How to Install a Heavy Punching Bag
Want to really get in shape? Whaling on a punching bag not only gives you a great cardiovascular workout, it also tones and strengthens your muscles, relieves stress and builds self-defense skills.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- S-shaped Hooks
- Eyebolts
- Boxing Heavy Punching Bags
- Punching Bag Hanging Frames
- Drill Bits
- Screwdriver Sets
- Variable-speed Drills
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Measure the area where you'll install the bag, compensating for the bag's height and the space you'll have to maneuver in during your workout.
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Drill a hole into a hanging beam, ceiling stud or the top of a door frame. If you prefer, hang the bag from a sturdy pull-up bar installed in the doorway.
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Screw an eyebolt (available at hardware stores) into the hole. Use eyebolts with longer shafts and screw them in using the end of a screwdriver as a lever.
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Attach each of the chains atop the punching bag to an "S"-shaped hook. Most bags come with four chains or swivels.
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Wrap each "S" hook with duct tape to secure each of the punching bag's chains.
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Link the bottom end of another "S" hook onto the hanging hook of the punching bag. Secure this connection with duct tape.
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Attach the top end of the same "S" hook onto the eyebolt in the drilled hole.
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Tips & Warnings
Other hanging options are available, such as freestanding frames that are designed to fit punching bags of all sizes. You can also purchase freestanding punching pillars that include heavy foundations so the bag doesn't sway.
Heavy punching bags come in different weights. Athletic stores typically sell lighter bags (40 to 60 lbs.) while bags at boxing gyms can weigh up to 150 lbs.
When choosing your bag, be sure to test its surface. Avoid buying bags that are too hard (filled with sand) or too soft (filled with water).
For protection, try a sand-filled bag that's surrounded by a foam shell.
Before hitting a punching bag, make sure to properly protect your hands with hand wraps and the appropriate gloves.
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Comments
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angeliqa8
Sep 10, 2010
For heavier bags try placing a 4x4 across ceiling beams in attic space, then get an extra long eye bolt and screw into ceiling passing through the ceiling beam and the extra supporting 4x4. this will help absorb the stress of the extra weight, spreading it across multiple ceiling beams and will ensure bag movement wont pull they eye bolt out. -
eHowSucks
Jan 24, 2008
what a waste of time reading this.. so how height, from what surface, how to weigh it down? this site is terrible.
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eHowSucks
Jan 24, 2008
what a waste of time reading this.. so how height, from what surface, how to weigh it down? this site is terrible.
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Aug 08, 2006
Install a swivel link between the S hook and the eyelet. This allows the bag to spin freely. Without a swivel link, the eyelet will likely become too stressed from repeated twisting and will break, dropping your heavy bag onto the floor or on you.
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Jul 23, 2006
When hanging the heavy bag, make sure to get a heavy bag spring to connect to the eye hook. The spring will take a lot of pressure off of the ceiling beam. From top to bottom it should go in to this order. Eye hook>>>spring>>>'S' hook>>>bag
