I bought three speed-bags because I am an idiot. The gym I go to refuses to let people use their speedbags unless it’s during their boxing club and ain’t nobody got time for that.
SPEED BAG 1: RDX Speed Ball Boxing Genuine Leather MMA Muay Thai Training Punching Dodge Striking Bag Kit Hanging Swivel Workout Speedball Kicking – $54.99
Yes. That is its actual stupid name.
TBH I have only used four speed bags in my life. This is by far the worst.
It started on a bad omen, as the swivel hook thing didn’t fit in my gym’s speed bag platform.
Me:I should never have bought this stupid speed bag that I didn’t really need but decided to still purchase and now I will never get to use because I didn’t even take the time to research the measurements and now I have to ask the gym staff if I could use their swivel hook thing and of course they say no because they don’t let anyone use anything, and I’m pretty sure now this cool guy with dreads hates me because I even insinuated that it would be borrowable and now I made him feel like a bad dude for saying “no” even tho he probably wants to say yes but can’t because it’s a slippery slope and so disdains me for not knowing better and I’m pretty close to leaving the gym and never coming back because the sign up process was hard enough.
Oof. I bought a hook. I used this speed bag once. It broke. The strap snapped and it almost hit me in the face in front of everyone and I curse the day I ever bought this speed bag.
FINAL VERDICT (out of five yeets): ZERO YEETS
Link that should only use to check you are making a mistake:
SPEED BAG #2: Rival Speedbag 10×7 – $59.99
This speed bag led me to my second speed bag nightmare.
It’s just me and this old guy. He’s wearing garbage bags under his sweater and has blood on his hand wraps. I have white ultraboosts on and my speedbag still has it’s price tag. I’m fairly certain this guy already hates me.
Hook up my new speed bag, heart soaring, and hit it a few times.
Wince.
Preeeeeeetty sure my hands are fractured. Speed bag feature one: if you are looking for a concrete speed bag, this is the one for you. Unfortunately I was took scared to look like a wussy in front of Rocky Marciano so I hammered away on this thing for two and half minutes wincing the whole time and then figured I’d looked tough enough.
I go to unscrew my hook, that is apparently the wrong hook because everyone else has a pin, and it won’t budge. Nervous sweating.
Me: okay man, this is cool, obviously it tightened up a bit while you hit it, it’ll come, don’t worry about this old guy, he’s not gonna notice you struggling over here, it’s just you two in the gym, how could he notice?
two mins of covert struggling later
Me: okay dude. you gotta give up, you’ve worn out your ‘i’m just tying the laces’ routine. you gotta bail. walk back to your bag, put your gloves on, act like you’re going to hit it again, and maybe he’ll leave
45 mins of trying to think of new things to do later
This god damn old man finally leaves, quickly rush over to the speed bag and hammer the pin with a five pound weight, say prayers to every god, and finally it comes loose.
Speed bag is too hard, but good quality. I also think I am just tissue paper soft, so maybe this is actually the best speed bag.
FINAL VERDICT: THREE YEETS
Link in case you are super tough: https://www.rivalboxing.ca/products/rival-speed-bag-10-7?variant=28211469377&_vsrefdom=adwords&gclid=Cj0KCQiAiZPvBRDZARIsAORkq7dlkk35vWtv0s3YeGlU–Z6pgf_sPbImXWM4Zti7XfDbFDM8XpZnJwaAipAEALw_wcB
SPEED BAG #3: Cleto Reyes Speed bag for platforms
I honestly wrote too much above and now I hate myself so I’m gonna be quick. I get to go to a bougie gym sometimes that I can’t afford but my friend trains there so I sometimes I get to go. They have Cleto Reyes speed bags and they are like punching clouds.
That’s why I gave myself one more chance and bought this speed bag hoping for clouds and videos of me hitting it with blurry hands.
Well, bougie gym’s speed bags must be special, or platinum gym grade or something because this one is not like a cloud but it is still by far the best and I can punch it the fastest and it helps me flex on dem hoes.
FINAL VERDICT: FOUR POINT FIVE YEETS
This is the one you should buy but also try to figure out if there is a special platinum gym one: