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Buying a punching bag: need advice from someone who uses/has one
I'm 5'11"(180cm), 194 lbs(88kg, a bit chubby) and am a total begginer. I have some karate and taekwondo experience but that was way too long ago to actually matter. I intend to buy myself a punching bag and after some researching here's the basics of what I found:
It needs to be about half my weight (so around 100lbs/45kg), filled with water ot textile and have a height of around 50-60 inches (120/150cm).
In a local store I found 2 options: one is 80 lbs (35kg) 50 inch (120cm) and the other is 100 lbs (45kg) 60 inch (150cm). Both are textile filled. Which one should I pick?
My biggest problem so far is the fact that my appartment has a high ceiling - around 9'7" (292cm). From what I have seen online it seems the perfect height is when the height of the punching bag matches your own (meaning my face faces it's uppermost part). The chain itself seems roughly 20 inches (50cm) and with a punching bag with a height of 50 inches (120 cm) I am left with it's lowest part facing my face which doesn't seem good. With the larger bag (60inches/150cm) things are a bit better but still far from perfect (my face barely reaches the middle of the bag).
How fatal is that? Is it very bad/****** to make it so high?
(I did look at punching bags that stand on the ground but they are literally 2 times more expensive and I don't have that kind of cash so it's not really an option. Same thing goes for those stands that you can place the bag on instead of the ceiling - not an option).
It needs to be about half my weight (so around 100lbs/45kg), filled with water ot textile and have a height of around 50-60 inches (120/150cm).
In a local store I found 2 options: one is 80 lbs (35kg) 50 inch (120cm) and the other is 100 lbs (45kg) 60 inch (150cm). Both are textile filled. Which one should I pick?
My biggest problem so far is the fact that my appartment has a high ceiling - around 9'7" (292cm). From what I have seen online it seems the perfect height is when the height of the punching bag matches your own (meaning my face faces it's uppermost part). The chain itself seems roughly 20 inches (50cm) and with a punching bag with a height of 50 inches (120 cm) I am left with it's lowest part facing my face which doesn't seem good. With the larger bag (60inches/150cm) things are a bit better but still far from perfect (my face barely reaches the middle of the bag).
How fatal is that? Is it very bad/****** to make it so high?
(I did look at punching bags that stand on the ground but they are literally 2 times more expensive and I don't have that kind of cash so it's not really an option. Same thing goes for those stands that you can place the bag on instead of the ceiling - not an option).