improving punch speed

[risingdragon]

how long do anyone throw punches that are weighted. I carry two ten pound dumbells and punch with them for 4 minutes. During this summer i'm going to increase it to ten. I lost all my skills nooooooooooo

[MuayThai Fighter]

I find punching the heavy bag improves speed in my punches.

[granmasterchen]

here is another idea that you might want to consider. Try sparring with wrist weights, weighted gloves and then sparring gloves over that.....now when you spar, spar with an individual that only has sparring gloves on, this will force you to build up speed just to protect yourself during the fighting sessions, now after training this way try it with out the weights and be amazed with the speed!

[CrazyAZNRocker]

Well remember though, you still want to be careful when using weights to train with, you can really damage the elbow if you are careless.

[granmasterchen]

Good point, you do have to be careful with that when training, like all trainings there is something bad that can happen, be safe. If it starts to hurt, stop. And don't over do it. The best way to protect yourself is not to over extend your punches, now be careful when the weights are off, you will be used to throwing that extra weight so again you may but too much into your punch and hyper extend an elbow, thanks for bringing that up crazyaznrocker

[broomhilda000]

OH MY GOD i did punching exercises with just 5 lb. weights for a few weeks and my punching is SO MUCH FASTER its like a blur.. i seriously recommend this exercise

 

What is the workout you do with them? Shadow Box? Or what?

[granmasterchen]

you can do normal punching drills, just wear them while doing everyday activities or spar with them on