Boxing question?!
Question: is hitting the heavy bag a good way to gain some muscle around the shoulder-chest area, also the arms?
i do 10 rounds, 3min each of powerful blows
Answers: is hitting the heavy bag a good way to gain some muscle around the shoulder-chest area, also the arms?
i do 10 rounds, 3min each of powerful blows
Yes. I work at a boxing gym. If you actually do 10 3-minute rounds, it will make your arms, chest and back stronger. If you want enormous muscles, you'll want to supplement with some weight training, but the bag work you're talking about will definitely give you strength and definition. Just make sure you're using proper form with your punches and not just windmilling on the bag. Focusing on technique, footwork, and head movement when you're throwing punches will give you stronger arms than if you just stand in front of the bag throwing haymakers all over the place.
Yes, eventually this will get you more muscle mass.
it will if you want to wait 10 years it will make you punch a lot harder and it will make your muscles stronger but bigger not that fast when you do that do push ups and weights
no, the heavy bag nor the speed bad will never build any muscle mass.
The heavy bag's purpose is to train your muscles to deliver their power to a target effectively, though the impact it creates it does define and train your muscle mass (look at a persons' legs who's trained on an elliptical for a year compared to those of a person who's been running for a year, I guarantee the runner has more defined and versatile muscles).
Basically the bag doesn't give you any power, it just trains you to deliver what you have, if you don't warm up on the bag you should start, and have structured practice on it, don't just go all out on it for 3min ten times, make sure you keep your feet moving, bounce around, plant, and deliver. WRAP YOUR WRISTS if you don't already, you can cause a lot of future damage if you don't.
you will definitely get toned and leaner, but you won't gain much muscle. your best bet is to incorporate weight training to gain some muscle. don't lift heavy weights, just enough to make you stronger. you will notice a difference in your physique and the power behind your hits as well.
good job with the 10 rounds! like I said before, you will DEFINITELY get more lean and toned the way you're doing it. keep it up!