Professional boxers understand how important it is to have a powerful punch and good combos, to sway your opposition of course, and get yourself in a position to land a solid hit. Punching bags are great replicas of opponents to practice your combos on, as well as build up your cardio. Below are a few from the most efficient shots/combos available.

Heavy Bag Shots and Combos

Jab, double jab, triple jab-: While the jab isnt the strongest punch, it plays an important role of distracting your opponent. Mixing up your techniques is vital. Dont always do the standard single jab or jab-cross. In order to always keep your opponent second guessing you should always mix it up. Pick a spot on the punching bag and try to jab repeatedly hitting that same spot.

The right cross: Mostly utilized after the jab. You have to leverage your body just to put the entire force of the hip into it. You want it to be powerful yet quick. If it is too slow, the opponent can get a punch in over the bend in the elbow straight to your face whereas if your arm is straightened, your chin is protected by your shoulder.

The jab followed by a right cross: The mother of all combinations. Whilst practicing on the punch bag make sure you flick it with the jab and follow up with a strong right cross. Make sure you move to your right side imediately after the punch. The bag can still knock you over if you dont step away after a hard punch, just like an opponent can throw a counter punch.

The punching bag is your worse opponent. Punching isnt the only part of working out with a bag, you should move around and practice ducking as well. Imagine that you just unleashed hell on your opponent, and the opponent is coming back with the counter-shot of a correct hand. Your focus should be on going under the hand (the bag in this case) and stand up (not entirely) with a strong right of your own. In order to dodge your opponent right hook, you must be able to dodge the punch bag.

The sole purpose is not punching the crap out of the poor old bag Once the combos are thrown, we must decide where our weight ought to be shifted. Again the most typical way to counter a cross is to duck below the opponents arm (or the punching bag) and as soon as under, you are able to take a crack at the body or chin.

You should always move around in order to get out of your opponents target area. 90% of people are right-handed therefore they move around the bag to the left. . Usually be prepared to fight both ways, simply because you will never know if your opponent (on the street) is left or handed If you always go the exact same way, its simpler for your competition to predict, making it harder for you.

Use the punching bag for everything it has to provide. Dont just beat the crap out of it. Its your worse opponent yet. If the bag swings back, you should duck and follow up with an uppercut or a cross. Punch bags are by far the most useful tool you are able to own. Always keep in mind that it’s your opponent and not just a bag.