Yesterday I thought that I would be doing a chest and leg workout with presses and lunges. However I am a big believer in doing what your body feels like so still feeling a bit ill with my cold I decided to do a heavy bag work out and see how I felt at the end.
The workout consisted of 20 2 minute rounds with a 30 second rest in between. I started with jabs/lead arm punches 1 round each side. Then built to 2, 3 and 4 punch combos. Then worked in legs. Towards the end I put in the odd set of sit ups.
After this I felt I still wanted to do some specific chest work and so completed 4 sets of 10-12 reps of bench press. I plan to do a better chest work out later in the week but am not a fan of doing heavy weights when feeling ill.
A point I must make is that as I am quite experienced with punching, I can hit the bag hard. Now whether you are or are not experienced I can't recommend wrapping your hands enough as this provides support and help to prevent injuries. Wraps are not expensive and there are lots of guides on the various different ways to wrap you hands online. I have a way I like as it supports my and gives protection to the bones in my hand. Some people prefer to focus on padding the knuckles however I have never found this to be a problem. I will put a short video together on this when I have the time, and clean wraps!
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