Punching Bag?

would you remommend this, and do you consider it cardio or strength training?

it strengthened my forearms a bit, but like jane said, its more cardio than strength straining.

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yeah I love my punching bag, It strengthens the wrist, forearm and even your shoulders. The majority of it is cardio though, and its tougher than a lot of people think.

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yeah i agree good wrist forarm and sholder strengthener and more cardio, but you will see some strength gains in punching if u work your self, and i agree with jane get kicks knees and weaves involved its awesome

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It is definitely more cardio than anything else, and it is essential in fighting disciplines like Boxing, Martial Arts, etc.  I recommend a heavy bag for my personnel use, but I intend to take karate so to each his own.

Get one, great for taking out agression.

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Get one, great for taking out agression.

they can be expensive sometimes though.........

you can find a person for free

Yeah but then they wanna get all pissy and call the police and slap a lawsuit on you...

then the fun level drops...

Oh...what ever happened to catching/giving a good ol passionate ass whuppin

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Get one, great for taking out agression.

they can be expensive sometimes though.........

you can find a person for free

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press:200, Deadlift:475, Bench:300, P.clean:235, Squat:385

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hahaha excellent question.  if someone slaps a lawsuit on me, then it just makes me laugh at what they'd do out of embarassment.  but then again, if a guy my size beat the sh*t out of me, i wouldn't be embarassed.

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Yeah but then they wanna get all pissy and call the police and slap a lawsuit on you...

then the fun level drops...

Oh...what ever happened to catching/giving a good ol passionate ass whuppin

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Get one, great for taking out agression.

they can be expensive sometimes though.........

you can find a person for free

Yeap ^.

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Squat:305
DeadLift:275

A roll of carpet underlay does the trick.

I use the punching bag as cardio....I do 3 5min rounds.  Kick punch and take downs.

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Plus, you will feel more confident when out in public because you know your punching ability will be exponentially stronger & faster than the hothead who doesn't work a bag.

You're not gonna get exponentially more powerful at punching just from hitting a bag.  There is a lot of technique to boxing and throwing punches the right way.

Granted, all it can do is help, but any schmuck can swing at a bag and think he's the next tyson that can pwn all his friends.

Plus you can teach yourself to hit the wrong way, and it is alot harder to unlearn bad technique than to learn good technique.

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You're not gonna get exponentially more powerful at punching just from hitting a bag.  There is a lot of technique to boxing and throwing punches the right way.

Granted, all it can do is help, but any schmuck can swing at a bag and think he's the next tyson that can pwn all his friends.

Plus you can teach yourself to hit the wrong way, and it is alot harder to unlearn bad technique than to learn good technique.

Everyone who's ever worked a heavy bag at the dojos I've trained at, and all the ex-cons I know who worked heavy bags in prison, all throw faster, stronger punches than dudes who just stand up and try to throw down.

Throwing punches in a street fight and the sport of boxing are two entirely different things.

I see your point, but I'm not talking about winning boxing bouts, I'm talking about throwin' down in the movie theater parking lot against the loudmouth who wants to show out for his girl. His punches are not gonna be anywhere near as fast or strong as a guy who slugs it out regularly on a heavy bag, and NEITHER of them will have pro/am boxing experience/training... the heavy bag hitter be the lesser of two evils by far.

A flying knee will take care of him.

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take like a pair of 3lb db's and start wailing on the bag. Its harder than you think.

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take like a pair of 3lb db's and start wailing on the bag. Its harder than you think.

That or get some weighted gloves. It is extremely hard.

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I have some 14oz. gloves and those will wear you down while keeping form. 3lbs would be a bit much to keep form.

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Weighted jump rope?  That sounds tough!

Just get some chain for your jump rope.

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poor rampage, I see his career going downhill from this point forward.  He will get his rematch with forrest, and regardless of whether or not he wins, he won't reign over the division any more.

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poor rampage, I see his career going downhill from this point forward.  He will get his rematch with forrest, and regardless of whether or not he wins, he won't reign over the division any more.

/threadjack

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Dana will just fix the rematch like he did the last one.

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I just hit my bag with a 15lb db. That's tough but I whip that thing right back to my shoulder. Not flailing hands with that kind of weight.haha

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