I think not, endurence is the key just like stance training.Originally Posted by Merryprankster
If this is your goal, do clap pushups, where you explode off the ground.
Otherwise, the old lifting adage of "lift slow, be slow," will apply. You aren't training the muscles to contract as quickly as possible.
You need to do the pushups as explosively and as fast as you can.
Buying a resistance band (one with handles, or long enough that you can tie a handle loop) can help as well, when you get good at doing a bunch of clap push ups on your own. Just stretch it across your upper back.
Just doing a bunch of normal pushups isn't going to help your punching speed much (if at all) unless you're just in crappy shape to begin with. And I mean really crappy - like moving from sedentary to moderately active.
At this point, I'd also like to say that you are confusing muscle memory with something else. You are looking for an increase in an aspect of physical performance. That performance is translatable to your punching. After all, if I am good at punching, being stronger or more explosive can only help.
But "muscle memory" is highly specific to a movement/activity, so getting good at push-ups does not mean your punching will improve. Punching is a much more complicated activity. The muscle memory cultivated in a good push-up is not the same as the muscle memory cultivated in repeated punching. Just because I can use chopsticks, for example, does not mean I can knit.
Basically if you want to practice handspeed, buy a double end bag and a pair of bag gloves, do a bunch of "shadowboxing," so you won't ever be off balance, and have fun.
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