Do you want to be a good boxer? Well, then you need to have superior cardiovascular strength. You also need to have strong legs that won’t turn to rubber as the fight drags on. This means that you have to run a lot, take steps in the stadium and run with the wind. Of course, you also need time to spend in the gym working out, building your muscles, wrestling, and working on your speed and strength. It would make sense to not mess around while jogging and do a little shadowboxing as you go.

One technique that is quite common is to wear ankle and wrist weights while running. If you want to get your body broken, wear more clothes to sweat more. Make sure you stay hydrated, and once you get all those weights off, you’ll be amazed at how light you feel and how fast your hands are. Best to go straight from running while shadowboxing every step and straight to the gym for a speed bag workout. Perhaps you’ve been driving your car and seen people jog down the street, stop at a sign at the crosswalk, turn around, and start shadowboxing in all directions.

It looks like they’re throwing combo punches at the ghosts, and you’re just happy to be in your car where you’re safe instead of in front of all those flying fists. You may think it looks pretty silly, but a smart boxer will do this for hours on end, honing his skills and keeping them ready for the challenge of their next fight. Make no mistake, this is not a replacement for lifting weights in the gym, doing push-ups, sit-ups, and getting in incredible shape; still, if you want to compete at the highest levels of boxing, you will eventually have to combine your boxing and jogging together while training.

While on the track team and also playing soccer, I would often carry a soccer ball with me and kick it around on my 6 mile runs. It was incredible the control of the ball that he had when combining these two activities. It made me quick, agile and helped my ball skills. The same is true for shadow boxing and jogging.

In case you’ve ever wondered what those people were doing while running down the street and appearing to be fighting ghosts, now you know. Today they are punching the air today, tomorrow it could well be an opponent on the way to the canvas. Please consider all this and think about it.