Properly Mixing Boxing Punch Bag Ingredients

By Fernando Miranda

The Internet contains a veritable library of information about what to do with your boxing punch bag, and it's all available to you by performing a Google search. The main question puzzling people in the real world is how you can fill your own bag.

People have differing opinions of which material is the best. Water is liked by some, as is sand, or even grass.

Water and sand work well, depending on what kind of bag you are using and the effect you're looking for, including the make of the bag's shell. Unless you're particularly keen on mopping, I wouldn't fill a normal sized boxing punch bag with water.

Grass, on the other hand, is not a good choice regardless of the bag you're using. By filling a boxing punch bag with grass, you're guaranteeing yourself a bag that is far too soft to serve as any kind of conditioning tool.

The first thing to remember when it comes to filling boxing punch bags is that there is no replacement for a good, store bought empty shell.

Even if you're looking for something more budget conscious, in the end, your sister's sewed boxing punch bag will end up costing you more money and time than if you'd have purchased one in the first place. The consistency of the bag will be all wrong.

So what can someone do that doesn't want to buy a full priced boxing punch bag? Never buy a sack and go with it. Sacks are not built to take the kind of pain you're going to be dealing on it day in and day out.

Buy an unfilled bag and save yourself the hassle that will come when your sack refuses to take anymore and spills its contents all over the floor. The great thing about buying an empty shell is that they're very cheap. The filler of a boxing punch bag is what makes for an Everlast instead of an Aries or TKO.

There are numerous ingredients you can use to fill your boxing punch bag. Your best bet is to pick a few of these and use them to create a mixture that will perform for you year after year despite daily punishment.

Some ingredients you can use to fill your boxing punch bag include:

* Any items made from cotton

* Items, cloth or yarn made from wool

* Regular air

* The foam of a mattress

* Liquid -- most often, water

* Unwanted or used clothing

* Mulch or saw dust

* Pillow or any other type of feathers

* Rice that is dry

* Varieties of sand

* Material used for packing, such as styrofoam

* Rolled tight and packed up garbage bags

* Rubber of any type including shredded tires

Here's what the boxing clubs do -- something no one will probably tell you, even if you ask for an honest answer. Here is the formula.

Pack your boxing punch bag as tightly with cloth as possible, attentively removing any looseness to keep the boxing punch bag of good form and thickness to prevent deforming.

What can you do to stop your bag from becoming misshapen?

Pour in some find sand near the bottom to maintain your bag's shape and keep it weighted. Line the edges with cloth -- you can use sleeping bags or army sacks if you'd like.

Next, pack the core with feathers and any rubber you have at your disposal, like shredded tires. - 29951

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