I do feel as though my punches and combos are fairly fast but every now and then they feel sluggish. Of course i would like to have mayweather speed. Are there any weight or resistance excersices that may help? any drills you could practice on your own? Maybe Clapping pushups? Think too much weight training could slow you down?
Work the mitts with a good trainer and shadowbox frequently.
Try working on your technqiues and mechanics in slow motion.
Learn to get the movements down to a tee so your muscle memory is firmly embedded.
Allow your speed to pick up naturally as you get warmed up.
You will be throwing punches with greater ease and speed.
Also when using the hevaybag, try just tapping the bag with your punches. Remember to throw the straight punches in the quickest possible line from your fist to the bag.
steroids and plyometrics mixed with padwork. Unless you want to get in the ring-then listen to the other guys.
When it comes to weight, i actually found too much weight training slows you down. General movements that built power in the shoulders, like overhead presses, worked best for me.
But that's all secondary. If you want faster punches, shadow boxing a lot is the best way forward. Use a couple of rounds of shadow boxing as warmup for your weights or anything else you do, and you'll soon see your handspeed increase.
THere are a ton of old threads on this.
Hand speed is largely genentic. It is an attribute.
But a lack of speed can be compensated for by working on your quickness. While reaction time is again an attribute, it can be trained. Combined with good non-telegraphic mechanics, you will appear to be much "faster" than you really are.
I do not have fast hands, but I am quick.
I don't think anybody here is whining.
LOL-Whining? Maybe you are confused. You sound confused.
If there is a genetic ceiling, then it is genetic.
It either is or is not. You are agreeing with me.
Or are you a whiner too?
Loser.
If you have a problem with the logic, try to articulate it. If you know what that word means.
Name calling is the first resort of losers.
Scoup-SO let me get this straight? Because you added the word ceiling to genetic there is a difference? IMHO that on average the amount of improvement between where someone starts and where they hit their "ceiling" regards speed is not that great. You may be mistaking a big improvement in quickness for speed.
punchy-You opened the door. Loser went first. I am simply making a point.
oh geez another "e.kaye vs (insert here)" thread sigh
puunchdrunk31-You seem obsessed with the ghey.
I can arrange for someone to give you a good ass pounding if you need to get it out of your system.
The first sign that you might be gay yourself is your hatred of gays.
Unlike an insecure loser like you, I have no problem with having gay friends.
Would you like someone buff or someone that will wear a dress while he does the deed?
Nice try.
But lame. You obviously think that calling someone gay is a slight. YOU have a problem. No projecting going on around here.
Whatever.
And you are a lame internet nobody with nothing interesting to add to the conversation.
Pathetic, actually.
punchy-Loser that you are, here is how I live.
Friday night I went to a birthday party for one of my best friends. He happens to be gay and runs a modeling agency in NYC.
I attended his party at a Plumm, a top NYC club and hung out with him and his new model Miss Universe Panama, Sorangel Matos.
And my g/f is hotter than her.
So if that makes me e. gay, what are you?
LOSER!
"I am someone who is heterosexual, who does not make up stories, and is not an old fred etish like karateka."
I forgive you for not realizing who you are dealing with.
1-I have actually picked up a supermodel. Stephanie Seymour.
2-I have been picked up in a bar by a supermodel. Kate Moss.
3-I am BB in the JKA and proud of it and it has nothing to do with boxing.
4-I do not make up stories.
Sorry, but absolutely nothing a troll like you can say, changes any of that.
And I truly believe that you are closeted and have problems. I will glady make the first donation to the "Buy A Strap-on for punchdruch31's "girlfriend" Fund.
I find it odd that yours and Nikmays profiles are exactly the same.
Then again, it is not surprising.
Pitiful troll.
And your opinion matters because?
There are one or two trolls here. Guys with multiple screen names. So what?
Since no one here is "anybody", why do I care what you think.
If you can prove me wrong, go right ahead.
So far, nobody seems to have proved anything other than they resort to name calling lacking any substantive arguement.
Unlike you two, I have a life.
Stephanie was about 23 at the time, fyi.
When did you change your name nicky?
I can tell you what will slow you down - Listening to punchdrunk31.