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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horwath" data-source="post: 7876044" data-attributes="member: 6801299">You reference to manual muscles in muscles that have a lot of slow-twitch fibers. Low power but high endurance, that is why a laborer can work 6-8hrs of physical demanding job.But if you want explosive power generation you need muscles with fast-twitch fibers.And they are built with weight Training.Problem that you present with weight lifters is that they do not train their muscles in anything other than weight lifting.For as they say "functiona strength" you need to hit the gym with heavy load, 4-5 sets with 4-5 reps each and then hit the puching bag for half an hour.Power comes from bigger muscles, cross section of the muscle is directly proportional with power output. Yes, some people have "better" muscles so they can get more power out of the same cross section but not by a lot.but, in the end you need technique to apply that force in a good way or it will be used against you.</blockquote>