Shadow fighting for cardio

[Belurshac]

Is the shadow fight (like boxing without anopponent), with weights in the hands and without them, just cardiotraining, or it can even help with muscle development? What you thinkabout it?

 

[stevesmi]

i think it is funny personally.. i saw a guy doing this one time outside an apartment complex.. do it but you might not want to do it in public

 

[Lev Butlerov]

From those times when I was doing lots of boxing and sparring, I still do the shadow fight from time to time. It may look odd, but it is a real stress for the body, and the muscles got to work a lot. Also, it is a good way of maintaining active the neuron pathways for your movements. You can definitely consider it a cardio session if you do it right and intensively enough. If you had a punching bag it would be ideal, but since you are asking about the shadow fighting, I assume that you don't have a punching bag.

 

[muskate]

It will help you develop muscle, but it'll be functional muscle. It won't develop you big bulky muscles. It'll give you look of an athlete. Not a bodybuilder. It's very similar to calisthenic training.

If you want to develop big bulky muscles, the most efficient way to do that is to train with heavy weights that make you fail in the 6-10 rep range.

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

Anything that gets your heart rate up is cardio. If you enjoy it then keep at it.