I love watching manlets crowhop their way to a 650 and high five. Then I will go throw a casual hook that breaks 800 and walk off. You gotta check the bag though because the padding might have shifted and that’s just a piece of flat iron bar in there lol.
The machine is accurately measuring the force of the punch.
A lot of people don’t realize it, but a wild looping haymaker IS the hardest punch.
We don’t throw straight punches because they are harder, but because they are tougher for the opponent to avoid.
A straight punch works because it’s the fastest punch, not the hardest.
Big looping punches are easy to see coming and avoid, but they land hard as fuck.
Think about throwing a baseball. A wind-up and pitch from your back pocket is a lot faster than if you shot putted the baseball straight off your chest like a punch.
I got an 840 and I’m 145.
Was funny watching big ass dudes trying to beat it.
For that very reason a lot of the machines have a “no hooks” rule. You aren’t allowed to stand off to the side, you have to face it straight on to punch.
Of course whoda fook is going to follow that lol
Oh, I agree 100%. That’s actually what I meant by how it works. Part of my issue is it’s effectively testing who has the most power while using unusable form- basically why I don’t see the point of them.