Punching bag?
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hammer53
Chief SmackaHoe
gets the heart pumping... high intensity cardio... i'll box a few nights a week, no sparring, just heavy/speed bag, some leg work... its important to keep your legs moving when hittin the bag to get a good cardio workout out of it...do NOT stand with your feet planted and just wail away at the heavy bag, keep your puches controlled and in combos, breathe right, dance round the bag and you'll get a good session... dont go nuts with haymakers for 1 minute, cus you'll tire yourself out, you need to build stamina and go for like 4 3 minute sessions with less than a minute break btw them...
try jumping rope, my old trainer in college at the Y told me 5 minutes of constant jump rope = 15-25 minutes on the treadmill... i'm not sure if thats true, but i do about 3- 5 minutes sessions on boxing day and it definately feels like ive been on the tmill for an hour!
try jumping rope, my old trainer in college at the Y told me 5 minutes of constant jump rope = 15-25 minutes on the treadmill... i'm not sure if thats true, but i do about 3- 5 minutes sessions on boxing day and it definately feels like ive been on the tmill for an hour!
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BiggerthanLavar
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heavy bag is an awesome work out....If you like interval training(great for burning fat) then do a 1 min. flurry hitting the bag with everything you got. If you're not puking after that, you're not going hard enough.
hammer53
Chief SmackaHoe
BiggerthanLavar said:
i have personally found, and been told by numerous people, that this flurry type workout is ineffective as part of a cardio routine. you will hit the bag like a nutjob on dust for 1 minute, but then rest for about 5-10 minutes to catch your breath and muster up the strength to do it again, and your heart rate will decrease almost all the way down to where you were before you started...
its good for endurance training if you are a boxer but you must keep rest between flurries down to a minimum (2-3 minutes TOPS). you want to keep your hands and feet in motion and elevate your heart rate to a fat burning level, but not too high to an intense cardio level...
