Old Muscle Building Method Makes For A Hard Punch In Days!

I mean that literally, you can have a hard punch in days. The old body building method is called Dynamic Tension, and it was used by the old comic book guys like Charles Atlas and Joe Weider. It is actually still sold today.

Interestingly, Chuck Atlas made his millions on the backs of comic books. He had advertisements that ran for decades, and he even beat the Great Depression. His most famous ad, a bully kicking sand at a skinny kids face at the beach, actually happened to him when he was young, and inspired him to create his world famous method for building muscles.

I was very aware of the old ads, i liked reading comics and I was a skinny weakling when I was growing up. I suppose, in some way, I answered the comic book ad when I found the martial arts. And, talk about destiny, amongst the kata I learned was one which dealt with Mr. Atlas' method of shaping the body.

The pattern was supposedly a variation of a Wing Chun form. I don't recall what we called it, but I do recall the hours spent on one specific movement in the form. That one movement made my punch get stronger and stronger and stronger.

When you practice the move, take a rear stance and cross your wrists. Press limb against limb, and slowly slide the wrists off one another. Let the energy build, then let the hands suddenly snap off each other.

It's best to punch with the rear hand, and let the front hand return to the chest. It is also good to simultaneously press your feet against the ground in the back stance. Then, when you release the hands, you can release the legs and close with your opponent really fast.

The muscles tend to build fast doing this kind of drill, and you'll notice an increase in strength I would say within a week. Over a short time, maybe a month, you will notice your arms and legs becoming more dense and better shaped. And, together with the thrusting forward of the whole body weight, you are going to have a fist that can kick the donkey.

Obviously, you can alter this drill for other types of strikes and blocks, and your body should get in really great shape. I'll tell you one thing, one look at your dense abs and bulging biceps and nobody is going to try to kick sand in your face! And that is how an old body building method can be used to give you a hard punch that just won't quit.

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