Recommendations to the best free standing boxing bag

January 28, 2009 11:57 AM

Suggestions for the best freestanding boxing bags

After having a lot of fun with Wii Fit boxing and having an interest in Boxing/MMA, I want to add a more physical element to my workouts in regards to boxing. Since I live in an apartment, a heavy bag that comes form the ceiling is probably out. I also don't want to have to weight down a free standing bag with 250 lbs of water or sand. Are there any viable options out there?

posted by mdwiffle to Health & Fitness (6 answers total)

How big you are, and how hard you're likely to hit the bag, are relevant bits of info here.
posted by Shutter at 12:27 PM on January 28, 2009

There's no heavy bags that fit your criteria. You could try speed bags or the double ended striking balls, but heavy bags need pretty secure mounts.
posted by electroboy at 12:45 PM on January 28, 2009

For an example of what (I think) mdwhiffle is talking about, here are a few, although I have no experience as to which ones are good/bad.
posted by dzot at 1:20 PM on January 28, 2009

I should follow up because I missed the weight requirement. There is one on that page that gets the base weight down to 150.
posted by dzot at 1:22 PM on January 28, 2009

Those freestanding bags are a waste of money. It'll end up as a rather expensive clothes stand.

You could get a grappling dummy or use a 6ft Thai bag for mma drills (practice arm bars by looping a bit of rope around it), ground 'n' pound, side controll to mount etc.

Or how about a muk yan jong?
posted by the cuban at 3:13 PM on January 28, 2009

Maybe something as cheap and simple as a bop bag would work?
posted by gnutron at 4:33 PM on January 28, 2009