Video: Using Heavy Bags in a Boxing Gym

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Heavy punching bags should be about half the boxer's weight. Learn about equipment requirements for a boxing gym in this free video on training for boxers.

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Hi. The next thing we're going to talk about in boxing gym requirements is the heavy bag. And I use that term loosely, use that term loosely, heavy bag. You should have actually an assortment of heavy bags. The first one we're going to talk about here is just your general, average heavy bag which is about a sixty pounder which is a good weight for the average person. You should have a heavy bag that's about half your weight. So, for most of the hundred and twenty pounders which is your average person coming in to box, this would be a perfect bag. As you can see up top here we have a spring to keep it a little bit more bouncy, less torque on the wall. But we also have a swivel, set up on a swivel so it'll actually swivel around. This frame where it keeps it away from the wall, because we're not allowed, we're not conducive here to hanging from the wall with a suspended ceiling, so this contraption is a very good for keeping it away from the wall. But it also allows you to work around it. The average boxer can work around, it sticks out four feet from the wall so you can actually work around the ball, the heavy bag as well. In line with our assortment of heavy bags, the next heavy bag is a little bit lighter. Not only is this one a good one for the youths, and we would in turn lower it down to about here for the younger kids as they come in, but it's also a good one for us adults when we're working on our speed. What happens is, you should do approximately nine rounds on the heavy bag, but not necessarily all at once. You should do three rounds with normal speed and power, three rounds with just speed, and then three rounds using just power.

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Using Heavy Bags in a Boxing Gym

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