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I often see a very fundamental mistake when fighters cut angles in sparring or in an actual fight. They cut the angle but take themselves too far out of position to counter.
The fundamental law of cutting angles is cut over and in. You must move in when cutting the angle in one smooth motion to take advantage of the opening you created.
Work on this while shadow boxing in front of a mirror so you can see yourself stepping over and in. Embed this motion and enjoy the bountiful scoring opportunities it gives you.
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Hello Rob,
I would greatly appreciate it if you can give me some tips. I train kickboxing 3x per week and want to know how to incorporate strength/power training into it. This is the program I follow…
Day 1: Bench press, bench press variation 3×3, dips, explosive pushups
Day 2: Plyo Jumps, Deadlift, Deadlift variation 3×3, chins, rows
Day 3: Plyo Jumps, Squat, goodmornings, clean and press, shrugs supersetted with rear delts
How can I turn this into more of a kickboxing power program and develop explosive power without the sacrifice of maximal strength?
Thanks and kind regards,
Tal.
Tal, keep in mind without assessing you I have no idea of what you really need.
Well, to get explosive you must have a good base of maximal strength built. So if you aren’t really strong yet focus more on that while still adding some speed exercises. Then when a desired max strength level is achieved focus more on speed. The key is to remain fresh for your skill workouts and allowing proper neural recover to make gains in strength and speed.
I would do 1 max effort upper day and 1 max effort lower day followed by a speed and injury prevention training day.
You need to add rotational core exercises ( land mines, reverse wd chops, kettle bell swings etc.) train the posterior chain, so keep your rdl deadlift variation and I would add reverse hypers, glute ham raises, and pull throughs instead of good mornings, row variations are great, chins, pull up variations, and address mobility to improve performance as well.
Really for exercises selection depending on your real needs focus on getting more down with less with he above. Factor in restoration/lifestyle as well. These are really first and foremost.
Remember to keep perfecting skill technique to achieve true carry over.
