presents a couple of problems...
1- punch mitts are probably the most important "tool" in the gym if used properly. anyone who has done significant mitt work and significant bag work, will certainly tell you that they learn more on the mitts than they do on any punching bag...so there goes a little bit of credibility. furthermore, punch mitts are the best way to cut back on sparring rounds and extend a fighter's career.

2- the speedbag will make you faster to a degree, but there is only so much speed you can get from it...most of the actual "speed" gained from it is eye speed and necessary timing speed, not true hand speed.

3- i will go right ahead and state that the double end bag has done more for my game than any other piece of equipment in the gym. i am not even gonna waste your time or my time explaining why, i feel it is rather self explanatory.


modern training methods are often wrong in their approach because they tend to ignore the fact that you arent prepping an athlete, you are prepping a fighter. all this scientific crap floating around these days saying "dont run long, run sprints" is a way of saying "dont put yourself through hell, there's an easier way"...well fighters need to go through hell, its a fight, you are trying to hurt someone and they are trying to hurt you, this isnt putting points on a board. and what i find so alarming about all of that junk is that the people who talk all this interval stuff seem to forget that a common part of old school roadwork involved sprinting up hills, or doing fartleks, as we call them in track and field circles- they just didnt have a fancy name in boxing circles.

an alright write-up on a great topic...ive never heard anyone glorify the speedbag so much though, its a bit bizarre...