Shadow boxing with Dumbells - Work Out

Sounds good unfortunately all I can do is 8lb's-43lb's on a regular dumbbell weight set I got.

 

The maximum weight I shadowbox with is 16 ounce. I have a pair of leather weights that fit around the hand which is great. They can even be used in sparring.

 

funny guy




weights i dont mind but i heard that it causes extra stress on the elbows and wrist.....i need that wrist man:blood i keep getting tennis elbow in my jabbing arm. my expereince is that it can be detrimental. i like the idea of these leather 16 ouncers are a bit more useful and dont have alot of stress just makes the movement slower due to the the extra air resitace.

there is a gym rule not to skip with strapweights on the ankle cause you put alot of pressure on the knee.


my mate puts these 2 stones (literal) in his hand bag gloves.




the be all is that it's got be extra light weight to start of with.

 

It's hard on the joints, elbows in particular because of the risk of overextending. It also ****s up your timing IMO.

 

Don't punch with weights in hand. It's just dumb.

 

I used to do it with 5 ib weights. It will make my hands faster but only for a few minutes after I stopped using the weight. It also seemed to **** up my shoulders and technique.

 

I usually use gloves with some wieght´s in them for shadowboxing. It does build speed but they should not be to heavy, that´s for sure.
I also let my boxers use it. It´s a good way to build speed.
All the best
The Predator

 

Shadowboxing with weights is actually quite good. It'll increase the stamina in your shoulders making it easier to keep your hands up so your defense improves and a study was done with light weights with some top experienced amateurs and they increased handspeed, pucnhing power, and punch frequency. They did 10 second bursts of fast combinations (I think they stuck to one twos) with two lb db's, 1 lb db's then competition gloves.

Not sure how long they did this for or how much of an increase but I remember it was somewhere in the area of 10-20% increase in raw handspeed which is pretty good.

 

it's a bad idea. don't do nething over 2 lbs. and u shouldn't be doing it fast

 

Its the wrong feel for Joints its consistant, feel is your fastest response sense.

 

It's a bad idea to punch a bag with weights in your hands. It's also pointless, unless you just want to injure yourself. I prefer using chest expanders instead of shadow boxing with weights. Just make sure your wrist angle is correct.

 

it depends. shadowboxing or using weights for uppercuts isn't too bad, but overdoing it for straight punches will have an effect on joints and elbows. slow is recommended. never heard of using weights while hitting the bags:huh

 

^ Never heard of weighted gloves?