Dubster wrote:
I have never had call to use or been trained on how to best use the heavy bag and would appreciate any suggestions (I have hand wraps, gloves and have sparred etc).
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Sprint wrote:Dubster wrote:
I have never had call to use or been trained on how to best use the heavy bag and would appreciate any suggestions (I have hand wraps, gloves and have sparred etc).
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You want to go easy on the heavy bag to begin with because you can cause no end of damage to your shoulders if you don't hit it right. This is especially true if you are not used to hitting a moving target. I would start on the lightest bag I could find and stick with it until I felt I was wasting my time. The problem is you can knock the crap out of a heavy bag and not know you've hurt yourself until hours later.
No point in trying to find a routine until you can use a bag safely.
Chris Fleming wrote:For the strength training, dead lifts and squats are the way to go. I'd add some kind of overhead pressing like the clean and press. Good programs are Pavel's book Power to the People! which is 2X5, with the second set being 90% of the first, or some kind of variation such as 3X5 like you mentioned or 3X3.
neijia_boxer wrote:No point in trying to find a routine until you can use a bag safely.
scaredy cats! its a bag for christ sake, it not going to hit you back. We have girls at our school hitting it for an hour no problem. htfu!
Dubster wrote:Chris Fleming wrote:For the strength training, dead lifts and squats are the way to go. I'd add some kind of overhead pressing like the clean and press. Good programs are Pavel's book Power to the People! which is 2X5, with the second set being 90% of the first, or some kind of variation such as 3X5 like you mentioned or 3X3.
Cool, thanks. I do Turkish get ups - would that cover the press?
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