wrist weights build speed?

[testbuggie]

does training with wrist weights build punching speed?

[lssanjose]

if you want speed, train for speed, endurance for endurance, and strength for strength. Then again, for endurance, it varies. You can talk about aerobic and anarobic endurance, or muscular.

[white devil]

if you want speed, train for speed, endurance for endurance, and strength for strength. Then again, for endurance, it varies. You can talk about aerobic and anarobic endurance, or muscular.

that doesnt answer the question.

does training with wrist weights build punching speed?

Yes it does and i've had my proof only recenly.try this exercise.

Light a candle and place it somewhere infront of you,about shoulder height.Try to extinguish the flame with your jab..keeping a reasonable distance..you will notice that it's not easy at all...and you might be trying all day without making it.

now put your wrist weight on (about 2,5lbs it should be) and throw like 50 consecutive jabs as fast as you can...The light probably doesnt extingish yet since the extra weight on doesnt make you faster...Now take off the weight

at first i tought i was only ''feeling'' lighter and faster but in fact i really was,for a brief moment. Now throw your jabs at the candle and I bet about the 8th time or so the candle will go off.

Now listen,maybe this worked for me because i have trained my jab exclusively for an extented period of time and made it my quicker,stronger hand (I did so after learning the theory that tells you to put your strong hand forward sinceit will do much of the work)myself being right handed,instead of switching sides(which means it will take decades to re-learn everything incrusted in my muscle memory)..I've simply made my left hand the stronger,quicker one.


just try the trick and tell me what happens

[lssanjose]

those, like ankle weights are detrimental to your wrists. You're better off whacking a sheet of paper.

[white devil]

not if you add the weight gradually it doesn't

[ecamd1025]

Try practicing footwork first then coordinate the hands. Take care

[Hardball]

for 40 bucks you can get a professional boxers speed bag. I love mine.

[Zentenk]

Only way is to get one of those speed guns and measure how fast you throw a punch and try it like that. The weights make no sense since that is a downward force and would put more pressure on your joints since at the endof the punch the weight wants to continue forward. I'd suggest punching underwater.

[white devil]

i tryed punching underwater during my scuba diving classes at school but it's impossible to get into a stance

[Zentenk]

use some ankle weights and stand in water up to your neck