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THEM USED FOR THIS PURPOSE MOUNTED ON THE WALL IN A FRAME OR BY HOOKS
)N THE CROWDED GYMS OF %ASTERN %UROPE AND #UBA THEY ARE STILL QUITE

POPULAR AS THEY ALLOW MORE PEOPLE TO TRAIN 4HE DRAWBACK IS THAT THEY ARE
ONLY SUITABLE FOR STRAIGHT PUNCHES

3TANDBALLS

4HE STANDBALL IS AN OLD FAVOURITE AND ALTHOUGH MOST BOXING GYMS USED

TO HAVE ONE THEY HAVE BECOME SOMETHING OF A RARITY ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE
FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO BE BOLTED TO THE mOOR FOR SAFETY 4HEY ARE VERY GOOD
FOR TEACHING NOVICES HOW TO JAB AND TO DEVELOP TIMING

(ITMEN

&OR A FEW YEARS NOW VARIOUS lGURES ON A SAND OR WATER lLLED BASE
HAVE BECOME POPULAR FOR TRAINING 4HE ONLY REASON ) CAN SEE FOR THIS IS THAT
THEY ARE PORTABLE AS THEY COST TWICE AS MUCH AS A GOOD QUALITY LEATHER

PUNCHBAG 4HEY DO NOT HOWEVER NEED A RAFTER TO HANG FROM FOR HOME USE
7E INHERITED ONE AT OUR GYM BECAUSE A GUY WHO TRAINED THERE WAS ON
ORDERS TO GET RID OF IT WHEN HE MOVED IN WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND WHO HATED THE

SIGHT OF IT )T WAS QUITE WARMLY RECEIVED AND GOT A LOT OF USE )T RESEMBLED
THE TOP HALF OF A TOUGH LOOKING WELL BUILT MUSCLEMAN 5NFORTUNATELY
hHEv COULDN T TAKE THE PUNCHES AND WAS DECAPITATED AFTER A FEW MONTHS
3UITABLE FOR HOME TRAINING BUT PRICEY !NOTHER VERSION LIGHTS UP WHEN

HITˆNO COMMENT

7HICHEVER BAG YOU WORK ON BEST RESULTS COME FROM HITTING NOT JUST TO
REACH THE BAG BUT TO VISUALISE YOURSELF PUNCHING RIGHT hTHROUGHv THE BAG

!CCESS TO PUNCHBAGS

*AMES "ROWN WHOSE VERSION OF .IGHT 4RAIN INCIDENTALLY IS EXCELLENT

TRAINING MUSIC MAY HAVE A BRAND NEW BAG BUT YOU WILL NEED TO TAKE SEVERAL
PRECAUTIONS BEFORE BUYING ONE FOR THE HOME )F YOU LIVE IN A CONVERTED