Better or Worse

[BBOXER14]

I have a question, is it better to be fast puncher but not that power full,or is it better to be a slower puncher,but your punches are extremely powerful. Which one is better to be?

[alex w]

depends how big you are doesnt it.
how old are you, how much do you weight and how tall are you?

[BBOXER14]

Im small, I'm 14 Im 5'5 115lbs. In shape, play alot of sports, not being cocky either but I'm well built.

[alex w]

cool cool, thats what i like to hear!

at your age i wouldnt be going for too much power, unless you think you have something special. im pretty big for my height, and because im shorter i have to go for power hitting rather than speed. if your tall then try to develop speed, because the length of your limbs and natural weight advantage will create power. small people are naturally more mobile and therefore need to focus on power.

[BBOXER14]

Alright then thats cool. Doing push-ups on your knuckles, does that get your knuckles harder to?

[james_thomas33]

dont think so

[Dave_bandit]

I think it builds up callouses on your knuckles, and can strengthen up your knuckles, I think.

[BBOXER14]

Alright thats cool

[alex w]

all it really does mate is work a different puscle in your forearms! unless your doing them on a really hard surface it doesnt matter.

i dont under stand what people mean when they say toughen up your knuckles. they are bone, how do you plan to tuffen them?!? you have like no feeling in your knuckles anyway, so i dont get it!

alex

[BBOXER14]

You do have feeling in your knuckles.

[alex w]

well i dont anymore!
it hardly hurts when you punch stuff, or if it does now, it wont do later on. my knuckles are all scarr tissue now, cuase i used to hit heavy bags with no gloves on, very very bad idea. looks dumb now, and remember, girls like nice hands!

alex

[BBOXER14]

I thought making your hands all scared and tough is good for them? So it is bad for you to scar your hands up?

[alex w]

well it looks pants!
maybe its good in the long run, but id rather have nice hands that diddnt shake

[BBOXER14]

well it looks pants!
maybe its good in the long run, but id rather have nice hands that diddnt shake

Are your hands sore ever,from doing that? Do you have a good grip or is it very bad?

[alex w]

no my hands arent sore anymore and my grip is as good as it ever way, i just cannt feel anything on my hands! its good in a way, but bad in others. for isntacne if i holy a lighter to the top side of my hands i wont feel the burn for about 10 seconds!