Can a heavybag be too light?

[buyer5207]

I was hitting the heavy bag and wondered why my shoulder was hurting. I figured that I was hyperextending the shoulder throwing the right cross and then decided to put it against the wall. After that throwing the right cross would only hurt every 10 or so shots. Is this too light of a heavybag or not pulling the punches back correctly?

 

[goldennboy]

No.

 

[DarkBlack454**]

You don't want a heavybag to swing too much. You definitely don't wanna chase it around either. Try a heavier one and see if it makes a difference would be my advice.

 

[Josicleisson]

No. Otherwise, it is a lightbag.

 

[Reyesnuthugr]

You shouldn't hyper-extend your shoulder from throwing the right cross, whether you connect or miss. Pros and amateurs miss all the time (they don't connect 100%) and they don't just yank their shoulders out when they miss. So you're doing it wrong

Not the bags' fault

 

[Mumrik]

Are you by chance generally having issues with that shoulder?

Maybe you do a lot of bench pressing with mediocre or bad form and are a bit sore on top of the shoulder?

 

[buyer5207]

Exact opposite. I started doing a ton of upper back work (pull ups) because I didn't want to hurt my shoulder again from doing chest workouts.

Could it be that the heavy bag is bottom heavy and moves to much?

 

[Jarnee]

I was hitting the heavy bag and wondered why my shoulder was hurting. I figured that I was hyperextending the shoulder throwing the right cross and then decided to put it against the wall. After that throwing the right cross would only hurt every 10 or so shots. Is this too light of a heavybag or not pulling the punches back correctly?

Oh you must be talking about a lightbag- well they CAN be too heavy.

 

[The HoneyBadger**]

Depends how much you weigh and how hard you hit opposed to how heavy the bag is. I'd recommend 100lbs for most adults. I don't find the 50lbs boxing bags ideal for MMA style combinations.

That aside, no the bag isn't causing your shoulder issues, well I mean it wouldn't matter if you were hitting a 100lb bag or 50lb bag. Your shoulder is hurting for different reasons than the weight of the bag.

 

[nomilkforsanta]

each weight of bag has a different training effect.

In an ideal world you would have a decent variety of bag weight.

 

[Discipulus]

I always hate hitting the Thai bags at my gym because they touch the floor. So when you punch them on the top third of the bag, it gives far more than it should, like it's just falling over when your punch hits it. Bad for the elbows if you don't anticipate it.