Hey guys. Not to get into a sob story or anything, but just clarify why I posted this thread. Basically, I started boxing in October, and have been struggling very badly with depression over the summer, I got tired of sleeping in all day, NOT eating anything but a few bites of something a day, and just tired of moping and feeling sorry for myself. So I had this bright idea to ask my friend who boxes and is VERY good (Btw he is fighting in the golden gloves tourny in a few hours) to ask if I can come to boxing with him, he picked me up about 4 times a week and I noticed something... my school work has gotten ALOT better, my school attendance rose by over 300% (I missed over 30 days total first semester and on the vurge of getting truancy a second time), and I was generally a more happy person, and found a GREAT friend in my friend who drove me to boxing with him. But I've noticed on days I can't make it to the gym, I'm more "down" and don't feel right, feel like I'm lazy and not doing anything. So my question is, does anybody know any homemade equipment they have made, and could possibly share how they did this? I don't have any spare money, but I could possibly try to dig up some stuff to make it. Thanks a ton!!
See, I was trying to find some military duffel bags, but they are almost as expensive as a heavy bag unfilled. What's a gunny sack exactly? And about the tire on a rope, how exactly would you hit it? wouldn't there be a big hole in the middle? I'm not trying to question it, I'm seriously wondering. Thanks for the reply. Thanks, I can't believe I forgot those... weird. I will have to go out and get the jump rope, they are really cheap. Thanks!
Gunny sack: This content is protected You need an old pair of gloves to hit it though. You can also fill it with plastic bags of sand and do squats etc. with it. Or you could just do road work and some shadowboxing, all that takes is a pair of shoes.
doing up a couple different weigts size of sand baggs would be helpfull. You could work some plyometrics. I do have a plyometric exercise at www.wrkf.us/book2.htm . A old military double bag is good for a heavy bag. Thats what I used to have. You can also make a focus ball out of a rope and a tennis ball. Just make a little cut in the tennis ball, then with the rope , tie a knot in one end and push the not in the slit of the ball. The tie the other end from the rafter.
All you really need is a jump rope, heavy bag, and a pair of gloves. Some heavybags come with rope and gloves and hand wraps for $60
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yep cheers for the heads up rdj. There from my favorites and I haven't viewed some of them for a while now. Working on them now anyway!
If you have no money and can only workout at home, stick to oldschool bodyweight exercises. They are cheap/free and effective (if done right). If you're interested, I'm going to suggest a method similar to "grease the groove"; but you're only going to perform this variation on your non-boxing days. HOW TO DO IT: Pick 1-2 bodyweight exercises and perform them at 50% your max throughout the day. Let's use Burpees for an example. You can do 20 burpees straight before you need a break. Your goal is perform 10 of them throughout the day. Usually start with about 8 sets spaced apart as much as possible. That will give you 80 burpees total for the day. It's common for people to do 4 sets in the morning and 4 at night due to work/school, but try to space them out as much as possible. This method also works really well with some of the bodyweight exercises that most people can only do 1-5 reps with. I think a good combo is something like burpees & pullups. Also just buy the pullup bar, it's worth the $10 at your local store.
^^^ This is very good advice. I used gtg as part of my training towards a one arm pullup, it worked very well.
