Shadowboxing is the most underrated form of training

[death]

Originally Posted by Nate787

I love shadowboxing. Most of my training involves it. You can easily train anywhere with just a handheld timer and a sauna suit and do rounds working on something different. I'll usually do 10 rounds with each round working on something specific like:

-one round jab only
-one round all lead hand punches
-one round straight right
-one round rear hand punches

All of these with footwork and head movement worked in.

Then fill the rest of the rounds with punching combos and head movement that simulate drills you do on the mitts.

why do you think you need a timer and a sauna suit to shadowbox?

[viru§™]

Originally Posted by death

why do you think you need a timer and a sauna suit to shadowbox?

Sauna suit sheds the pounds

[vibit]

Originally Posted by scrap

Have you noticed the guy in the Mirror, if you are orthodox, He is always a Southpaw. Must be good for fighting Southpaws.

Sadly, it didn't help me much. Southpaws always kicked my ass.

[vibit]

I think some people mistake shadowboxing as a conditioning tool. Unless you lay on the couch all day, shadowboxing shouldn't be that taxing. That's what the heavybag is for.

[scrap]

This Guy has 140Lbs of resistance to deal with, thats conditioning

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6gKQrrrDIo[/ame]

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WScy2GqIEyE[/ame]

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Interestingly the 2nd guy at that time had not Boxed.

[tmsbry]

Originally Posted by scrap

Have you noticed the guy in the Mirror, if you are orthodox, He is always a Southpaw. Must be good for fighting Southpaws.

But the same can be said for southpaws, when I look in the mirror in my boxing stance the guy in the mirrors an orthodox

[scrap]

Originally Posted by tmsbry

But the same can be said for southpaws, when I look in the mirror in my boxing stance the guy in the mirrors an orthodox

Really

[Nate787]

Originally Posted by vibit

I think some people mistake shadowboxing as a conditioning tool. Unless you lay on the couch all day, shadowboxing shouldn't be that taxing. That's what the heavybag is for.

I don't think anyone is mistaking anything. Turning a drill into a conditioning tool is only limited by your imagination and how hard you want to work.

[Nate787]

Originally Posted by death

why do you think you need a timer and a sauna suit to shadowbox?

Just laying out an example, you don't have to do anything.

[viru§™]

Originally Posted by Nate787

Just laying out an example, you don't have to do anything.

Very poor example.

[KillSomething]

I used to hate shdowboxing...I'd actually skip that part of training or only use it as a warmup. Then I got an injury where pretty much all I could do was shadowbox. As long as you already have the fundamentals down, you can develop some pretty cool shit.

Also, it tires me the fuck out (which is why I used to skip it). If done correctly, you're simulating a fight and throwing really fast, hard punches. And all of them miss. I tire faster in shadowboxing than I do in sparring

It helps immensely to videotape yourself (on the bags, sparrings, shadowboxing). Your coach doesn't have the mental energy to correct everything you do wrong. You do. And no I won't share, because I'm not very good and I would LOVE to have a video of a guy I was fighting. Fuck that.

[Nate787]

Originally Posted by viru§™

Very poor example.

You're right. You never see anyone wear sauna suits or use timers in their training.