Tiring lead arm

[southpawwolves]

I'm having trouble when using my jab often my shoulder gets tired and aches and I keep dropping it. Obviously I've been caught a few times because of this and got stopped once through it. Does anyone know how I can strengthen my shoulder/arm so i can keep my guard consistent and bring my jab straight back to my chin rather than dropping it before it comes back to my chin? I should probably add i dislocated this shoulder 3 years ago. Whether that makes a difference I don't know.

[SugarBoxing]

speed bag, shadow box with weights

[southpawwolves]

Speedball i agree with. Shadow box with weights no. Will probably more likely to cause inujury and is very unnatural. Thansk for your input though.

[SugarBoxing]

sorry, I kind miss the injury par. Well, depends on how serious it is... you may consider doing static exercises. For instance, if you can do push up, after you done doing them, do not go up immediately, stay with your arms half bent 10 seconds or so. It builds up muscle endurance and is a good conditioning for your joints

[Scrap]

Simply Stretch, the Back and Shoulders.

[erics44]

i have a similar problem, i think i have an injury

[greynotsoold]

The problem is in the way your are throwing your jab. If you are just using the arm, then your shoulder will get tired, the glove will get heavy and you'll drop your hand. If you start the punch with a slight turn of your shoulders, let the turn of the shoulders drive the arm, you won't get tired, your jab will return properly, and you'll be in position to throw a right behind it.

[0james0]

i have a similar problem, i think i have an injury

I tore my shoulder ligaments a few years ago and my muscles are clearly not the same since. Not only do I have limited rotation, but it aches easier.

I was told it just takes time to strengthen so just make sure to do more jab work to build it up. So when working out I try and do twice as many jabs as right hands.

[southpawed]

Simply Stretch, the Back and Shoulders.

Some examples of back and shoulder stretches Scrap? Any one in particular?

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[nikola_ganchev]

Really nice stuff scrap. Just to say this stretches not only will make your left hand tiring less, but will inprouve the jab immensely and the defence against right hands will follow.

[Jun Chang]

Great stuff Scrap.

I would add: when you start your heavy bag workout, Go for 100 strikes per round of jabs. (practice only jabs). Do this for 3 rounds, concentrating on good form.

[SugarBoxing]

I am not doubting your expertise, just wondering: this stick stretching always was scary for me. I do not like the sound the joint makes when you pass from the front to the back. I mean by bringing the stick, that you keep with to hand from the front body plane to the back plane. For how long you have been doing such an exercise?

Thanks!