Just wondering how much of your training time the UG spends on the heavy bag? Very little, with more time spent on live sparring? Or lots of time spent working technique solo on the heavy bag?
What kind of hand protection do you use on the bag? Light gloves? Heavy gloves? Wraps with either?
Depends on the covering of said bag.
wrapped hands and bag gloves.
Personally I wrap my hands well and wear MMA gloves; I use MMA
gloves because I want a more realistic 'feel' when landing punches...
I have pretty solid form, and when I'm warm-up I really bang... but is
this a bad idea wearing MMA gloves? In other words, are bag gloves
necessary for safe heavy bag workouts? I'm good about resting my
body properly (especially my wrists) between workouts, and so far the
only effects of training this way is that I hit clean and my wrists are
much stronger than before.
Will this prove harmful in the long run though? Thanks
As for how much time...
I find if I don't make the HB a regular part of my workout, I feel my "power" game starts to slip. Since my sparring partners don't like getting knocked out or injured we seldom spar with maximum force.(Who does?) Most of our sparring is for variable emphasis on timing, rythm, distance and force/pressure. The Heavy Bag is indestructable and lets me go "weapons free" and beat the hell out of it.
As for glove...
I used to use my MMA gloves for the same reason, but mine were too tight to wear with my wraps. After 6mos or so I noticed that my tendons over my knucles starting to ache. I don't recomend to anyone using MMA gloves as bag gloves, you may think that your 'toughening' your hands but your probably not hitting hard enough, (your body/mind will subconsously take steps to protect itself)and after time you will most likely suffer more damage than you feel during your workout.
I think a lot of guys here will agree...
Ray
I go back and forth from 14oz muay thai gloves, and wraps. To 4 oz, 6 oz and 8 oz MMA gloves with no wraps. Same thing goes for when I do pad work.
I hit a 150 pound bag a few hours a week. I use wraps, with 16 oz Reyes gloves.
heavy bag daily,14 oz gloves,i like constant weight on my hands so they never get tired and drop,hand wraps also to support wrists.
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Using MMA gloves turns my hands to hamburger. I end up getting deep bone bruises that work there way out with in a week and usually turn to scab. Now I always wear bag gloves.
wrap hands and use 16 oz gloves for 30 or so minutes before putting on mma gloves and doing another 30 or so, at least an hour a day (if possible) before work
3 times per week max, with a day of rest between bag days, continue for several years. Wear good bag gloves, keep your wrist straight and make a tight fist. Don't punch at head level, keep it down around chest level. The high punches put too much stress on your Bursa and can lead to Bursitis. Don't drop your opposite hand when you punch. That's a real bad habit that can get you knocked out. Work both hands equally and learn to punch hard with your weak hand. Snap your punches and hit with your 2 largest knuckles only. Shadow box or do speed drills for at least as long as you hit the heavy bag, so you don't sacrifice speed for power.
The preceding was a public service from Sam Pai Kenpo.
Gary Hughes
One to two days a week on my ground bag. I have not hung up my heavy bag yet to use it standing up because I have moved recently and I am inherently lazy.
I do NO heavy bag work. And would suggest you don't either.
After reading that working out on the heavy bag causes gynoplastia. Fatty tissue underneath the nipple. Other wise known as bitch tit. I refuse to use a heavy bag. Speed bags will shrink your testicles. So don't use them either. Other side effects of using BAGS to train with are as follows- acne, hypertrophy of sebaceous glands, increased tallow excretion, hair loss, and alopecia.
So my advice is steer clear of the BAGS.
Also stay away from steroids, they are bad too.
about a half hour with wraps and 14 oz gloves for power then another half with 10 oz gloves for speed. i like to concentrate on my foot work as much as possible when hitting the bag. try to hit while moving.
DG
LOL
You mean bitch tits are a bad thing?
how do those gel shock mma bag gloves stand up to regular bag gloves???
the ones sold at combatsports.com or something like that. they ran a contest for them a couple weeks ago I think.
"After reading that working out on the heavy bag causes gynoplastia. Fatty tissue underneath the nipple. Other wise known as bitch tit. I refuse to use a heavy bag. Speed bags will shrink your testicles. So don't use them either. Other side effects of using BAGS to train with are as follows- acne, hypertrophy of sebaceous glands, increased tallow excretion, hair loss, and alopecia. So my advice is steer clear of the BAGS."
LOL! Yeah, I hear ya, you gotta watch out for them bags!
i honestly wouldn't suggest doing a lot of bag work with mma gloves. The heavy 14 and 16 oz gloves act like shock absorbers and protect your hand as well as elbow and shoulders from extra wear and tear. The hand has many fragile bones and you really won't toughen them using the mma gloves you'll just end up with early arthritis and bad tendonitis.