Should I hit the bag like Mayweather?

An old powerlifter I used to train with used to say "Practice doesn't make perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect. If you practice the wrong way, you only get good at doing it the wrong way".

If you want to get good at bench press, then do a lot of bench press.
If you want to get good at free throws, then do a lot of free throws.
If you want to get good at gold, then play a lot of golf.

In your case, I would say that you need to push yourself, but only for as long as you can keep doing it right. If you start getting sloppy after 5 minutes on the heavy bag, then you have effectively practiced doing it right for 5 minutes, and practiced doing it sloppy for the additional 15 minutes.

In boxing, you the more power you put into a punch, the more energy you use and the faster you get tired.
So I approach it two ways. I do a lot of shadow boxing, practicing each punch literally thousands of times so my body becomes conditioned at doing it right every time.
Then on the other side of my training, I throw big, heavy, powerful, punches as fast as possible at the bag. I do this until I start getting sloppy, then rest, and go at it when I am feeling good again.
This way I know my that when I am in the ring I will be able to be as heavy handed as possible, being able to keep it up round after round (hopefully), but also know that every time I throw a punch, I am doing it perfectly.

That, of course, is just my view on it.

 

What kind of moves are you trying to get better at?

 

I can't comment in respects to whether you should do what your asking, but I will tell you that boxing is not just an anaerobic output. A sport like American Football is almost all anaerobic activity. Boxing requires a more even ratio of oxidative and anaerobic output.

If you are getting tired then maybe you should implement more high intensity interval activities into your training.

 

I don't really know the science behind it but the best thing i ever did for my conditioning was hillsprints, and also ton ups on the heavybag. (throw a hundred straight punches on the bag putting 100% effort in, rest for 30 seconds and throw a hundred hooks to the body and repeat to the head). The ton ups on the bag werent thrown with any real technique, it was more about the effort u put in. Is that cclassed as high intensity??

 

What is the point of throwing a punch without taking the time to make the effort to throw it properly? Teaching yourself sloppy technique is wasted effort.

 

i do plenty of technique work but with the ton ups i dont concentrate on technique as much as i would my normal heavybag routine, its more about knackering myself out, and its usually at the end of the session when im usually starting to lose all form anyway.

 

The things you are talking about you can develope without the heavy bag. Start doing footwork drills and learn to coordinate the movements of your hands and feet. You do this away from the bag, then you go to the heavy bag to start working on gauging range and distance.
You need to be careful about how you throw your jab to do what you are describing. You don't ever want to cheat the jab, in how you throw it, because it will foul your distance and cheat your right hand. But if you get to much on the jab, it will push a guy out of range of the right hand.

 

The best way to get good at boxing is to spar alot. Sparring is what seperates fighting from practice hobby.

 

wtf 3 months? so its more a fitness studio than a boxing gym?

 

ask some pal from gym or friend or somebody who is also "waiting in the line" to do sparring in your backyard, park or somewhere and thats it...

 

if they are at a gym with a 3 month wait list either its the most prestigious gym ever or they arent really keen on competing im sure there are other options than sparring in a park or back yard that **** is just asking for trouble....