Shadoboxing with weights

[Kimbo123]

the thing im thinking of it strengthins the muscles needed in the certain punch

[iceman]

actually i also have seen lots of folks "hurt" their elbows because they use 5 lbs and snap it like a punch...ow.

[Scrap]

Throughout a punch there are different Feels, the explosion as we call it comes at the last 4" ofthe punch,. or direction if you like.With Rubber or Elastic, the feel is better than Iron as iron is constant, elastic is not. Plus it elastic, brings the fist back qiucker a good habit to have.

[the killer]

I use 3lbs weights and i dont have any pain or problems with this. its like putting a weight on your bat before you go to hit the ball(baseball) everyone does that. It makes your hands feel lighter and easier to throw

[WayneFlint]

I use 3lbs weights and i dont have any pain or problems with this. its like putting a weight on your bat before you go to hit the ball(baseball) everyone does that. It makes your hands feel lighter and easier to throw

I see what your saying and i see what people are trying to emulate while doing this however i just think its not the best of ways to do things in boxing, listen to scrap and you will be doing yourself a favour. elastic isnt going to cause the same overly tense guard as weights because the resistance isnt there until its activated by your movements either by a punch or defencive manouver or a simple guard/muffs on.

also with the weights as you build momentum throughout the shot it no longer requires much intense contraction throughout the movement as momentum of the weight builds, whereas elastic will add resistance as the punch develops which is one of the oldest strength building principles right there so that must be a nice added benefit.

Not to mention its going to have you boxing from a slightly different stance than usual as youve drastically changed your centre of gravity by having big weights in your hands so your probably going to be well off balance, it seems to me your guaranteed to end up leaning/reaching on the front foot unless you have overly good posture. in time both these bad habits caused through the training and the effect of the training method itself will start costing you speed rather than developing it. doesnt sound like good speed training to me, doesnt sound like good anything training really.

[Scrap]

One thing works everything, Conciuosness, ask Andre .

[WayneFlint]

Now things are getting interesting, id like to hear what andre has to say on this regarding all messages being sent and recieved to the brain, obveously if things arent right there (in the head) at the time needed then there is going to be a big problem no matter how much ability you have or how much has been done in preperation.