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Why You Should Look at a Free Standing Heavy Bag
Over the years, mixed martial arts has increased in popularity and that has lead to an increase in use for the free standing heavy bag. When compared to traditional hanging heavy bags, they have a lot of benefits. Those benefits are just one reason why fitness gyms, boxing studios, and training centers have starting using them.
One of the big benefits this type of bag has over the older hanging boxing bag is the additional striking surface area. For the mixed martial arts crowd, this is critical as punches are often combined with kicks and knee strikes. A well designed free standing bag will accommodate all of these attacks much better than a hanging bag.
Most people attempt to use hanging bags with double mounts, but they will still sway a lot when kicked. For strength and durability, a free standing heavy bag weighs a lot more. The popular water filled bags can weigh as much as 275 pounds and that weight can increase when sand is used as the filler instead. This extra weight gives you a more stable bag to punch, kick, and strike with your knee.
To counteract the lack of movement, the padding on these bags is designed to cushion the blow quite a bit more than a hanging bag. The feel can still be altered though. A bag filled with sand will feel quite a bit more substantial than that same bag filled with water. The individual school may even have a few of each, giving the less experienced strikers a chance to use the water filled and the more advanced students the sand filled to keep it from moving when it is struck.
Also, freestanding bags are more portable than hanging bags. The ability to move around a freestanding bag with ease is just one reason why fitness centers, schools, and boxing centers like using these bags; they can roll in and out. A free standing bag is also ideal when you do not have enough space needed for a wall mount or a ceiling mount.
Moreover, you cannot ignore the costs. The filling is not added in the factory and the user must add either water or sand to the bag at home; this keeps costs low. You will also find less labor is needed, which also results in saved money. With hanging boxing bags, most of the labor cost is because the pieces are sewn by hand. There is less sewing and less labor involved in making standing boxing bags.
Finally, there is the cost of shipping; it is very affordable. Hanging boxing bags are heavy and usually shipped with their fillings already instead, meaning it costs more to ship. Plus, due to their size and weights, some retailers limit their delivery locations. This is not an issue with a standing bag.
A free standing heavy bag makes sense for more and more people. Between the cost, space saving design and the fact that multiple styles can use them they become increasingly popular at not only sparring centers but even gyms.
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