IronFist
01-04-2004, 12:57 PM
Alright I know you're not supposed to really use tension when shadox boxing. But I have this problem. I'm totally loose and everything, until I go to bring the technique back. I'm so used to tensing at the moment of impact that I can't not do it. I'm so concerned with bringing the punch back quickly that I guess I use wayyy too much muscle at the transition point from extended to retracted. So after shadow boxing for a long time, all my pulling muscles are sore, especially my rear delts. Is that normal?
The only way I can not tense up at the end is if I go a lot slower. Not like tai chi slow, but much slower than I would actually punch in a fight.
I'm sure the soreness in my rear delts is caused from the sudden contraction of going from relaxed (cuz they're the antagonist muscle during the extension) to sudden, hard contraction as I bring my arm back in.
Any tips to fix this? Or is this normal. Once again, it's not my triceps or front delts, it's mostly just my rear delts and lats (the "pulling in" muscles).
The only way I can not tense up at the end is if I go a lot slower. Not like tai chi slow, but much slower than I would actually punch in a fight.
I'm sure the soreness in my rear delts is caused from the sudden contraction of going from relaxed (cuz they're the antagonist muscle during the extension) to sudden, hard contraction as I bring my arm back in.
Any tips to fix this? Or is this normal. Once again, it's not my triceps or front delts, it's mostly just my rear delts and lats (the "pulling in" muscles).