I have one and it's mainly for the cardio kickboxing crowd. The actual bag part is really soft and light. The weight is all in the base so it won't flip over. If you're looking for something to do a light bag workout with then it's great, but power training and conditioning on the bag are out. But then you don't have to drill holes in your roof either.
I have one and it's mainly for the cardio kickboxing crowd. The actual bag part is really soft and light. The weight is all in the base so it won't flip over. If you're looking for something to do a light bag workout with then it's great, but power training and conditioning on the bag are out. But then you don't have to drill holes in your roof either.
I have a friend that uses one for muay thai regularly and loves it. He is urging me to get one.
Anyone have any ideas of how to cover the bag if I leave it outdoors?
I have one and it's mainly for the cardio kickboxing crowd. The actual bag part is really soft and light. The weight is all in the base so it won't flip over. If you're looking for something to do a light bag workout with then it's great, but power training and conditioning on the bag are out. But then you don't have to drill holes in your roof either.
Good comment- let me add to that or stress because the base is bigger than the "torso" (or the bag) it is really only useful for kicking, if you are short. at 171cm/5'7" I find the base seem to "get in the way".
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Good comment- let me add to that or stress because the base is bigger than the "torso" (or the bag) it is really only useful for kicking, if you are short. at 171cm/5'7" I find the base seem to "get in the way".
I am going to give one a try this weekend and see how it feels.
I don't think that a garbage bag would fit over the top of the punch bag. They don't make them that big over here. I might just tape a few bags together.
Good comment- let me add to that or stress because the base is bigger than the "torso" (or the bag) it is really only useful for kicking, if you are short. at 171cm/5'7" I find the base seem to "get in the way".
When I started a martial arts club where I work, they bought me a couple of the six foot water-filled bags. I don't think the bottom of the bag is more than two feet off the floor, possibly a bit less.
And all that extra water makes for a more stable platform; you can wail on 'em pretty decently without worrying TOO much about kicking them over.
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Sorry, I wasn't clear there-I meant the base gets in the way (diameter is big) of your feet for punching, so it is really only useful for kicking. I found if I was "moving around the bag and "punching thru it the base was "in the way" especially when doing combinations (I especially like to use elbows). Does this post make sense now?
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If you a get a good one the only downside is that it's too soft to condition your shins and fists.
Forget the spring ones - just get a heavy durable one in two pieces - you can take the upright from the base and use it for GnP and even a wrestling dummy.
The ones I use at the gym cause no problem with punching - the bases are two tiered like.....hmm... an old fashioned bee hive?
Look like that - but they have no brand name on them, and seem a heavier gauge PVC, and inner than the Reebok ones they had originally -which fell apart - Muay Thai clinch and knees, buckled and split them. Not an issue with the ones we have now - I'll ask next time I'm in and see if I can get a supplier for you.
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Sorry, I wasn't clear there-I meant the base gets in the way (diameter is big) of your feet for punching, so it is really only useful for kicking. I found if I was "moving around the bag and "punching thru it the base was "in the way" especially when doing combinations (I especially like to use elbows). Does this post make sense now?
Yeah, it's true. It takes a hanging bag to really get in there for some moves.
Edit to Amplify: I have two of the bags referenced in the article linked by Lost Dog for the Tae Soo Do club I run at my work. Unless you're really leaning in you can certainly do jabs and strong-hand punches at a decent distance, though you can't really move through the bag. From a kicking point of view, the fact that the bag doesn't swing randomly is a detriment, but you can pretty well pound the snot out of it and it won't tip over. Ours are deliberately filled with water rather than sand, because we need to move them around a LOT, bringing them from the fitness center to the cafeteria every time, so we built wheeled carts. Perfect? No. But for our purposes, good enough.
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thanks for your additional comments. I think that if you have a choice between the two, I would go with the hanging one. If it is a choice between nothing and a standing bag- the the standing is not so bad just as long as you are aware of the limitations.
We had one in a temporary gym we were borrowing when our dojo was rebuilt. I am sure it had been there for a while and many people wailed away at it (no doubt lots of mawashigeri) and it was broken at the chest. I suspect the quality has improved in the newer ones but I would not out it outside... I don't think it would stand up to the elements very well at all- even covered. Let us know what you end up doing and how it works out.
cheers
Peter
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I have one of these. I like it because I can do low kicks. It has a fairly solid feel to it as in it doesn't have that squishy outside\rock hard center. It's a wider top so I don't really have a lot of the issues reaching it like what Pete mentioned HOWEVER I don't know if I could easily pull off elbows (never tried). It doesn't punch as solid as a heavy, heavy bag. So a solid punch\kick isn't going to stop when you strike the bag. I don't know if that's really a good or a bad thing for sure. It's a little easier on the joints and every time I've ever hit a real person the blow never came to a screeching halt so take that as you will.
There isn't really a ton on it that would really get too tore up being outside. The base is plastic, the bag is vinyl. If it were me, I'd just pop the bag part off and store it inside and leave the base outside.
There isn't really a ton on it that would really get too tore up being outside. The base is plastic, the bag is vinyl. If it were me, I'd just pop the bag part off and store it inside and leave the base outside.
We made a couple of three-wheeled scooters for ours, to move them back and forth. Granted, tile floor between the Fitness Center and Cafe where we work out, but still, filled with water, they're solid enough to whomp on and they can be tilted over enough to get a cart under.
Again, they're not the six-foot hanging banana bag, but they ain't bad.
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