Does Working on the Heavy Bag make your shoulders and back bigger and stronger?

[Joey Giardello]

Been doing alot of work on the heavybag my shoulders and back feel bigger and i feel alot stonger. Any one else felt there shoulders or back got bigger and stronger from the heavybag

[Coeco]

Well obviously from making your shoulders and back absorb shock from the bag it would make them increase their mass. Just don't overdo it or you'll loose a lot of speed.

[Joachim]

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[i3raintwo]

...Please explain how you would LOSE your speed hitting a heavy bag...? I can't wait to hear you explain your theory.

Joey, keep up the good work. To answer your question, yes to a certain extent. I'm sure there are many other factors like push ups and pull ups if you are doing them.

[Coeco]

By making both ones arms and shoulder absorb shock over and over and over again, you will gain mass that WILL affect your speed. Of course, this can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you box and in what weight league.

[FISHTIKS]

I'm surprised this is a serious question...you know; being a BOXING forum and all I figured you would at least know what results to expect from using a heavy bag

[Danny Gunz]

By making both ones arms and shoulder absorb shock over and over and over again, you will gain mass that WILL affect your speed. Of course, this can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you box and in what weight league.

Stop. Right now.

We need to sticky a thread that will properly inform people about this myth.

[Psycho012]

Well obviously from making your shoulders and back absorb shock from the bag it would make them increase their mass. Just don't overdo it or you'll loose a lot of speed.

You really don't know what are u talking about...he can't lose speed from heavy bag.Did Tyson lost speed from hitting heavy bag?

[GymRat]

Stop. Right now.

We need to sticky a thread that will properly inform people about this myth.

It is not a myth. There was a study done in one of the boxing books I have that took a class of boxers/martial artists and split them into two groups. One group would just shadowbox for a month, the other group would hit the heavy bag for a month. In the end, the ones who hit the heavy bag lost significant speed but gained a lot of power, and the shadowboxers lost significant power but improved their speed greatly. Both have to be done equally to maintain speed and power at a maximum.

Kevin Rooney speaks a little on the subject by saying "Think in terms of combination punching. It's how big, heavy guys like Floyd Patterson and Mike Tyson got their hands moving quick as **** and their combinations flowing like ****, without the resistance of a bag or the impact of hitting an opponent to affect your punches."

It's just not well known or believed by many people.

[BrooklynBomber]

It's laughable.


Anyway, working heavy bag will develop your shoulders and back, but only moderatly.