Shoulder fatigue from punching?

Question

How do I condition my shoulders (specifically, the anterior head of the deltoid) for punching? It's my weak spot. My cardio is great, my legs always feel good, my arms feel good, my back feels good, but when I begin to lag, it's always because my shoulders fatigue.

Are there any tricks out there to boost the ability of my shoulders to withstand fatigue? I always thought I was in great shape, but I recently started a seriously intense workout program and my fitness is skyrocketing. I want my shoulder endurance to increase along with everything else, help!

Nobody I know seems to know how to increase shoulder conditioning, so hopefully the Yahoo Answers people can help me.

I wear 12oz gloves when I work out if that matters.

Answer 1

it could be your punching technique. ask a trainer to look at your punch to see how you are doing it and what can be corrected. It also just very well be that you need to develop your shoulders more. if that is the case just keep training hard and they will get stronger over time.

Answer 2

Ok. Fatigue is the result of 2 things, breathing and over-use of the muscle.

Jabbing will always be tiring, you can make it less tiring by standing a little more straight up instead of leaning too much forward or to one side. When you're not jabbing, try to keep your  elbows DOWN and palm of the glove facing so you so it's easier to "carry" your hand. When you jab, try to jab calmly and do it on your terms. Try not to let an onrushing opponent catch you off rhythm like in the middle of your breathing, and force you to throw out a panic-jab. Panic-punches will deplete your energy very quickly!

Answer 3

ive been boxing for like 8 years now and 1 of my friends just started boxing he is complaining of the same thing your shoulder position could be a factor do you keep your shoulders tense and high or are they relaxed but really i will tell you like i told him when you jab you have to jab until it hurts then jab until you cant keep your hands up then jab till your shoulder is screaming at you and you dont think you can jab anymore then suck it up and jab some more it will build up after time it will become more easy for you

Answer 4

It takes a while to condition your shoulders, especially your jabbing shoulder which is usually your weak shoulder.  Your shoulder isn't used to the intense workout to where your strong shoulder is used to handling the work load so it begins to lag because your body is used to you switching to your strong arm.  When I was boxing and I'd take a break, it would take me a while for my jabbing shoulder to get back up to speed.  At my club, I have a lot of beginners that never come back because they can't handle the pain their jabbing shoulder gives them.