Shadow boxing; Do you Hate it or do ya LOVE IT?

[James78]

it is extremely important, jake la motta never used a speed bag in his whole life, he got his hand speed from shadowboxing. I stopped doing it for a while and my form just turned to **** mush.

[DutchDynamite]

it is extremely important, jake la motta never used a speed bag in his whole life, he got his hand speed from shadowboxing. I stopped doing it for a while and my form just turned to **** mush.

OK you sort of convinced me to do at least 3 rounds later this pm, giving it a try again..
cheers!

[PeekaBooPooch]

Any self respecting boxer does shadowboxing as a daily routine!

And, go to a boxing gym, unless u just wanna **** arround!
Go to a gym and learn it proper!

[leff]

good for technic, good part off a good warm upp, but yeah agree it gets a bit boring

[HopeFalcon]

Not good young jedi warrior, shadow boxing is very important

[MikeBrew328]

I do it all the time, even at home, constantly. I get very frustrated sometimes because i'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to technique/ head movement, which is why I never shadow box in the mirror, only when I want to check a punch like to see if I'm turning my jab over, if my hook is tight enough, etc.

[angus the bull]

The people who usually love it are the ones who cant box very good with an opponent in front of them so they look good punching the air in front of them lol

[Bendigo]

I view shadowboxing the same way I view roadwork: Love it or hate it; it's essential.

[Unanimous]

I guarantee you that you're not shadow boxing correctly if you're not in a gym.. and you're probably picking up some ****ty habits.

Yeah, you're probably right. Not having a trainer living in my house obviously has its disadvantages! I'm trying to get myself as fit as I can before I join the gym in my town. Don't want to join up as a unfit 34 year old, I've got too much pride for that. Shouldn't be too long now, I think my leg, which I broke a while back, is finally regaining strength and I'll be starting to add running to my daily excercise routine.

[PeekaBooPooch]

Yeah, you're probably right. Not having a trainer living in my house obviously has its disadvantages! I'm trying to get myself as fit as I can before I join the gym in my town. Don't want to join up as a unfit 34 year old, I've got too much pride for that. Shouldn't be too long now, I think my leg, which I broke a while back, is finally regaining strength and I'll be starting to add running to my daily excercise routine.

Do you run a lot for conditionning?

I signed up a time a go and was not able to do all the things , because i was wasted at that time, so i did lots of running or jogging, and it is very good right now!