what is this funny shaped bag in a gym you might have seen them before these are called
a tea drop bag or a wrecking ball came in like a wrecking ball
and that's not what they used for you might have seen them for that but they're not used for that
and on this video i want to tell you the pros and cons of using one of this bags this is actually
one of my favorite pieces of equipment in a boxing gym and as well conor mcgregor the mma fighter he
trains here in box and burn every time he's in los angeles and he always uses this ball right here
he loves this as well at the end of this video i'm going to show you a clip of conor mcgregor
in this gym using this wrecking ball big thank you to basebasvic for leaving me this video
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hitting one of these i love it because even though it's big and it's heavy you can hit it
really hard because it's pretty soft as well so i can blast this bag and i'm hitting it full power
and there's not much impact on my hands on my shoulders or my elbows because like i said it's
very soft so you can whack it and you're going to be good so you can use it for working on
your power punches next thing is you can work on uppercuts on here compared to a traditional bag
it's very hard virtually impossible to practice uppercuts on a long traditional bag now with
this bag here you can practice throwing uppercuts from both sides your lead uppercut your rear uppercut
and as well you can practice on combinations by adding uppercuts in like this
moving on it's great for movement you can work a lot of footwork with this as well especially if
you've got space to move around because when it's swinging it's coming to you you can move around
hit this move your feet move your feet which i love about this
yeah it's great for working on footwork as well and one more quick thing before i move on to
the cons that i want to add in i feel like it's easier to put one of these up than a heavy bag
it's easier to hold lift up and pull up than the heavy bag i just thought i would add that in
as well in case you're looking for a bag to get at home now moving on to the cons on this bag
it's kind of the wrong height for you to roll now i know this is a bit low for me right now but even
when it's higher it's hard for for you to really roll under this conor mcgregor you're going to see
on the video in a little bit he rolls underneath this with his wide stance and he gets really low
but like for me i'm not a fan of trying to roll underneath one of these especially because of
the size of it as well it's like a huge fist that will be coming at you so yeah i'm not a
fan of trying to roll underneath the ball and the next corner is you can't really throw body shots
on this bag you can throw uppercuts here but they're not like real body shots and like as
mentioned this is a little bit low for me so i can get down a little bit but if it was my head
height which the height it's supposed to be you know you can't really blast in them body shots
which for me you know when i work in the bag i love to throw lots of body punches and as well
the other con i suppose is it's a big target a big round target so it's a lot bigger than the head
is so with it being a big target i guess you can call that a con as well but i actually love this
bag i love working on this wrecking ball i don't like swinging on it like i did earlier i love to
punch it and get a great workout in when i'm using this now before i show you the video of
conor mcgregor in this gym working on this bag guys if you haven't already please subscribe to
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working on the wrecking ball here in box and burn los angeles just before he fought floyd mayweather