idea into my own workouts and tried different punches with different degrees to a punch bag.
I realized when my elbows are close to the body (from 0 to 45 degrees), I was able to transform all my body mass to the punching bag. However, when the angle between my elbows and my torso began to past 45 degrees, I realized I was losing a lot of power because the kinetic chain was breaking at my shoulder. Basically my shoulders wasn't able to convey all the mass coming from the body. The closer elbows are to the body, the better performance conveying all the mass. Then I began to think that lats may not be "connecting" arms to the body as much as the article claims.
I have huge lats, powerful glutes and lower body, and strong torso overall. However, my weakest points have always been my upper body such as the chest, shoulders, and mid-upper back. I am one those having huge lats and relatively small mid-back.
When punching with a elbow positioned 90 degrees to the torso, is it my weaknesses at chest, shoulder and upper-back that prevent me to put all the mass behind my punch? What do lats have to do about it?
I was again reading one of Pavel's articles in strongfirst. In the tactical pull-up article written by Pavel he mentions how lats are important to a fighter since they allow one to put mass to his punches. I incorporated that idea into my own workouts and tried different punches with different degrees to a punch bag.
I realized when my elbows are close to the body (from 0 to 45 degrees), I was able to transform all my body mass to the punching bag. However, when the angle between my elbows and my torso began to past 45 degrees, I realized I was losing a lot of power because the kinetic chain was breaking at my shoulder. Basically my shoulders wasn't able to convey all the mass coming from the body. The closer elbows are to the body, the better performance conveying all the mass. Then I began to think that lats may not be "connecting" arms to the body as much as the article claims.
I have huge lats, powerful glutes and lower body, and strong torso overall. However, my weakest points have always been my upper body such as the chest, shoulders, and mid-upper back. I am one those having huge lats and relatively small mid-back.
When punching with a elbow positioned 90 degrees to the torso, is it my weaknesses at chest, shoulder and upper-back that prevent me to put all the mass behind my punch? What do lats have to do about it?