On a scale of 1-10 how effective would you say the speed bag is for boxing

2/10 at best.

 

I like it for a couple of rounds at the end of a workout when your shoulders are fatigued - it's a good exercise for building endurance in your shoulders.

 

Pretty useless, unless you use the Head rather than the Hands.

 

tru it builds alot of endurance in your shopulders, which i think is it's main purpose, but also it builds they shoulder for throwing constant conbinations, and fast ones

 

Couldn't you get that from working the heavy bag as well? Or even from shadowboxing?

 

as far as the heavy bag no cause you would be hitting a stationary target, but instead be swinging at a moving object, which will help your hand eye coordination. as far as shadowboxing maybe but the same thing seems to apply, you would be hitting a moving object multiple times, as in shadowboxing your swinging at air

 

Indeed, it's more useful for slipping.

 

When a hot girl walks in the gym, the speed bags start flying.

 

so so tru, i have done that a couple of times

 

:hi:

Guilty as charged.

 

The speed bag is fun and looks cool, but I have never heard a trainer say its an effective training tool. Still, I do it almost everytime I train. It's therapuetic for me.

 

I think its also good for your peripheral vision because as you get better and better at it you can look away or just see it from the corner of your eye and still tell where its going. That also has to do with you getting used to the rhythm but learning rhythm/timing also helps.

 

Your hands are above your shoulders when using the speedbag (or at least they should be if the bag is at the right height) so it's different to hitting a heavy bag or shadowboxing.

 

Im the 1st to run to the speed bag and show off!