Want to start training next year, what equipment?

[blueoakleyz]

I want to start training next year, to get in shape, in my home garage. I'm not going to be sparring or fighting or anything like that (yet?).

So I believe the equipment I need are hand wraps, training gloves, heavy bag and speed bag (and mounts? do they come with them?).

I am going to go with Everlast (please don't suggest other brands/discuss how bad Everlast sucks or whatnot etc).

Was thinking for gloves, they're professional training gloves, 16oz, blue. For hand wraps I was just going to go with the evergels.

Not sure about the bags though

[Del Coqui]

I want to start training next year, to get in shape, in my home garage. I'm not going to be sparring or fighting or anything like that (yet?).

So I believe the equipment I need are hand wraps, training gloves, heavy bag and speed bag (and mounts? do they come with them?).

I am going to go with Everlast (please don't suggest other brands/discuss how bad Everlast sucks or whatnot etc).

Was thinking for gloves, they're professional training gloves, 16oz, blue. For hand wraps I was just going to go with the evergels.

Not sure about the bags though

who's going to train you? I mean, no disrespect but do you know what the hell you're gonna do once you get all this equipment (its expensive)? If you live far away from a gym and you don't have at least someone looking out on the way your hitting the bag etc. at least you should get a training video.
To answer your question, you know what I liked a lot, those water filled heavy bags, man those are good, I think they also sell like a round bag which is like 70 pounds or so, for combining upper cuts with hooks, those are good too. If you're going to get a speed bag, make sure the platform is heavy and over 2 inches thick to bounce the bag back at a good speed. Get a good size mirror where you can see your full self, abs bench would be nice and run at least 3 miles a day, combine it with sprint repetitions, try skipping (get the heavy handles to start with, it'll help) at least 6 mins straight. Good luck buddy.

[gangland_kingpi]

who's going to train you? I mean, no disrespect but do you know what the hell you're gonna do once you get all this equipment (its expensive)? If you live far away from a gym and you don't have at least someone looking out on the way your hitting the bag etc. at least you should get a training video.
To answer your question, you know what I liked a lot, those water filled heavy bags, man those are good, I think they also sell like a round bag which is like 70 pounds or so, for combining upper cuts with hooks, those are good too. If you're going to get a speed bag, make sure the platform is heavy and over 2 inches thick to bounce the bag back at a good speed. Get a good size mirror where you can see your full self, abs bench would be nice and run at least 3 miles a day, combine it with sprint repetitions, try skipping (get the heavy handles to start with, it'll help) at least 6 mins straight. Good luck buddy.

I would tend to agree with this guy but there's nothing wrong with a bit of heavy bag work so crack on. However, 16oz gloves? Sound like sparring gloves to me just use bog standard punch-bag mitts you don't need anything fancy for the presumably limited training you'll be doing.

[joeytrimble]

yeaaah my idea is the best equipment is to go to an actuall boxing gym

16 oz pro gloves are gonna run ya about 50-100 dollars by themselves hoss

a decent punching bag that wont tear apart in 2 monthes is gonna run you about 200 ...

some decent wraps will be about 15-20 gel wraps anyways

and this **** tears up very quickly might i add so your gonna be replaceing it at least 2-3 times a year so your gonna run into the 1000's range really fast

just go to a gym trust me

[macman]

No point in ruining a good pair of Pro gloves for bag work - buy some 16oz cheap gloves from K-Mart or wherever to get you used to the weight, & use them for your bag work.

Use the Pro gloves for sparring, nothing else.

[blueoakleyz]

who's going to train you? I mean, no disrespect but do you know what the hell you're gonna do once you get all this equipment (its expensive)? If you live far away from a gym and you don't have at least someone looking out on the way your hitting the bag etc. at least you should get a training video.
To answer your question, you know what I liked a lot, those water filled heavy bags, man those are good, I think they also sell like a round bag which is like 70 pounds or so, for combining upper cuts with hooks, those are good too. If you're going to get a speed bag, make sure the platform is heavy and over 2 inches thick to bounce the bag back at a good speed. Get a good size mirror where you can see your full self, abs bench would be nice and run at least 3 miles a day, combine it with sprint repetitions, try skipping (get the heavy handles to start with, it'll help) at least 6 mins straight. Good luck buddy.

Nope no one's gonna train me. I'll probably read some stuff on the internet, go hit the bag a lot and do exercise.

run 3 miles a day < lmao. Maybe in a few years. I'm gonna go with half miles and then work my way to 3/4 miles then whole miles etc.. gonna be a while though.

Thanks for the advice.

[blueoakleyz]

Oh the money isn't really an issue.. I mean a few hundered for all this stuff isn't very expensive

I want good gloves to protect my hands thats why I wanted the pro training gloves.. should I just go with their $30 gloves

http://store.everlastboxing.com/everlast-semi-pro-velcro-training-gloves.html

instead, for bag work?

[Del Coqui]

Nope no one's gonna train me. I'll probably read some stuff on the internet, go hit the bag a lot and do exercise.

run 3 miles a day < lmao. Maybe in a few years. I'm gonna go with half miles and then work my way to 3/4 miles then whole miles etc.. gonna be a while though.

Thanks for the advice.

Sure, try to work your way up to 3 miles slowly but surely (drink tons of water), and remember when you hit the heavy bag its like hitting a girl, its not how hard you hit but how good you hit it!

[joeytrimble]

Oh the money isn't really an issue.. I mean a few hundered for all this stuff isn't very expensive

I want good gloves to protect my hands thats why I wanted the pro training gloves.. should I just go with their $30 gloves

http://store.everlastboxing.com/everlast-semi-pro-velcro-training-gloves.html

instead, for bag work?

bro trust me its so much easier just to go pay a gym dues and work out there ...they teach you the proper mechanics of the punch ... i used to think i was joe somebody before i spent a few hours at a boxing club and they actually showed me how to throw a jab ...where you step into it ..and that one little tweek made all the difference instead of just throwing the arm punch i used to throw

go to a gym its your best bet

[macman]

Those gloves are fine - will give you enough protection, & easy to take off when you're done with a workout (important when you're exhausted & there's no-one around to pull them off.)
Go for the 16 oz gloves - the more weight on your hands the better.

After getting in decent shape & getting used to hitting the bag, would however recommend atleast checking out a gym & seeing how it is done properly.


PS. If you haven't seen the movie already, rent out Million Dollar Baby
- got some good training tips in that, ie. move around the bag, don't just stand their & hit it.