Thread: just got heavy bag wondering how effective it is for cutting

fuck yeah! get the bas rutten workout tape and you'll be ripped in two weeks. that is insane cardio on a bag! i hate running and got a bag and the tapes for that and its fucking awesome!

so doing heavy bag for cardio works i sure hope so it is so much more fun than regular cardio.what kinda tapes you talking about i did not understand.is it a music tape or a video or what?

It's great for losing fat yes. Just watch out, you're not Rocky yet and your shoulders are probably not used to the impact punching a heavy bag creates. So my advice is be careful, don't try to murder the bag just yet, there is no candy gonna drop from it.

You don't need instructional tapes even though it might help you come up with stuff to do. You can make up your own routine working in intervals, for example working for 45 seconds, rest for 15 X3

when I've used a heavy bag i would do something like this

quick straight punches (or 1's and 2's)

1,2,3 combo (jab,straight, hook)

1,2,1,2, slip, 3

repetitive left and right (4) hooks

1,2, duck, 3,3

If my calculations are correct this amounts to 45 sets and about 34 minutes of actual work.

For a boxer who boxes orthodox (left foot in front) 3 is a left hook and 4 a right hook. Reversed southpaw

Um...it's great as a workout. Getting ripped is a matter of calories. If you're going to be doing any type of routine boxing work I wouldn't have you eating at a caloric deficit. But you can blindly workout and lose weight (muscle and fat and water0....This is what most people seem to want to do because they would rather be damned than having to properly account for what they eat.

Don't forget, you need resistance for a good workout on a heavy bag (someone holding the bag as you punch).