Shadowboxing is the most underrated form of training

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

 

Sauna suit sheds the pounds :dead

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Very poor example.

 

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 ****.

Also, it tires me the **** 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. **** that.

 

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