It may not help your actual boxing skills but it gets the heart rate up and works the shoulders out pretty good. It's not hard to do for a few minutes at a time, but 23 mins? That's pretty impressive. Shows he could punch for 5 rounds straight non stop if he wanted to.
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i've always considered the speed bag a cool thing to show off on, but fairly pointess to learn otherwise. am i missing something? serious question
No, you're spot on. None of the punching motions are similar or related to how one actually punches. Apologists say "It helps develop rhythm and timing." Yeah, so doesn't training with someone hitting back. It's one of boxing's greatest gimmicks that many fall for. At least when you hit a heavy bag it looks like a punch you would actually throw.
its about rhythm & conditioning. being able to maintain rhythm as your muscles fatigue.
One of the worst things for a boxer is having the skill and technique to knock your opponent out but getting into the later rounds your shoulders are so spent your gloves feel like there are bowling balls in them and you can no longer swing and end up getting whaled on, when you should be whalin on your opponent.
You do this exercise for 20 minutes straight on a consistent basis you'll be able to keep your striking fast and crisp in the later rounds.
That was crazy.
he looks in shape. Thick. Solid. Tight
To the people who doubt the speed bag... You are missing the fact that it betters a fighter's hand speed, which can be a huge difference in fights... That's why you always see Mayweather using it and why he always wins... Never downplay the importance of the speed bag...
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Awesome video...thanks for posting...
supercan - To train the eyes to see something coming toward them, and to not flinch, as well as to coordinate the eyes, hands, and response time to an object (speed bags a little bigger than a fist), is vital to boxing. Speed bag work is definitely beneficial.
There is this new technology out now. It's called sparring partners.
I'm sure the bag is better though.
lol@the nerds who are defending using it and wasting their time doing it for years. Don't worry Joe Dirts, you can still show Chad and Biff how good you are at it. Just don't let them see you spar.
He turned his arms in circles for 23 minutes? Fuck me...
ausgepicht -supercan - To train the eyes to see something coming toward them, and to not flinch, as well as to coordinate the eyes, hands, and response time to an object (speed bags a little bigger than a fist), is vital to boxing. Speed bag work is definitely beneficial.There is this new technology out now. It's called sparring partners.
I'm sure the bag is better though.
lol@the nerds who are defending using it and wasting their time doing it for years. Don't worry Joe Dirts, you can still show Chad and Biff how good you are at it. Just don't let them see you spar.
Lame. I guess Mayweather, Marquez, and Paquao don't know shit.
ausgepicht -supercan - To train the eyes to see something coming toward them, and to not flinch, as well as to coordinate the eyes, hands, and response time to an object (speed bags a little bigger than a fist), is vital to boxing. Speed bag work is definitely beneficial.There is this new technology out now. It's called sparring partners.
I'm sure the bag is better though.
lol@the nerds who are defending using it and wasting their time doing it for years. Don't worry Joe Dirts, you can still show Chad and Biff how good you are at it. Just don't let them see you spar.
What is the sum of your boxing experience?
Nick is ready I really feel like he's going to win this
None of my friends think that Nick has a good chance to beat GSp. Can't wait to be the only one cheering at the end of UFC 158 this weekend.
Lol at the people questioning the usefulness of the speed bag.
omlet de fromage - He turned his arms in circles for 23 minutes? Fuck me...
lmao
Wow a lot of very offensive wannabes who have one in their cellar they have been hitting for years that have sand in their vaginas. As for the guy who asked about my boxing experience, I started in 1991. As for the idiots mentioning great boxers like Mayweather and Pacqiao, do yourself a favor and look up 'appeal to authority.' Just because they use it isn't proof of jack shit. For years boxers thought sex before bouts and weightlifting were bad for you. Sports is full of supersticions and false beliefs.
No one here can make the case that a speed bag does something unique. No one. It's a stupid gimmick. I'm saying you are better off spending valuable trainiing time drilling or sparring with a partner and anyone here who tells me otherwise has not only never boxed, but they are a bumbling moran. No wonder a Flat Earth society still exists.
NotImpressedByYourScreenName -ausgepicht -supercan - To train the eyes to see something coming toward them, and to not flinch, as well as to coordinate the eyes, hands, and response time to an object (speed bags a little bigger than a fist), is vital to boxing. Speed bag work is definitely beneficial.There is this new technology out now. It's called sparring partners.
I'm sure the bag is better though.
lol@the nerds who are defending using it and wasting their time doing it for years. Don't worry Joe Dirts, you can still show Chad and Biff how good you are at it. Just don't let them see you spar.You sound like you've sparred one too many times.
The brain damage you are exhibiting is the exact reason why fighters use training techniques other than sparring.
Riiiiiight. Because it's 100% or nothing at all. It's the Ken Shamrock school or nothing. Show up, knock each other out and then go home.
You should actually walk into a boxing gym once. You'll learn fast that there is a variety of instensity in drills and sparring. What an absurd, unrealistic view.
Just for shits and giggles, can someone do a GIF of that and put GSPs head as the bag.
If you have never used the speed bag then you will most likely not appreciate the video.
KlinAtizer - Just for shits and giggles, can someone do a GIF of that and put GSPs head as the bag.
Please!!...........I'll give you one helluva VTFU, like you never had before (beep).