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My name is Jim and as the title states, I'm new here and have had little experience with speed bags. Growing up, my dad was weight lifting as a hobby and from time to time would spend hours hitting his old Everlast 4200 gyro-balanced speed bag in the garage. From what I can recall, it seemed to shake the entire house. As young as I was, I didn't quite have the coordination to keep the rhythm going but would manage to time a few punches just right.
Within the last couple of months my cousin gained interest in speed bags and bought an Everlast platform and large bag. After hitting the bag for a few days, I decided I wanted to continue and advance my skills. Shortly after, I started working long hours and didn't have the time in the evenings to hit the bag. Nor did I have the energy. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, I was laid off and had more free time than I knew what to do with.
I reflected on how much fun and how good of a workout it was to hit the speed bag. I stepped into the garage and inflated the old 4200 and started hitting it but it was quickly losing air. So, I went to my cousin's house around 11am that day and started hitting the small bag that he bought recently. We traded off for a few hours and I decided I wanted to get a bag myself. So, we went out and I looked around for gloves or wraps and a new bag. I brought home 3 pairs of 108" Everlast wraps and an Elite Te: M bag. As soon as I got home and excited as ever, I wrapped my hands and went to work on the new bag with my cousin. We again traded off hitting the new bag for a couple of hours, paused for a quick dinner and went out again for a couple more hours. Needless to say, I felt the muscles that got the work out the following day.
The next day, I went to the garage for another speed bag session and after hitting the bag for a short period of time, it began losing air. At first, I wasn't sure what was going on. I was having to hit it much harder than the day before and therefore, I was losing my timing. I returned to the store I bought the bag from and told them what had happened and that hopefully I had just got the bad bag out of the bunch. They exchanged it for a new one without question and I, again, brought it home and started hitting it right away. It barely lasted a week. The "leather" started to crack but only on certain panels and, like the first one, the bladder began losing air all of the sudden. I quickly realized that Everlast isn't the best choice anymore. Especially after reading all the bad reviews about their new bags.
I ended up buying a new bladder for the 4200 and paid another visit to the sporting goods store and returned the new Everlast bag. The problem I'm finding now is that the belly of the 4200 is more round in the rear than it is on the sides and front. As most of you know, it caused the bag to rebound all over the place. I deflated the bladder and re-inflated it quite a few times making sure to massage it while inflating it. Still no luck in a uniform shape. I deflated the bladder once more and pulled it out of the bag and inflated it to inspect it. No defects that I can tell but once it's inflated, it's round and not pear or triangle shaped like the old bladder is. I made sure to measure the bag first so that I could order the correct bladder. Is it possible that I misjudged the size and ordered the wrong one? Any way I can get the bag to even out?
Either way, I was frustrated enough and found the courage to just order a medium-sized Cleto Reyes bag from Ringside. Not the cheapest but at that price it should last forever!
Sorry for the long introduction but I just wanted to share my beginner experience. More like venting in the end
. I'm eager to advance my skills and in turn, get a good workout from it!
My name is Jim and as the title states, I'm new here and have had little experience with speed bags. Growing up, my dad was weight lifting as a hobby and from time to time would spend hours hitting his old Everlast 4200 gyro-balanced speed bag in the garage. From what I can recall, it seemed to shake the entire house. As young as I was, I didn't quite have the coordination to keep the rhythm going but would manage to time a few punches just right.
Within the last couple of months my cousin gained interest in speed bags and bought an Everlast platform and large bag. After hitting the bag for a few days, I decided I wanted to continue and advance my skills. Shortly after, I started working long hours and didn't have the time in the evenings to hit the bag. Nor did I have the energy. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, I was laid off and had more free time than I knew what to do with.
I reflected on how much fun and how good of a workout it was to hit the speed bag. I stepped into the garage and inflated the old 4200 and started hitting it but it was quickly losing air. So, I went to my cousin's house around 11am that day and started hitting the small bag that he bought recently. We traded off for a few hours and I decided I wanted to get a bag myself. So, we went out and I looked around for gloves or wraps and a new bag. I brought home 3 pairs of 108" Everlast wraps and an Elite Te: M bag. As soon as I got home and excited as ever, I wrapped my hands and went to work on the new bag with my cousin. We again traded off hitting the new bag for a couple of hours, paused for a quick dinner and went out again for a couple more hours. Needless to say, I felt the muscles that got the work out the following day.
The next day, I went to the garage for another speed bag session and after hitting the bag for a short period of time, it began losing air. At first, I wasn't sure what was going on. I was having to hit it much harder than the day before and therefore, I was losing my timing. I returned to the store I bought the bag from and told them what had happened and that hopefully I had just got the bad bag out of the bunch. They exchanged it for a new one without question and I, again, brought it home and started hitting it right away. It barely lasted a week. The "leather" started to crack but only on certain panels and, like the first one, the bladder began losing air all of the sudden. I quickly realized that Everlast isn't the best choice anymore. Especially after reading all the bad reviews about their new bags.
I ended up buying a new bladder for the 4200 and paid another visit to the sporting goods store and returned the new Everlast bag. The problem I'm finding now is that the belly of the 4200 is more round in the rear than it is on the sides and front. As most of you know, it caused the bag to rebound all over the place. I deflated the bladder and re-inflated it quite a few times making sure to massage it while inflating it. Still no luck in a uniform shape. I deflated the bladder once more and pulled it out of the bag and inflated it to inspect it. No defects that I can tell but once it's inflated, it's round and not pear or triangle shaped like the old bladder is. I made sure to measure the bag first so that I could order the correct bladder. Is it possible that I misjudged the size and ordered the wrong one? Any way I can get the bag to even out?
Either way, I was frustrated enough and found the courage to just order a medium-sized Cleto Reyes bag from Ringside. Not the cheapest but at that price it should last forever!
Sorry for the long introduction but I just wanted to share my beginner experience. More like venting in the end
. I'm eager to advance my skills and in turn, get a good workout from it!
they do seem to work well on a ball-hook swivel, and they are of the highest quality made from soft goats head leather
enjoy the bag and the journey.
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