Does boxing(punching) give people bigger T****zius muscles?

[Super T]

I was wondering, because I see so many boxers with big trap muscles. Does punching use the trap muscles, causing boxers to have bigger trap muscles?

[7 1 6]

Go throw 100 punches straight on a heavy bag, tell me what muscles hurt =P

[Super T]

So is that a yes or a no?

[Richie-G]

I can't see why it would, I don't think just boxing will give you any gains in muscle size. Maybe the reason their traps are big is because it is involved in punching so they choose to do extra work on their traps.

[THEBIZ]

keeping your hands up puts a lot of strain on the traps. Fighters have to have them to support their arms.

[7 1 6]

yes they do build them, they dont make them huge but they tone them. I dont lift weights at all but Im at the gym everyday and I have gotten noticibly bigger muscles just from boxing alone.

[Oriachim]

You get strengthed quite remarkably but almost no increase in muscle size.

[AKATheMack]

throwing hooks build your traps. Thats the only trap work I do and my traps are pretty large.