Heavy bag tips (for beginners)

When using the heavy bag, you will always see amateurs walloping the bag carelessly. Each strike is telegraphed as they think there adding more power this way, and they get tired before the professional has even put his mitts on! If your new to the bag or are just looking for a few pointers then try some of these, 1. Warm up PROPERLY including wrists, fingers and knuckles. 2. Always start with repeating basic strikes and kicks softly in repetitions of 10-20 (remember to work right and left side evenly), as this will further warm up the muscles and striking tools. 3. Perform basic combinations (no more than 4 techniques) keeping in mind proper distance as punching and kicking distance are different. Repetitions can be used but for a more challenging workout use time periods gradually increasing them as you become more proficient. 4. Concentrate on just arm techniques or just leg techniques and throw them in a free environment. The main emphasise should not be power at the beginning, but timing and distance (as the bag will be moving around, you will have to constantly moving around also.) This is great for stamina 5. All out power techniques in which everything will be probably very sloppy but you should focus on striking as hard as possible. Its best to use time periods for this( eg 30 secs) and always finish with slow basic repeated strikes in air to acquire the form back that would have been lost. 6. Always have a bottle of water handy and keep sipping on it occasionaly!