Training with a spare punch bag

mickmac

I recently got a new bag for my attic and after a few weeks of looking at the old one sitting in the corner, looking forlorn and getting dusty it occurred to me that there might be some training I could so with the yoke.

Unfortunately I'm buggered if I can think of anything more imaginative than using it as a kind of awkward weight to squat with.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what else I could do with it?

Chris89

theres pretty much an encyclopedia of stuff you can do with a weight like that.

if you make two handles on it by wrapping duct tape around and around and loosening it on one side so theres two loops. you can use it as a big sand bag.

clean and press, deadlift, squat, floor press.

or without the handles, clean it to one shoulder, squat with it racked on one shoulder, take it out the back and throw it around like a caber from the highland games.

bearhug it and farmers walk.

be imaginative, im sure theres a heap of youtube vids with a bag.

Nothingcompares

You can do loads of stuff like Chris says. i don't know what type of martial arts you're interested in but you can practice your Ground and pound on it too by laying it on the floor and punching it from mount/side mount/KOB

Scramble

I've done a call-out drill a few times where you'd respond to whatever position was called out (knee ride, side control, north south, mount) and keep striking the bag with punches, knees, elbows etc. for the duration of the round. Sometimes someone would try and wreck your balance by pulling at you as well, makes things more difficult. Found it good, lots of fun.

There's also this DVD http://www.budovideos.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=18352