Shadowboxing for cardio?

[Fahrenheit]

I really only know the basics of boxing, but it's a change of pace from running. Is there anything wrong with doing this for cardio?

[djm4791]

im no expert but i think it is supposed to help although i still think it shouldn't replace running and other cardio exercises.

[Nubster]

I would not thing there would be a problem if you can keep the intensity up. When I was in the police academy part of our morning PT involved boxing for 3 minute rounds (paired off, one person throwing pre-determined combos, the second person wore the mits) the switching and then wearing the mits for the other person for three minutes and it was quite the workout.

[Ifight4Beer]

shadow boxing is great for hand speed and its good for yer cardio to It gets my heart rate up fast and gets me breathing hard as long as Im woring on my speed beter than runing does but when it comes to conditioning you need a little bit of everything

[msh2]

I tried it a few times with the heart rate monitor on, it feels like working as hard as a run but I never get over 140

[Ian Coe]

I would say for sport specific work, yes.

If you're thinking of using it instead of running though for pure fitness purposes, no

[mauriciorua22]

I've been doing it for about a month on off days since there's very little else to do in a college dorm room. It works pretty well, but as others mentioned it's no replacement for running.

I recently read a magazine article about it, so people seem to be jumping on this idea.

[Trim Reaper]

It's always good to mix things up IMO.

[CraigChrist]

You can always add in some burpees while shadow boxing to ramp up the heart rate kinda like the pit workout

[Jubacat]

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