Real Martial Arts Power Comes From Building Ideal Muscles
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The purpose of a muscle is to to pull, and thus to make a limb or body part move in a specific direction, or become tense for some purpose (impact). Thus, when somebody builds his biceps so people will think he has 'big guns,' he is reducing his punching power. Punching power comes from building the muscles on the other side of the arm, the triceps, which cause the limb to extend, which is where you'll find a punch.
The point is to figure out which muscle results in what action, and then to isolate and work those specific muscles. Want punches? Then do a slow punch and look at your arm and body.
Figure out which muscles are working when you send out the arm, which muscles support the impact of the arm, and that sort of thing. This will help you create unique exercises which will build power in the striking muscles...which will help you have a stronger punch.
If you want to really gain some punching ability, try doing 'punch ups.' These are push ups done slowly, where you don't go all the way to the ground, you only go down six inches, then up. This isolates and builds the exact muscles which come in to play at the point of impact of a knock out punch.
Yes, you should work other muscles, explore other variations of push ups, but concentrate a bit of your work out on punch ups and you will shortly be amazed at your growing ability to knock somebody all the way down. You should explore this concept for places where you will get hit. By this I mean some sort of wrestler's bridge so you'll have a strong neck, or some sort of crunches for when you get hit in the belly, and so on.
Now, the other thing you should be concentrating on is endurance. By this I mean you shouldn't be growing a large, bulky muscle, for that weighs more, runs out of juice sooner, and is more awkward to move around. Instead, you should be growing dense muscles, muscles that are leaner and not fatter.
To do this you should reduce the weight you are working with (or just go to body calisthenics, which is my personal favorite) and focus on how long you can do the exercise. Try for hundreds of deep squats that take 3-4 seconds to complete (build the number slowly to avoid injury), or build up the number of pulls ups you can do into the hundreds and hundreds. I'll write more on this subject, but for now, this should give you a good idea on how to change your work out so that you have maximum body endurance, the potential for lightening quick motions, and all the other things that go along with creating real Martial Arts Power.
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