Heavy bag effect on muscles

[nine_weapons]

working in the heavybag on the same day should be fine. Heck, you may want to incorporate it into the circuit. Punch out drills are drills where you puch the bag either as fast as possible or as hard as possible for a set amount of time. that would work nicely into your circuit.

[KNOCKuOUT]

I agree with nine_weapons. Thats one of the drills I do in a circuit of mine on training days. It works really well.

[Kajukenbopr]

weight lifting can make your punch slower and weaker. while your muscles will look and feel awesome, the muscles in the arms work against each other causing the arm to move with more restraint.

if you weight lift to increase your body weight your punch in theory does get stronger, but its not because of your arm muscles, but because of how you throw ur weight around with the punch.

you have to look up which exercises with weight will work better to improve your punching. bodybuilding will most likely leave you slower than the average fighter

[bushido_man96]

weight lifting can make your punch slower and weaker. while your muscles will look and feel awesome, the muscles in the arms work against each other causing the arm to move with more restraint.

Contrary to what many older masters believed, and many earlier practitioners of the arts, lifting weights in order to get stronger does not slow you down. Joe Lewis proved this long ago. When you actually lift heavy weight, you recruit more muscle fibers, and the more muscle fibers you put into play, the more explosiveness you can build.

Lifting weights as part of your Martial Arts routine is a good thing, and you can reap benefits from it. What is important is to maintain your technique within your practice as well.

[TigerDude]

weight lifting can make your punch slower and weaker. while your muscles will look and feel awesome, the muscles in the arms work against each other causing the arm to move with more restraint.

if you weight lift to increase your body weight your punch in theory does get stronger, but its not because of your arm muscles, but because of how you throw ur weight around with the punch.

you have to look up which exercises with weight will work better to improve your punching. bodybuilding will most likely leave you slower than the average fighter

I strongly disagree also. This is a myth, thoroughly disproved by many many professional fighters.