Reddit mentions: The best punching bags

Can you get a bag on a stand or one of those punching dummies and put him in your room? Like this one?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ND13TCZ/ref=sspa_dk_detail_2?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07ND13TCZ&pd_rd_w=qTBye&pf_rd_p=80559f3c-f83b-49c1-8a72-40f936e9df7a&pd_rd_wg=ayUHW&pf_rd_r=RXH6YBF946XR0H8SFSPT&pd_rd_r=c431633d-5c84-11e9-8963-117ccf44e055

That's what I have and it goes with me everywhere. Just fill it up the base with water and you are good to go. Sand is better but if you are in an apartment/home its easier to just use water as you can just dump it out fast when you have to.

This one is even better as it has the torso for kicking but its more expensive

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NF3VDP4/ref=sspa_dk_detail_7?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07NF3VDP4&pd_rd_w=qTBye&pf_rd_p=80559f3c-f83b-49c1-8a72-40f936e9df7a&pd_rd_wg=ayUHW&pf_rd_r=RXH6YBF946XR0H8SFSPT&pd_rd_r=c431633d-5c84-11e9-8963-117ccf44e055

If not at least see if you can pick you a bag.

https://www.amazon.com/Everlast-Power-Freestanding-Heavy-Black/dp/B07BL36JD4/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=punching+dummy&qid=1555006075&s=gateway&sr=8-4

Feeling the impact will definitely help vs just shadowboxing in the air.

The training dummies are kind of expensive but they last forever. I've had mine for over 10 years now and I consider him/it to be one of the best investments I have made. The price hasn't dropped much since the days I bought mine. At least consider it.

There is a bonus too. You can use him as a coat rack for your jacket. I dress mine up like a street thug complete with leather jacket and black wig. Makes for a better "experience" when I'm kicking the shit out of it. Just don't leave him in front of a window as neighbors will think you got some weird dude staring at them all day in your apartment. (since from their perspective than can't see anything past the waist).

I added the wavemaster pro, since that one locks the base and bag so it doesn’t unscrew itself.with the shamrock bar, you can do so many exercises(check out youtube videos for bar exercises)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LflHj2_4s3o

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_kGoGFsLi1Q

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AxaCxySrW8g

here are other useful equipment

I prefer a good dumbell set but the powerblock is a good alternative.one can build muscle and get strong with just calisthenics, but if you want to do weight exercises but don’t have to the room for a bunch dumbells, then the powerblock will work just fine.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlcmgkfcphk

multi-purpose decline bench - if doing core/ab exercises on the bar is too hard, try doing them on a decline bench.

Reflex ball - good for hand-eye coordination and a gives the shoulders a good workout.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3c61cXRD-r0

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GxSl7mooUww

good luck and have fun

> which is cool because we never get to use these strikes during kumite.

Unless you're a total dick. lol.

A heavy bag is probably a much more versatile tool for you given your living situation. You will definitely get feedback from hitting it that will help you improve your technique by testing the structure under force. Plus you can incorporate some lateral footwork as well. Although I definitely enjoy striking the makiwara, I think a heavy bag more closely resembles the physics involved when hitting an opponent. A makiwara increases in resistance the further you punch through it. A heavy bag has less resistance the further you punch through it.

For me, I went a slightly different route. I bought the Century Versys VS1 "Fight Simulator" (groan). It's basically a 100lbs sand base with a foam core tube zippered on top. It is very much like those inflatable punching bags you may have played with as a child. You hit it and it bounces back. It doesn't take much to knock it over, but when you prop it up against a wall, it works quite well as a makiwara albeit with a much softer striking surface. However more importantly, when propped up against a wall, it provides adequate resistance that increases the deeper you penetrate with your strike.

It's a good piece of kit. I use it to practice striking drills. Compared to a heavy bag, having the top move around better simulates how someone's body would respond to a strike to the head or neck. Unlike the wavemaster bags with the large plastic base, the soft sand base is quite short giving you full range to practise anything from low leg kicks to strikes to the head. I also pick it up and do sumo squats with it to work my legs. Aside from the noise it makes when you hit it, it's actually pretty quiet. And it's got a small footprint, so you can easily drag it out for training and then move it off into a corner when you're done with it.

This - Banana heavy bag - is what I would recommend for any martial art where kicking is involved. This will give you the option to train low kicks in a fluid way. Mixing strikes up and setting up kicks.

This - Uppercut bag - is what I would recommend if you're a boxer. Uppercuts are an important strike and this makes it easy to train them.

You can go with any kind you want, really. I have a regular one, almost identical to this one and I love it, but I wish I had bought one of the ones above. With those two kinds you can do anything and if I had to choose I'd go for the banana bag. Cause you can buy a ring to put on that one to train uppercuts, so that settles it for me personally.

Just make sure the material used is thick (preferably leather) and that the hooks for hanging it are sewn properly onto the bag. Also I would wrap that sucker in high grade duct tape (not the cheap kind) before you wear the surface down. I did that and mine is like new beneath the tape. It makes a difference if you don't have a lot of money. Also if you're anything like me, you might wanna use it for ground and pound and that also wears on the bag.

Now about the gloves. People have different philosophies on this also. I go with open gloves (bag gloves or MMA style gloves) for home training, because they will let me use my stop watch and things lie that. But generally my take is that you should use the kind of glove that you would use for fighting. Get comfortable with your equipment and you'll have an easier time making those strikes pop.

So think about it for a day or two and get the equipment you need. You'll love having a bag at home :) Also buy a 'hanging solution', they often don't come with the bags and the kind of hooks that resemble these (even the top quality, thick ones) will break easily. My brother and me broke about a handful of those and the screw part of the hook will stay in your ceiling or whatever you hang it in. They can't handle the stress. Get a real heavy bag hook/hanging solution.

I quite like the BOB bags if I have to choose one and have limited space. They make really nice targets for round kicks and hook kicks. The wavemaster type standing bags are quite nice too but not particularly versatile. You can use them for assorted drills but best for round kicks in my opinion.

If you want something with more variety you could consider one of the multi station things like this too. In all honesty when I had one I usually preferred to use my other bags rather than it, but it might be to some people's taste if you have limited space.

Honestly I find sidekicks and back-kicks are often better trained with a partner holding a blocking shield (who knows how to move in order to absorb impact), but that might just be my personal taste.

I don't much care for hanging bags honestly.

I think if you have a partner available a set of slap paddles and a blocking shield will go really far.

Have you ever thought of including hitting a table punching bag into your self-care routine?

Joking (or not) aside, what makes me look forward to self-care time is that those minutes are completely mine. Example: I do a hair mask once a week, and for it to work I have to keep it on for 10 minutes. That time is pure free-time, a space where I can keep my mind off responsibilities and just stay on my phone/read something/staring into space without it being time wasted because I'm actually using it to take care of my hair! It's just an activity that doesn't require attention.

So my advice is: buy something that takes a while to act (more than five minutes, less than fifteen/twenty) and doesn't require much thinking/preparation, but just sits there doing its thing while you relax and enjoy your "free-time". It also needs to leave you room to move and not restrict your vision or hearing if you wan to read/listen to something.

The bath bombs in your wishlist might work, but they do take longer. My advice is getting

• hair masks (like AMAXY Royal Essence Honey Infused Hair Mask, or Keratin Hair Mask),
  
• face masks (like Laneige's Water Sleeping Mask),
  
• hand masks/gloves (like Moisturizing Gloves Hand Mask - they're made from touchscreen material!),
  
• nail masks (like KOCOSTAR Nail Therapy)
  
• foot masks (like Aveeno Repairing Cica Moisturizing Foot Mask)
  
  The last two leave you with less room, but you just need to listen to podcast/audiobooks, or have everything at hand.

I'm currently en route to self-publish and the short answer is that it's not the "easy" route. It is the Oregon Trail of writing.

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Feedback? Figure it out.

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Financial Support? Hopefully you have a decent bank account or have loved ones who can support you.

Emotional Support? Steak, diet coke, and cake with coffee helps me a lot. Also this

Guidance? Unless you have a mentor in the field, internet will be your best friend.

OH right and Cover Art? Books are judged by their cover-especially in the world of ebooks. This can be anywhere from 0 - 600 dollars.

Even after all that, your precious book will just be a glint in the pile of poop that you desperately hope people will notice (unless you had lot of marketing money/success).

And unless you sell enough copies to be noticed by a traditional publisher, you'll have to deal with the social stigma of being the lowly 'self-published' author.

If you end up becoming the 99% of the ebook authors (I should say 'non-erotica' authors), you'll be mostly doing it for self-gratification as your wallet wouldn't be able to justify you doing this as a career (unless you really don't mind living off of about 500 dollars per book).

My choice to self-publish was based on personal circumstances and because I liked the challenge of doing it all on my own. It was a hard choice to make and it's been very, very difficult choice to deliver. There are many times I wonder if I should just make traditional publishing work (though given the nature of my book, I've been told it might be too much of a gamble for traditional publishers).

And with increasing number of people self-publishing these days it's only going to get tougher.

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It's definitely not the easy route and most writers don't like the idea of self-publishing because you have to spend so much of your time and effort on things that has nothing to do with writing. You have to be a businessman and a writer at the same time and you have to be able to look at your book as a product and a novel.

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It's working its way up to more of the "business" side of things that I've discovered behind wriitng and my choice to self-publish. In fact, that should be my next-next-next post.

I have a Wave very similar to this but haven't really used it since I moved because it's loud. Also I am housing some cats that I don't want to frighten. If I had a way of muffling a room while keeping it aesthetically pleasing (and cheap), I would be happy with it. Last thing, I am untrained and can knock it over with it about half full, so don't expect it to be as stable as a good gym bag.

one of the best investments was when i got my husband a punching bag. All in all it was about $175. its a regular punching bag and it comes with a stand like this. We got it with the stand because we rent and know we're going to be moving sooner rather than later. its substantially cheaper if you can just hang it and get one of these. I got a cheaper pair of gloves and googled "punching bag workout". I started doing a quick circuit that takes about 10 minutes but it works out every muscle in my body. I do that and do weights too. You dont have to start off buying something big. I got a kettle bell for $8 from marshalls, a jump rope for like $3, and hand weights for $5 at target. So you can start off with something inexpensive like that. Less than $20 and you already spent less than you wouldve for a month at the gym.

A Cobra Bag is a great way to train your reflexes without rigging up anchors for a double end bag. Takes up about as much space as a lamp when you aren't using it and easy to move from the corner to the middle of your workout space so you can move around it comfortably.

Here's some recent footage of Canelo using this exact type of bag in the gym. It's a great tool.

I've used one of these with MMX in P90X3 and it definitely helps change it up a bit. Just remember to wear some form of hand protection. I chewed up my hands pretty good before getting some light sparring gloves.

Everlast sells a pretty good heavy bag stand with speed bag attachment. I bought one from Sports Authority for a little under $300 for the stand and bag. It uses steel tubing and it holds up pretty well against punches and kicks -- Here you go

If you want to actually throw power punches, I would recommend you both take boxing classes and get a heavy bag and at least some hand wraps. Otherwise, you're likely to mess up your hands and wrists. The downside with that solution is that it would cost money and time, both of which you've said that you don't want to invest in.

There are other alternatives like stand-up bags, but that's also costly and you would be able to easily knock them down unless you're a very small or weak puncher.

You could possibly wall mounted bag but that's inadvisable unless you have a strong brick/cement wall or you have a place where you don't mind shaking off pieces of the drywall.

Your original solution with hand-held pads might still work if you're willing to take a few boxing pointers, but most people don't know how to hold pads or punch properly.

Kenpo with a heavy bag is one of my favorites. Nothing like letting out the weeks frustration on the bag. It will exhaust you and work your shoulders more.

Amazon has an 80lb everlast bag for 41 bucks. If you have prime it ships free. With gloves, hand wraps, and a ceiling mount I spent like 70 bucks and love it. After P90x I'm going to look in to more heavy bag workouts.

http://www.amazon.com/Everlast-4008-80-Pound-Traditional-Heavy/dp/B00076ZE76/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405605397&sr=8-1&keywords=everlast+heavy+bag

> my plan was to bite his face off Cape Fear style

Nice! I never taught the face bite in self-defense classes. Primarily because it's just hard to practice. You go through those BOB dummy bags pretty quickly.

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If you can't modify your apartment to hang a bag, you could invest in this product:

http://smile.amazon.com/Pull-Core-Unit-Gorilla-Gym/dp/B00FM63MCA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1459204670&sr=8-2&keywords=Gorilla+Gym

It's a $80 pull-up bar, that they make a punching bag attachment for -- you can hang any size weight bag on it and it should be stable.

You can also get a free standing bag like this:

http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00EUXR59M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2CI6POHOSRNN6&coliid=I3QEE0BOCYTOBL

I'm not sure what you're referring to. Did you mean something like the B.O.B. dummies?

I would say anything freestanding on a base you fill with water/sand would fill your needs, and dampen the sound, and beyond that you have choices on what you'd want to be hitting. And yes, anything that gives you targets you can focus on can help.

oh that sounds like a cooler idea for me LOL thx
rn I just found this:
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00076ZE76/ref=s9_acsd_top_hd_bw_b2f19gh_c_x_w/135-2250908-7308950?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&pf_rd_r=XQXC2BS2KEB6YJSD9H2Q&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=bff542a4-43f6-5051-9fbc-d24cf0378d48&pf_rd_i=2438371011

which one did you get?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00022KIYY/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_x8ckxb50Z1CRC

This sounds about like what you are looking for. A little expensive but there are other options on amazon and im sure other places too.

I've never hung a heavy bag in my own place, just bought a stand to hold it up. This one worked pretty well for me.

I actually like the punching bags shaped like a guy. The one with legs especially. https://www.amazon.com/Century-Fitness-B-Body-Opponent/dp/B00022KIYY

OP you would probably be better off asking in /r/MMA or /r/boxing for some better answers.

It sounds like you will be fine with a regular free-standing punching bag like this. Your downstairs neighbors won't be too crazy about it, but unless youre planning to do full 30-60 min training sessions every day I wouldn't worry too much. Just don't decide to go beast on it at 3am.

Do you have a balcony? You might be able to buy a bag + stand and put it on your balcony if there is enough room. However, this can also be quite noisey, but again, if you just want it to just beat up for a few minutes out of the day I really wouldn't worry. Thing is, you might really get into it and want to start training, but cross that bridge when you get to it.

Be sure to have some wrist/hand protection. I've fucked up my wrists a good few time taking naked fury hailmakers into heavy bags.

Happy cake day

Grab one of these. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CY3HHI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_muM7BbNXMGWSB

I have taken hitting classes before as I stated. I plan on re-visiting it before I jump in.

When I say bagstand I mean something like this.

I have no where to hang a bag and am not sure if these are worth getting? Like I stated I would be using it outside in my backyard.

I have this in my office: http://amzn.to/2FoedjC and it noticed it helps reduce stress and its fun

https://www.amazon.com/Everlast-70-Pound-MMA-Heavy-Bag-Kit/dp/B004CY3HHI/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports-and-fitness&ie=UTF8&qid=1484853033&sr=1-1

Punch it out. Reflect on what makes you mad, while your hands fly.

It'll come to you once you've thrown a couple thousand punches. Good Luck.

Like this. Whatever you would call that :P

It's an original one. Here's a picture http://www.amazon.com/Century-Original-Wavemaster-Freestanding-Training/dp/B000EZYT4O

You're welcome

;)

we have a bunch of these at my gym, they work pretty good but the lack of swinging makes you really have to concentrate on moving your feet and not standing stagnant

Body Opponent Bag aka B.O.B.

Updated everything with current prices/etc, this should be all you need for a proper home setup, minus maybe a full length mirror to check form.

Bag Stand $156
Heavy Bag $34
Speed Bag $25
Proper Swivel $18
Proper Bag Gloves $40-60
Hand Wraps $12
Medicine Ball $32
Jump Rope $7

There are also free-standing bags

Buy this, and this.

Set them up where he games. He can stomp and punch all he wants.

Black Canvas Punching Bag... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CSB0C6G?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

The other one just go to a major sporting goods store.

Get a Wavemaster

Get this, http://www.amazon.com/Century-Fitness-B-O-B-Body-Opponent/dp/B00022KIYY

Holy shit! They have alien BOB kicking bags!

How do I make this happen in real life!??

Just a note, but my self defense instructor, as well as the cop who volunteered his time to assist with the class, was very adamant that you should NEVER take a weapon that you can't use/completely control into a fight. If you can't use it properly, it's better not to use it at all because an attacked can take it from you and use it against you.

My class was a national program that I HIGHLY recommend. It's called Rape Aggression Defense, and while it covers home invasion and safety tips, as well as basic self defense, it also teaches you how to get an attacker off of you if they're between your legs, trying to get on top of you, etc... It is women-only (my instructor specified that trans women and trans men were allowed), and there are other classes for men and for children.

I took the class with my best friend, who had only just realized that her then-fiancé had raped her a few months previously (she was sexually abused as a child and had an Ndad and a crack addict possibly-N mom. She had a shattered, possibly nonexistent normal meter before she met me), and going through that class at the time was one of the major reasons she decided to leave him, despite everyone in her "family" telling her that it wasn't reeeeeally rape since they were engaged. The class helped open her eyes to his abuse, and gave her the courage to get out. During one class, we learned how to kick hard enough to knock over a 200lb martial arts dummy. After she knocked it over, she ran up to me, a huge grin on her face and happy tears in her eyes, and told me, "I just imagined it was [Fiancé's] face!" That class let her stop feeling like a victim, and made her realize that she was in control of her life.

Most of the women in that class were survivors of sexual assault, and every one of them had a similar experience that she did. One woman just broke down sobbing during one class because she no longer felt helpless or damaged. The class had a full lesson on consent and how assault is never the fault of the victim.

Basically, what I'm trying to say is that self defense classes, especially like RAD, give you more than just the physical tools and muscle memory to protect yourself; they teach you to use your voice (literally, in this case. The teacher told us to STOP letting society tell us to be meek and quiet while being abused, and to scream "NO!!" if we need to), and how to trust your instincts. They help to fix your broken normal meter.

These guys are being flaming assholes. Some people vent through physical exertion. It is necessary to learn to control your anger to the point where you will not physically lash out at something or someone that doesn't deserve it. However, it seems to me that's exactly what you're trying to do here. If you aren't at a place yet where you can just suppress the destructive urge when you're angry, you're at least at a place where you can understand when you're calm that wrecking shit isn't okay.

To that end, a [http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0046XKIC2/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1462334102&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=Standing+punching+bag&dpPl=1&dpID=31ehvDXQAIL&ref=plSrch](standing punching bag) might be helpful to you. They can be a bit on the expensive side, though. Failing that, keep in mind your pillow could always use an aggressive fluffing.

All that said, this should ideally be a temporary measure until you get to the point where you can suppress your desire to destroy things even when you're angry. If your anger is bad enough that you're not able to stop yourself from doing things you'll regret later, sooner or later that's going to come back to bite you in a big way. There are classes for that kind of thing, and they're not the farce the memes and movies make them out to be.

Good luck on your journey of self-improvement. Don't listen to the obnoxious dicks that want to bring you down just because you're not finished yet.