Wow! I've started to get addicted to Heavy bag boxing! Cathe's Hard Strikes Tabata is amazing with my Tae Bo standing bag. I can't believe how high my heartrate goes and it is all low impact. I got some boxing gloves and now I'm hooked(literally!). So I've been experimenting with all my kickboxing/boxing workouts and see which one's work well with the heavy bag.
Cathe MMA Boxing (the regular workout works well with the bag as well as the heavy bag bonus section)
CAthe Crosstrain express Kickboxing works well especially the arm drills(wow!)
Cathe Hard strikes( I call Hard Strikes Jack Max..lol But it worked well with the bag..I just don't like all the jacks. the Hard Strike Tabata's are amazing! My heartrate is as high as when I'm doing Cathe's Tabatacise and I my feet don't lift off the floor!yay!)
Kelly Coffey Meyer TLC. Using the heavy bag took TLC to a whole new level and made the workout much tougher and fun!
Tae Bo impact heavy bag training(this is VHS)
I still haven't bought The Addiction workout but I probably will before Mary's sale is over.
I also want to try Cathe's 4 day split Kickboxing and her Kick Punch Crunch workout. And then there is all the Tae Bo's collection dust. It may just revive my Tae Bo love
Amy Bento has some heavy bag training. Has anyone tried them and liked the heavy bag work?
A couple of thoughts about heavy bag boxing that I thought I would share:'
#1 I couldn't wear my heartrate monitor watch with my gloves, so I would either put in in a pocket or strap it to my fitness bra strap and would lift it up to see my heartrate.
#2 Its a challenge wearing boxing gloves and trying to keep hydrated and also using the remote. So I start the dvd going, then put on my gloves. For drinking water, I have to hold the water bottle with both hands. But next time, I might get a big glass with a straw.
#3 my heavy bag is filled with water and moves around. and I have to constantly fix the bag..so I put my yoga mat under the bag and now it doesn't move around anymore.
IF anyone wants to add any advice with heavy bag boxing, please add to this thread. Like what other boxing workouts you love. Or just plain kickboxing that work well with heavy bag training.
Thanks for any input or any advice. I'm so happy to have found this type of training that is high intensity but low impact.