Punching bags?

[AgentZap]

Does anyone know of any weather resistant punching bags that can be kept outside on a patio or something?

 

[Ameesh]

id be interested in find out too i was just thinking about getting one.

 

[MajesticMoose]

You could probably use any outside if you cover it. The one i found at dick's was canvas, as i imagine most are. That ought to be pretty water tight, especially if you were to treat it.

 

[Red Dawn]

Just take the Bag off the Hook when you are done. All the Speed Bags are made of leather . I can go through one in a month when I'm training.(Master of the Speed Bag). If you are talking about a Heavy Bag (not so easy to take off the chain) I guess yopu can wrap Duct tape around it.

 

[AgentZap]

Good suggestions. Ya I mean a heavy bag, although I may get a speed bag too. My crappy gym doesn't have them anymore cause idiot kids use to slice them open =\

keep the ideas coming

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I have a 75lbs vinyl TKO but it weighs about a 115lbs right now because I don't take it down but once in a great while and turn it over for a couple of days to move the stuffing around. It's rock solid down low(great for leg kicking) and if you head hunt for awhile the water starts streaming from the bottom BTW, all of the vinyl and canvas will take on water through the zippers/ fasteners as well as from the morning dew. A hydro would probably fair better but they baby your hands,feet,wrist,ankles, and shins to much IMO.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

About the speed bag if you find it a tad boring(I do) get a speed ball. I love the way it moves up, down, and all around making it much more difficult to hit clean. In fact you'll probably have brush burned forearms and legs until you get the hang of it

 

[Alienwho]

Hey I want to get a heavy punching bag, what's the best one I could get for under $100?

 

[Red Dawn]

<< get a speed ball. I love the way it moves up, down, and all around making it much more difficult to hit clean >>

Hmm I always seemed to hit it.. with my face

 

[DAPUNISHER]

<< Hey I want to get a heavy punching bag, what's the best one I could get for under $100? >>

It's personal preference mostly but I like the TKO 75lbs I bought this one a good 5years or more back and it still very workable. It has the nylon re-enforcement strap over the hanger straps which sold me because the old canvas/vinyl Everlasts I used to buy would fall apart in 1 1/2 years. Mostly the straps would tear right off the bag despite being taped and I'd have to re-attach them with 6lbs fishing string and one of my mom's big knitting neddles. If the TKO pictured is the same model as the one I have it also has the securing ring on the bottom so you can keep it from moving around a lot. I don't use it though because I like it to swing so as to allow work on timing counter-side, front, spinning back kicks, ect...
<< Hmm I always seemed to hit it.. with my face >>

I'm feelin' ya brudda, I've some expeirence with that myself but it beats the rope burns

 

[Jabbathegutt]

Everlast makes a "nevatear" model that is really sturdy. I have had one for over 5 years and it still looks new. I think it was around 80 bucks for a full sized model when I bought mine.

 

[AgentZap]

I am probably going to be kicking the bag a good amount too since I am a karate guy. Is it ok to kick with regular shoes or is there some special shoe I should be using for beating up the bag? I would go barefoot but since it is a chatahoochie (sp) porch it would be a bad idea

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I buy the cotton gung-fu shoes here the cotton ones make great slippers when it's chilly out too I just wrap some medical tape around the instep and heel to keep the shoe from coming off. I find once they're broken in(only takes a session or two) that you can kick very much like barefooted(curl toes to hit with ball o' feet, no real protection on instep, dig your heel) instead of that padded, disconnected sensation of kicking in real shoes.