Noiseless Punching Bag for Apartments - 1923

[paranday]

Maybe a worthwhile idea here for attaching a platform to a door frame. From the January 1923 Popular Mechanics, and the June 1923 Popular Science magazines.

[Speedbag]

Maybe a worthwhile idea here for attaching a platform to a door frame. From the January 1923 Popular Mechanics, and the June 1923 Popular Science magazines.

Have to love that outward elbow striking position also...

[Kallidoraknox]

Shhhhhh.....

Sooooooo....does anyone use a speed bag in their apartment? I would love to build a speed bag set up in my apartment but I'm pretty sure my neighbors would riot in the streets. Just wondering if anyone knows if there's a quieter platform set up on the market. Thanks!!

[swfl]

My current home is a condo. People below me and on one side. I mounted mine to the outside concrete wall. The neighbors below can hear me but are pretty cool about it. 9pm is the end of my punching day. The neighbors on the one side cant hear it at all. Good thing is the snowbirds are leaving in a couple of weeks and the building will be vacant. Hitting before bed is my favorite time. Good luck and hit soft

[Dutchman]

I currently live in an apartment (this one for fifteen years now). I use a modified Ringside free standing speed bag stand from the late 1980's. Not a perfect solution but it's works and I've yet to get a complaint. Then again my neighbors crank up their stereos to the point that I can just hit to that and no one is the wiser....

[Kallidoraknox]

Thanks for the input! My apartment building is an Tudor style building dating back 100ish years so a free standing platform might be my only option. Thanks again.

[Zaza]

Thanks for the input! My apartment building is an Tudor style building dating back 100ish years so a free standing platform might be my only option. Thanks again.

Watch the 'speedbag4life' (Lisa) segment in the film....she built a free-standing speed bag cage. I know Tim Platt has one two. Might be a good option?
It would also let you mount a vertical platform!

...and who knows what other creative uses a cage might offer...

[Dutchman]

A cage setup is definitely preferable to just about any of the commercially available free standing stands. There are couple of commercial models out there, but they are pricey. If you are handy with hand tools (or know someone who is) you can fabricate a cage out of 4x4's. In the past cages built out of steel pipe were not uncommon.

[Zaza]

I have an idea for making a platform with a surface of bungee cord...kind of like a tennis racquet (I remember seeing an old advertisement for one?). Could be totally silent!

[Speedbag]

I have an idea for making a platform with a surface of bungee cord...kind of like a tennis racquet (I remember seeing an old advertisement for one?). Could be totally silent!

I think that would be cool. Booing.

[Kallidoraknox]

A cage setup is definitely preferable to just about any of the commercially available free standing stands. There are couple of commercial models out there, but they are pricey. If you are handy with hand tools (or know someone who is) you can fabricate a cage out of 4x4's. In the past cages built out of steel pipe were not uncommon.

Yeah, I am pretty good with tools. A steel pipe cage sounds kinda awesome. Very "Welcome To The Thunderdome." Ha. Although wood might be more zen-like. Thanks e everyone for the advice, I'll look into it for sure.

[Zaza]

Here's the one I really liked...he has the plans and all!

http://pi-amp.com/speedbag/speedbag.html