Endurance Issues on the Heavy Bag

How about try cutting the number of rounds on rope work and shadow boxing?

 

Not sure you'll get a lot of responses here, since no one can see how hard you work the heavy bag. Too many factors like you said. But if your general cardio is improving - that's pretty encouraging. Heck a lot of us here experience the same thing. Probably cuz we're just working a little harder on the bag,

 

Vary your training.

Variation 1: End every heavybag round with a one minute punch out where you go 100% with 1-2s or hooks or whatever, it's just important to push yourself here.


Variation 2: Box on the Heavybag for 5-10 minutes. Nothing builds endurance, like endurance.

Variation 3: Less rest in between rounds, try 10-30 secs less rest each round.

 

Hey man that's pretty good, you have some fast hands. Although I'm no expert I find it is easier to see what other people do wrong rather than what you do wrong :good

The main things I noticed where that although you are focusing on speed you still need to get the proper rotation in your right hand. Throw it fast but throw it like you would in a fight with the full rotation of the hips(I'm guility of this as well). In fact overall I think you need to hit a little harder, that's what the heavybag is for after all.

You also need to make sure you get full extension on your punches, for the most part you do but at times you'll step to close to the bag.

Finally I think you need to punch a bit higher up the bag, you are puncher a bit to far down where it wouldn't be a body shot ut it wouldn't be a head shot. Punch straight at head level.

 

If you've been doing that for seven months and you're still having a hard time, you must be too tense when you're working the bag. You'll notice this too when/if you start sparring. If you're totally relaxed and moving smoothly instead of tensing your muscles and trying to hit "hard", you can go for much much longer without getting tired. Just try to relax and think about having balance and timing and coordination when you hit the bag, not trying to put a dent in it or knock it through the wall. Relax and work your speed and technique and you'll realize how much easier everything is.

 

Do less warm up

 

Feet to wide, on front Foot, Pushing your Shots. Other than that pretty tidy, but Bad posture of the Shoulders, because of where the Head is, because of the Backfoot.

 

If you are training as you have stated consistently, then I see no reason for concern, providing you are training at right level of intensity.

A few points:

Most people tend to throw more punches per round when on the heavy bag than they do in sparring / competition as generally a live opponent isn't stood stationary waiting to be hit.

Most novices tend push their punches on the bag rather than focussing on HITTING it. They also tend to focus on power rather than letting the power come through speed and technique.

Heavier gloves for training increases difficulty - come fight night you will probably be wearing lighter gloves ?

If you are hitting the bag 4-5 times per week it's likely that your muscles haven't fully recovered between sessions (don't forget the cumulative effects of the rest of your training). I would have a few days off to allow full recovery and then go for 2-3 quality sessions per week at this stage. You just need to provide your body with a stimulus to adapt - You don't need to blast your body every session.

Vary your training - try some Tabata style intervals / intervals of different lengths and vary your rest periods.


If you have been training consistently for 7 months without a break - have a deload week (i.e. a week of rest or lower your frequency / volume / intensity to allow for recovery.

Also, bear in mind that prior to your first bout, you will have 3-4 days of rest (or very little hard training). You will be fully recovered an raring to go come your first bout.

What do your circuit / bodyweight / weight session involve? And how often do you do these?

 

Must be tense or over thinking your punches while on heavy bag. Relax and let the punches come out more fluidly (is that a word?).
Also, try heavier gloves. I can tell those are like 10oz or lighter.
16oz will tire you out quicker so don't expect results right away.

 

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you're more tired on the red bag because youre throwing power into your shots, but what happens is that it soaks your energy rather than conveniently, bounce your fist back. (Newton's law) Compare that with the tighter green bag which pushes back in the opposite direction with equal force.

While your shadow boxing may be fine and you aren't tired cause of it, remember that you are punching air, so you feel no effort to exert forward and backward.
But everytime you throw out hard, you have to pull back equally hard. Spar someone, and when you miss your big shot, you suddenly feel very heavy. The red bag is doing just that, denying you of an immovable surface, so now you've spent twice the energy recovering from the motion.