Boxing and fitness enthusiasts can greatly benefit from incorporating a speed bag into their training regimen.
This small but powerful piece of equipment can enhance hand-eye coordination, timing, and rhythm, as well as improve shoulder and arm strength, endurance, speed, and overall cardiovascular endurance. However, ensuring proper setup and technique for safe and effective training is essential.
Let's delve into a detailed insight into choosing the right speed bag platform and using a speed bag in the right way.
Choosing the Right Speed Bag and Platform
We believe that one of the requirements for an optimal bagging session is to correctly choose your speed bag.
In order to guarantee the best performance it is important for this choice to be made accordingly to the diameter of your speed bag drum.
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Indeed, if a bag is bigger than the maximum compatibility it might have an incorrect and irregular bounce that could compromise your boxing training session.
And, when the point of impact of the speed ball is too close to the edge of the rebound surface, the speed bag drum may tend to absorb less vibrations.
For these reasons, we decided to present you with the informations about the maximum and optimal dimensions for your speed bag, in relation to each board diameter. This will help you choose the most suitable bag for your platform needs.
For a speed ball platform with a diameter of 20″, it is possible to choose up to a 9” x 6“ speed bag size.
When selecting the best speed bag platform for your boxing or fitness routine, durability, rebound response, and mounting stability are critical.
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A high-quality freestanding speed bag platform with adjustable height offers versatility for home gyms and professional use alike.
Look for platforms made from heavy-duty steel with vibration-dampening padding and compatibility with multiple bag sizes.
Avoid models with weak spring mechanisms or thin gauge metal frames, as they reduce performance and lifespan.
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Understanding Speed Bag Platforms
A speed bag platform is a structural base designed to support a speed bag, enabling consistent and controlled punching drills used in boxing, martial arts, and fitness training.
These platforms allow users to practice hand-eye coordination, rhythm, timing, and shoulder endurance through repetitive striking of the oscillating bag.
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They vary in design based on installation type, material strength, adjustability, and portability.
The rise in functional fitness and combat sports-inspired workouts has significantly increased interest in equipment like speed bag platforms.
Users value speed bag training not only for its physical benefits-such as improved cardiovascular health and upper-body conditioning-but also for cognitive advantages including enhanced focus and stress relief.
Different configurations suit varying environments, skill levels, and spatial constraints.
Types of Speed Bag Platforms
- Wall-Mounted: These attach directly to a stud-reinforced wall and offer excellent stability due to fixed anchoring.
- Ceiling-Hung: Installed into ceiling joists, often used when wall space is limited or uneven.
- Freestanding: Self-supporting frames that do not require drilling.
Key Features to Consider
- Look for steel tubing with a minimum thickness of 14-gauge (approximately 2mm). Thinner gauges may bend or vibrate excessively during intense sessions.
- The swivel determines how smoothly the bag rotates and rebounds. Dual-bearing swivels provide longer life and smoother action than single-bearing or plastic units.
- Some platforms allow height adjustment of the striking surface. This is beneficial for households with multiple users or growing athletes.
Choosing the Right Wood for Your Platform
We at The Original Speedbag offer a selection of solid wood that is the result of careful research for the best long-lasting hardwood.
The result is a range of the best woods to respect The Original Speedbag’s Quality Standards for an excellent boxing equipment for your gym, home gym, your garage and even on the outside.
After a few years of working together, we have started a collaboration with a sawmill of our trust. Located in the province of Brescia in Northern Italy, it’s ran by young and enterprising guys just like us.
- Walnut: The finest wood in our range. Thanks to our collaboration with the sawmill we can offer it at one of the most competitive prices on the market. Walnut is a dark wood, with very visible, articulated and unique veins.
- Cherry: Cherry is a very recognizable wood: it has a dark color with shades that strongly tend towards red and with irregular and curvilinear veins.
- European Oak: Let's move on to European Oak, a versatile wood, very hard and particularly durable.
- Ash: Ash is another light-colored wood that is very resistant but flexible. In fact, it is often used to make sport equipment that requires great mechanical strength.
- Beech: Beech is the best compromise between quality and price. It’s light-colored and has a simple and linear grain, ideal for interior environments.
Moreover, if you are interested in a different type of wood that is not in our selection, please feel free to suggest the one you would like to see for your speed bag.
Varnishing Your Board
Varnishing a speed bag platform is fundamental to make it resistant and long-lasting.
Our varnishing guarantees the best resistance to the rebound surface, in order to fully protect it against the multiple hits of the speed bag for years to come.
We use multiple highly durable varnish coats to protect the wood from woodworms, external agents, moisture, dust and more.
Varnishing does not only protect the wood, but it also brings out its natural colour, making it more alive.
After that we carefully apply the varnish, the speed bag board looks almost glazed, giving off a beautiful shiny look to the finish.
In this way, the varnish ensures that each platform is protected and long-lasting, while it maximize the natural beauty of the solid wood.
We use a particularly strong type of glue, selected in order to put the wood strips firmly together like a welding.
Brackets for Your Speed Bag Platform
Our Speed Bag Brackets are designed to guarantee the best stability and vibration absorption, for a truly magnificent sound!
The mechanical stability of the structure, made of high-quality iron, has been achieved by studying the best positioning of anchor bolts, ensuring the most complete absorption of vibrations from the drum from both a physical and mechanical point of view.
Your bracket will be coated with a resistant matte black varnish that will protect it, also giving an elegant touch.
Our speed bag brackets are manufactured by a specialized company in our Province and it’s subjected to The Original Speedbag’s Quality Standars to ensure maximum stability.
If you have a different design idea or require a distinct type of anchoring system, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
If you have a particularly low ceiling and need adjustments, it’s possible to lower the bracket according to your ceiling height.
Choose Your Swivel
With our platform, you have the option to choose between a Standard Professional Speed Bag Swivel or a Special Swivel from The Thrasher House, a company with which we collaborate located in Texas.
If you decide not to request the swivel because you already have one, you can let us know what model of swivel you have so we can make suitable pre-holes.
Please read our "Ultimate Speedbag Platform Guide" page to know what's the best swivel for you.
Customization Service
Make your boxing training even more distinctive!
Hand-engraving
In detail, this customization can be done through hand engraving.
This way you won’t just have a top-quality speed bag platform but you’ll have also a unique piece with your own signature on it.
So choose how to customize your speed bag platform now.
We will make your name immortal and your workout will become even more enjoyable and motivating.
Laser Engraving
If you desire to customize your speed bag platform with a drawing or logo on the rebound surface, our exclusive laser engraving service is the ideal solution.
You can train with the speed bag on a platform featuring an unique design of your choice, precisely engraved on the surface.
This customization not only enhances the visual appeal of your speed bag platform but also elevates the quality of the boxing equipment within your boxing gym.
During the quote phase, we will ask for the image you’d like to have engraved so we can discuss the details together.
Digital Printing
If you want to make your speed bag platform truly unique by permanently showcasing a photo or customizing it with a themed design in the most creative ways, our digital printing service is the perfect solution.
You can choose to apply images on both the surface and the sides of the speed bag platform, and everything will be crafted with the utmost care and attention to detail, ensuring the high-quality standards of The Original Speedbag.
Customize your speed bag platform with your logo, your gym’s branding, or a design that perfectly matches its location.