In Muay thai or in any types of Martial Arts, Punching bags are great for building up strength of your fists punch or kicks. Besides, some people use punching bags for their stress relief. So heck even though you don’t box, there’s still a pretty good reason to have one around. Anyway let’s go back to boxing. Boxers from beginners to professionals use them a lot because practice with bags are great for creating muscles, stamina and improve boxing techniques. Now let’s choose a good quality and a right type of punching bags for you.

The First type of boxing bags is called the body-shaped bags. This human figured bag is used by professional boxers only and quite hard to find. It is a type of Pedestal bags.

The most common punch bags are heavy bags. They are cylindrical and hung from the ceiling with chains. The bags are strong and can handle hard and powerful workout or practice of your punches and kicks. Choose real leather bags filled with grains for long time use.

Pedestal Bags is like heavy bags. But instead of hanging from the ceiling, pedestal bags stand on the floor. However, if compare to the hanging heavy bag, I would go for the heavy bag because I can practice more Muay Thai moves with its swaying motions.

Last but not least, speed bags. This one is much smaller and easier to buy. Air filled speed bag are great for learning how to keep the hands up at post, improving the speed and perfecting the body coordination.

Train with the right bags that fit for your training purposes. Another thing to concern is the weight of the bag, heavier is more stable and on the other hand the lighter the harder to control.

Cautions: Never go with bare hands and use boxing gloves that are made for bag training. Enjoy!

Raja Open Thumb Training Bag Gloves: Red Dragon

Top King Open Thumb Training Bag Gloves: White/Black

MK Boxing in Woburn, MA is one of the finest instructions in Kickboxing, Boxing, Muay Thai or Thaiboxing, Self-Defense, Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, Personal Training, and Open Sparring. This is gonna be a good workout place for you and you are going to love it.

The gym opens 7 days a week and offers a schedule of classes to meet the demands of the busiest of people. And the monthly fee is low. Here are the provided facilities:

- Family owned and operated
- 7,500 sq.ft of work out space
- Cardio, weight training and toning equipment
- 30 kickboxing bags (150 lbs. each)
- 5 speed bags
- Professional boxing ring
- Flexible class schedules to meet your needs
- Locker rooms with showers
- Apparel, equipment and refreshments available
- Diverse clientele

Go there and prove it’s true!

First, check out the schedule at the website now at www.mkboxing.com.

“MK Boxing Fight Night is coming: October 25th, Saturday Evening at 7:00pm- Plan to come and fight or watch fights in Muay Thai, grappling and Mixed Martial Arts. MK Boxing is teaming up with professional promoter Peter Rogers and the United States Kickboxing Association to put on their first amateur fights that will be sanctioned by the USKBA…” go read more at www.mkboxing.com

Like a said before, make sure that this is the thing you really want before you make a decision to join. Contact the team for more info that you will need.
For more Boxing Gym websites, you just have to stick with us. Don’t forget to check out the rest of our articles about Muay Thai and Thailand right here.

If you are looking for fun from boxing workout, this is another good kickboxing and boxing school you might want to join or at least check it out first. That’s because they mainly want to offer the fun of the workout. And they are trying to provide you the most possible training time just for you who have a really tight schedule. The gym opens 7 days a week to members. You can go there anytime you have a free gap from working and punch some bags.

At Nomad Kickboxing & Boxing, you can go there to use the facilities anytime you want. Or even better, why don’t you check out their training classes just to get into a better shape and have to most satisfactory from boxing.

The classes are offered now in Kanata, Ottawa & Hawkesbury. If you think you really want to take this sport seriously, just log on to the website and check out anything you might want to know first about the gym like trainers, types of classes and the most important thing the membership pricing.

This is just another choice for you. Think carefully before you pay the money for it. Make sure it’s what you really want, although Nomad Kickboxing & Boxing has a lot of benefits that you might not find in many boxing gyms or schools out there. See the benefits you will get from this boxing school now at www.nomadkickboxing.com/kickboxing_pricing.html. Enjoy!

You can take this quiz directly at the website, again www.johnnyowen.com/zquiz.html Just click here. There you can use the drop down menus to select your answers (at least you get to select from choices).

There are 20 questions in total. Don’t forget to tell us how you did it!

Here are the samples of the questions. How much knowledge do you have about boxing?

“Who was known as ‘The Acorn’?” “What is the weight of a Super Bantamweight?” “Who threw his Olympic gold medal in the river?” “How many fights did Jack Johnson have?”… “How many world titles did Henry Armstrong hold at the same time?”

I just wrote about Henry Armstrong earlier this month, so if you don’t know that answer, don’t forget to go check it out first in this blog September Achieve.

At the site there is also “Welsh Warriors boxing quiz” that you can also try. Thanks for visiting us here today! May I suggest you to check out our blog regularly to find out some more about Muay Thai or Boxing, including Thailand and some other interesting stuff that you might never find anywhere else?

Stated in the gym website “Curt can teach you the boxing skills that you need to win in the ring. Curt’s first hand knowledge of the sport was gained by competing and training in the sport for over 24 years. He learned his skills from several very knowledgeable boxing coaches and trainers over the years, especially in Las Vegas. The basics are stressed from the beginning. You will start off learning the correct stance, hand placement, footwork, the basic punches and how to punch correctly. You will build your boxing knowledge from the ground up so you will have a solid foundation to build on. You will also start getting your body in “boxing condition”, so you can concentrate on learning boxing not wondering if you can take another breath or not.”, you just have to prove that yourself at his gym.

But to tell you the truth, there are only a few differences between gyms, what you might want to concern is your comfort of going there and the environment of the gym you like and many the hardness of the training, anything that will keep you going there for the most effective workout.

There are three types of programs offered which are “Competition Boxing”, “Fitness Boxing” and “Private Boxing Training”. In case you are interested, check out the schedule and prices now at the website www.championsboxinggym.com

Third Street Gym was opened 5 years ago by two guys from Ireland who won Golden Glove titles in San Francisco back in 1999 and 2001. Nowadays, the gym is home to many aspiring amateurs and local pros. The atmosphere and class system are great for teaching boxing. All types of people have come here to experience the class here. So why don’t you want to try?

What I have read from many comments about this gym is that I found lots of people really like this gym, especially the trainers and gym members. This is a well run gym with modern and useful training methods. Classes there include warm ups, drills, cardiovascular, flexibility and strength exercises. Women are welcomed. However, the gym could be too rough for someone.

You can check out the gym for yourself at
Third Street Boxing Gym
2576 3rd Street (between 22nd St. and 23rd St.)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415 550 UBOX

Training Hours
Monday-Friday 1:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday 10:00am-1:00pm

Personal Class Hours
Monday-Friday 4:00pm-8:00pm

Kids Boxing is on Tuesday and Thursday at 4-6pm.

Don’t worry if you’re a newbie. They will teach you right from the very beginning like the boxing stance, how to wrap your hands, basic moves, footwork…etc.

What you can expect from going here? Well first of all is weight loss because the training can be pretty tough sometimes and you need to work out a lot, boxing skills, strength and fitness, flexibility and coordination of your body parts.

Go now to www.thirdstreetgym.com for more information!

This guide below from WikiHow is really basic idea that you can do. But it is just as hard as other weight control programs, i mean in the healthy ways.

How to Train to Be a Great Boxer Without Lifting Weights

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If you want to be a great boxer but do not want to lift weights… read on.

Steps

1. Do 10 minutes of upper and lower body stretching.
2. Do 10 minutes of skipping rope(not easy).
3. Do 20 minutes of sparring.
4. Do 30 minutes of punching the heavy bag.
5. Do a 30 minute run.
6. Do possibly a 30 minute swim.
7. Try sit-ups.
8. Do press-ups
9. Do 10 minutes of skipping rope.
10. Do 10 Minutes of stretching.
11. Try to get it done everyday.
12. Read the Tips to learn basically about the diet.

Tips

• Altogether it takes about 3 Hours
• Drink at least 2 liters of water a day
• Don’t take any sugar – one teaspoonful stops your growth hormone for 24 hours.
• Eat porridge (oatmeal) for breakfast.
• Avoid chips, sweets, crisps and anything you know is bad.
• Eat pistachio nuts instead of snacks.
• Also try fruit and vegetables (they give you lots of energy). Salad is also good.

Warnings

• Don’t over-train.
• If injuries occur, contact a doctor.

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Workers’ Indoor Stadium from http://en.beijing2008.cn

There are 11 boxing events corresponding to a recognized weight division of male (only…again) boxer. But this is the last Olympic boxing competition that excludes women. So watch out the next Olympics in London (2012), the first female boxing events will be introduced.

Pictogram indentified Boxing in 2008 Olympics: Wikipedia

Anyway the events are Light flyweight, Flyweight, Bantamweight, Featherweight, Lightweight, Light Welterweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light heavyweight, Heavyweight, and Super heavyweight.

The first fight is scheduled on Saturday, August 9 at 13:30 – 15:00 in the event of Middleweight (75 kg). The Quarterfinals will start on the next Sunday, August 17 and the Semifinals of all events will be held on Friday, August 22 and the last two days Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 are arranged for the Final Round.

You can look for the full competition schedule at http://en.beijing2008.cn or Wikipedia (since nowadays you can find almost everything in Wiki so why not?)

So boxing fans, be prepared! Each country has sent its best boxer to compete in this huge competition.

The Battle is ON! The fight between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito will prove who is going to be the real Welterweight superpowers in this world title fight.

This big fight will take place this Saturday, July 26 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The fight is promoted by Top Rank and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, starting at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

Cotto (32(KO 26)-0), the great boxer from Puerto Rico is one of the most talented performers and no one can stop him. Margarito (36 (KO 26)-5) is among those popular boxers from Tijuana, Mexico.

This 12 round WBA welterweight title can’t be missed. You can check out the full BIO of these two at Top Rank website at www.toprank.com A lot of people are waiting to see these two great fighter in this match.

See you next time for another great fight!

It is the official site of the International Boxing Federation. The IBF is a voluntary association managed and organized by representatives of various athletic commissions for the idea of earning more efficiency and standardization in the administration of professional boxing.

The IBF-USBA promulgates rules, establishes champions and prepares monthly ranking of contenders which are constantly updated online.

So in this website, you can go and download the rules, such as, contests rules, bout rules and championship rules. You can also check the latest ranking from IBF (International Boxing Federation) and from USBA ratings (United States Boxing Association).

If you want to become a membership of this association, you can visit the website at www.ibf-usba-boxing.com and download the application form.

I find this site really useful. It’s very educational if you want to become a professional in Boxing, you will need to know this stuff. They are good stuff and you won’t regret to know.

Come back for another great boxing website from all over the world right here in our website. If you have any suggestion to help us improve our blog and article, please let us know. See you next time!