I'm way too old for this to matter.... but I'm curious as to whether this is common place nowdays... and ... is it beneficial? I have my own heavy bag (not the missus) and I do several rounds most days (time permitting)..... I mostly wear wrist weights for the first 3 or 4 sessions.... and then remove them. For the next 3 mnute session .... my punches are much quicker and my punching power seems only marginally reduced... Is there a bad or beneficial aspect to this for those in serious training...or doesn't it matter a ****? BTW:In answer to the obvious question.... Why does an old **** work out on the heavy bag?:huh It's called "An instinct for self preservation".... I seem to have a gift for pissing people off and if I'm gonna get myself in the ****.... I gotta give myself some sort of chance...
No benefit at all. If you want more resistance punch the bag harder. Your punches feel faster but they're actually not.
I beg to disagree RDJ..... I have done a punch count when just continual light punching .... and we are talking a 20/30 punch increase in the first minute (I emphasise... light punching) OK.... Maybe it's psychological.... but that's the way it works out for me Obviously... when I'm using full body weight ... there is not much difference:good
No point at all, the point of the bag is that it adds resistance, theres no need to add any additional resistance. For shadowboxing yes their is an applicable use for light weights. USing hands weights repititavley can give you joint stress so bare that in mind.
Point taken.... I mostly wear 16oz gloves to hit the bag coz I can't be arsed taping up and using mitts
the weight gloves might be benefitual depending on what you are trying to accomplish. It might build your strength and endurance. There is no benefit to your form or speed. If i had weighted gloves i would only use them once a week. my main focus is on form and speed.
don't know if this is useful info, but as far as i understand when it comes to punching, the arm does not move against any significant resistance, and underload training rather than overload is more beneficial for speed and power (use lighter gloves) i know baseball pitchers and handball players use lighter balls to increase velocity, and i would think the same applies to boxing the arms and shoulders are supposed to be loose, not tensed, so putting extra weight on the end of them would seem to have the opposite effect of training quickness because the whole technique is compromised
Dont know about wrist weights but I saw something on the weights that MLB guys like to use on their bats. They showed that despite what the MLB guys think it actually hurts bat speed. This content is protected This content is protected
