3 Way's To Amp Up Your Heavy Bag Work

Bored with your heavy bag work? Well, In this brief article I will discuss three ways you can up the intensity of your heavy bag training.

1. Wear Heavier Gloves. Simply put on a pair of 16 or 18 ounce gloves... Doing this will cause your hands to drop as you fatigue, so you have to work just as hard to keep them up.

Your shoulders will burn like hell, but the improved conditioning and definition of your body will be well worth it. * Note* If the heavier gloves impede good technique....put the lighter gloves back on.

2. Add Intervals Of Fast Punching. This is ass kicking way to up the intensity. Simply add 15-30 second intervals of fast, hard punching to the round. You punch at a moderate tempo for 30 seconds... Then for 15...or if you really want to be hard core... 30 second intervals.. you punch as fast and hard as you can.

Go back to 30 seconds moderate then repeat the interval punching. Try using 2 minute rounds at first. Then as your conditioning improves move up to three minute rounds... Warning though... it's not for the faint of heart. Performing these intervals will make your heart feel like it's going to beat right out your chest.

3. Use Shorter Rest Periods Between Rounds. Try adding 30 second rest periods between rounds of your heavy bag work. You may be thinking this doesn't sound like much but I guarantee you this will bust your ass!

So now that I have given you three options to add to your heavy bag training, get your ass in the gym and put them to use. Try adding one, or depending on your current condition, all three.

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Put Your Heavy Bag Work In High Gear

Be sure when working the heavy bag you are mixing up the velocity of your punches. Many fighters work the heavy bag with a lazy tempo.

We are creating habits in our training... Good or bad they are being formed. So be sure to change up your punches on the heavy bag as you would in a fight.

A great way to up the intensity and your conditioning is by changing how hard and fast you throw your punches on the heavy bag.

Mix bursts of savage power in with combos of blazing speed. Just like you would in the ring.You are always going to be changing the velocity of how hard and fast you punch in a fight... so make it no different when working the bag.

Here's how you add it you your heavy bag training...

Work on power boxing( Throwing hard punches) for a minute... Followed by 30 seconds to even a minute of speed punching. Going back and forth for the duration of the round.....

This will really kick your ass at first. It's a great way to train and bring your conditioning to new heights. It's also a better way to prep yourself for the punch output you will actually need in the ring.

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Hooking Off The Jab....

Hooking off the jab is a combo that many fighters neglect... It's a great weapon to use as was evident in last night's fight with Forrest vs. Baldomir...

Fighters..... You NEED to watch and study fights like this.... I couldn't believe on how sharp Forrest looked!

Did you see him hooking of that great jab he was shooting?! Watching that makes you want to go right to the gym and spar and try it yourself...

We can forget to use certain combos at times... Watching a technician like Forrest who REALLY upped his effort and performance.... You see things in action that maybe you neglected... You get ideas and see how great they can work at the same time....

It's great to watch these fights and hope to catch a performance like Vernon's and learn from it...

It's even better to go to the gym and try it out for yourself...

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Class Is In Session Tonight....

Aspiring fighters if you want to get a real lesson in the Sweet Science... Professors Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright will be presenting tonight in the squared circle...

Take notes on how Winky uses his jab at different tempos...On how he uses a simple turtle like defense to pick off would be scoring shots.... Take notes on how Bernard will try to adapt by offsetting Winky's jab...As he will try to time him with right hands... Pay close attention to Bernard's foot work that many are overlooking and may be a decisive factor in tonight's fight...

Ring Generalship will be shown at it's finest tonight...

The key in the ring is to stay relaxed and both of these fighters do this so well...They also know how to set traps... Change momentum... Take away strengths and make it theirs....

Yup....

This is a fight that aspiring fighters will be studying for some time on how boxing is really done...By two masters... It won't be brawling.. But Science.. With some bursts of fierce exchanges of course... I really expect we will get more action than anticipated tonight...

Students...Pay close attention, as these fighters will be displaying skills that are neglected by many...It may be some time before you see two old school fighters like this again...

What The Jab Can Do For You

It all starts with the jab... My fighters know how much I stress this... Yet many fighters neglect it or under utilize it...

For all you fighters out there... You wanna control and win alott fights?... Develop a great jab...

Larry Holmes dominated with it for eight years during his title reign...Watch some of his fights.. Look at how he mesmerizes and sets up his opponents with it scoring at will... He kept them on the defensive and shut them down!...The jab was everything to him...

Ike "Bazooka" Quartey has a Bazooka like jab.. In his prime he dominated his opponents with it... Ike had De la Hoya hesitant and off his game with it...

Now Winky Wright has been kicking ass with his jab and turtle like defense... Winky's jab has a crisp velocity to it and he shoots it a bit high.. This throws his opponents off...

The thing here is.. He developed it this way... He worked on it for countless hours and years... Now he is reaping the rewards of his labor...

Learn from these elite fighters... Watch what this weapon can do for you...

The jab can shut fearsomely offensive fighters down keeping them on the defensive...

You get the point?... Good... Now get to work on it!

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There's No Slowing Down...More Big Fights Ahead.....

It was finally announced that the fight between Jermain " Bad Decisions " Taylor and Kelly Pavlik is signed and done.....

This is a great fight for the fans and boxing period...One that will draw great....

The Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City will be rocking for this event... Expect Bob Arum to be showing his promotional finest for this big fight...

Another BIG fight that has been announced is WBO Champion Joe Calzaghe vs. WBA/WBC Mikkel Kessler...The fight is slated for Nov.3

To prove how big this fight is... 16,000+ tickets were sold in first 12 hours! ... Talk about anticipation...

The fight is being held at the 76,000 seat Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales....

Ya I know this fight isn't in the states... But to have a stadium with 76,000 seats nearly filled is awesome for the sport...

Oh ya... The seats will fill... Joe is a HUGE draw.. His fights already draw over 30,000 fans... Kessler is becoming more and more of a big draw with each spectacular victory....Those are loyal and rabid fans over there who come out to support...

This is obviously why the Millennium Stadium is the chosen site...

It's just great to see many big fights finally being made....

It's also going to be great to see the hyped fan support for these fights....

These two promotional firms are kicking away the casket!

Boxing is dying huh?... Damn! I gotta tell you how much this annoys me to even write this statement.....

I hate hearing that bullshit! Cause those of us in the know... Know how ludicrous that is....as I have written about it before....

Well you may be thinking.... Hey smart ass!.. How can you still think that way after all that has been written to the contrary?

I'll tell you why....

The relationship between Golden Boy and Top Rank (Bob Arum) has been reconciled...

This opens the opportunity and reality for HUGE fights to happen....

Fights like Manny Paq vs.Juan Manual Marquez II

Provided Margarito wins tomorrow... Cotto vs. Margarito

If not, then Mosley vs. Cotto will be made...

These are two VERY proactive promotional power houses and the best in boxing right now...

They will work together to bring more livelier, entertaining, and memorable events....

Both of these power houses stable of star studded fighters backs this statement...

There is no grave site in sight for boxing....

Just the reality of soon to be packed venues and fans greatly anticipating these and more big fights... that get the fans hyped....

Ya... I know it pisses you haters off that the Hurst has now made a U turn....