I'm training my striking. how long should i hit a heavy 60 lb bag for?

Question

Question says it all.. I've been hitting it, but not for very long.. mostly weight training.. but does anyone have enough expereince or been in amatuer or pro fights whre they have had to train or train daily for fighting? If so please let me konw what you do such as running, weights, & bag hitting, grappling etc,, so I can get a good idea of a fighters' training. Also.. is there a certain diet we should follow?

Answer 1

I have this green punching thing, it has about 150-200 pounds of water and sand in it....Anyways you're gonna have to punch alot. I'm always bored so I'm constantly punching on it. Go to www.fight-site.com It has good articles on all that stuff.

Answer 2

You should train in rounds.

Start with two or three minute rounds, working your up to 5 minute rounds.

Keep in mind that if your competition includes grappling, bag work alone will not get you in the right shape for the fight.

If you are training for a 5 round fight, at 3 minutes per round, you need to train for at least 500 rounds (over a month or two prior to the competition.

James

Answer 3

hit that **** till it quit

Answer 4

60 lb is not really much... you should be training on 150-200 pound bags but honestly i would hit it until i can't lift my arms anymore.

Answer 5

Basically never stay doing the same thing for a half hour, train hard for 5-10 then have a break, then back again.

This applies to the heavy bag. And dont just hit it, decide which 3 combos you'll be working on for the round, and do them, think of your defence and your footwork. I know this is repetitive stuff, try duck bob and weave around the bag for a round, watch your feet.

Best training for a fight is aerobic, get anybody to fight full on for three rounds and see what kind of person they are at the end of it.

To get our lads to fight hard as they can for a round we have a new person each minute for five minutes. Repeat three times. So the man in the ring stays there for a round with a fresh man every minute, has a break for a minute then into the next round. He really only gets a tiny break, the fresh fighters dont need to conserve energy so they will push as hard as they can.

You can designate the rounds, like stand up, clinch, guard whatever you want.

(sneaky trick, tell them they're on 3 minutes when its five, keep them pushing until 8/10 minutes. At the end they'll be a broken person, but delighted that they survived 10 mins)

Other great exercises ive seen for fighting is running sprints, get a track, sprint down the straight and jog the curve. No fight is ever at a constant pace, so you shouldnt train your muscles to think of exertion as one constant effort.