What kind of weight lifting will make my punches faster instead of slowing them down and at the same time ofcourse making me stronger.
Is doing the traditional up to the shoulder and down to the leg standing up motion the right way for what I'm saying?
I already have the weights to use.
So what I'm asking is do I have the right format to gain strength while increasing speed instead of decreasing it.

I like to go to the gym alone. I am trying to develop my upper body. I am an extreme novice and know nothing about weight lifting. I would like to do an exercise that develops the chest. But I don't like to work out with anyone else because the weight lifters scare me. I don't need someone pushing me to do something that will hurt myself. And I don't want to be humiliated because I have trouble lifting the bar without the weights.

I've got one dumbbell at home what can i do with it?