When I saw Edson Barboza’s KO of Terry Etim I almost shit my pants.
Seriously!
Especially because of the fact that it was in the 3rd round.
KO’s rarely happen in the 3rd round because fighters are often too fatigued to be able to generate power.
But that’s why if you learn the techniques I outline in the video, you’ll be able to generate more power without requiring any extra energy.
How can this be?
Because you’ll be taking advantage of non-metabolic properties of your muscles/tendons and specific neuromuscular reflexes that help you utilize elastic energy for explosive knockout power.
The full details are in the 12 minute video below, so grab a pen and pad to take notes and get ready to upgrade your S&C knowledge:
A couple of additional notes for ya’ll:
- There are 2 elastic components of muscles/tendons: the series elastic component (SEC) and the parallel elastic component (PEC). To take FULL advantage of the stretch shortening cycle (SSC) requires you to first be relaxed to use the PEC then rapidly contract to use the SEC. I’m actually writing some new flexibility stuff right now that’s going to blow your minds, but I just wanted to introduce these terms so you recognize them later because you’ll be hearing about them in-depth very soon. Refer back to this article for more info when I talked about the SSC with respect to punching power and Olympic Lifting.
The myotatic stretch reflex is when muscle spindles, which are receptors that monitor the rate at which a muscle lengthens, is what is responsible for adding some additional contractile power when you pre-stretch a muscle/tendon then rapidly contract it. So you need very good stiffness and eccentric strength to brake then reverse the action of the muscle to use this and the above properties for elastic power. The Truth About Quickness system that I talked about a week or two ago trains your lower body for exactly these things, which is why it holds my highest recommendation.- A cue I use with my athletes to maximize the SSC in jumping exercises, “Imagine the ground is hot coals and if you spend too much time on the ground, you’re going to burn your feet (or hands in plyo pushups)”
OK that’s all for now.
As I mentioned in the vid, if you want me to do up the Superman punch, let me know below. Or if you have any other techniques that you’d like a BIOMECH Breakdown of, leave them too.
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Peace!
– Eric
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