The best punching bags to keep you fit for your next mission

The Outslayer 100-pound Heavy Bag might be too much for some people. It’s a premium-made heavy-duty bag made less for the enthusiasts and more for the dedicated trainer. If you’re just looking to spice up your cardio, you might not need a bag this well-made and well-built. If you want the most durable, long-lasting bag to soak up kicks, punches, elbows, and your totally legit lightsaber techniques, then this is the bag to go with. It’s made for MMA gyms where the bags get destroyed by actual fighters on the daily. This big, beastly bag will take whatever abuse you can throw at it.

It’s made entirely from vinyl and filled with compressed cotton. The heavy-duty straps are sewn directly onto the bag, which eliminates the need for chains. Four heavy-duty straps allow you to anchor it almost anywhere and the steel D-rings ensure it stays hung. The Outslayer uses a quadruple backstitch that’s done by hand for superior durability and design. The bag comes filled and ready to hang. Its 55-inch long body and 12-inch straps make it just right for both throwing punches and kicks. It mimics a toned and conditioned opponent and never develops rock-hard heavy spots or hollows.

The Outslayer will hold up and last and last and last. If you’re interested in fighting beyond a good workout or need to equip a gym, then this is the route to take.

For all that you get, the Everlast MMA Heavy Bag Kit delivers great value. It comes with a 70-pound heavy bag, a pair of boxing gloves, and hand wraps — everything you need to get started.

While the gloves aren’t made for competition, they are enough for hitting the bag. The 108-inch wraps and a quick Youtube tutorial will protect your wrists as well. It’s a simple setup that can get you moving. Tack on the included bungee cord, and the bag will move less and take more hits without complaint.

The Everlast bag is plenty tough for repeated use and daily training. The satisfying smack as your hand hits the poly canvas material will want to make you keep hitting it. The bungee cord helps make up for the bag’s lighter weight. That lighter weight might also be more convenient when it comes time to hang the bag.

The Everlast MMA bundle gives you all the basic necessities to start your workout without any of the drama of buying it piece by piece. It will take you a long way on not a lot of money.

My favorite punching bag isn’t even a bag, it’s a dude named “Bob.” Of course, the name is an acronym that stands for Body Opponent Bag. BOB is constructed from soft rubber-like material molded to look like the head and torso of a man. This standing punching bag allows you to work on accuracy as you throw jabs, crosses, hooks, and uppercuts.

The soft material makes it easy to use without gloves, plus you can work angles and footwork with the gun. Plus, you can adjust the height of the BOB to make him match your own or to practice fighting a bigger guy — or a child, I know how elementary school can be.

As a standing bag, you fill this thug with sand or water and embrace the hate. It’s simple, but effective, and is a key part of my outdoor home gym. I love striking BOB and use him for workouts, warmups, and stress relief.

Premium best describes massive free-standing punching bags like the RIF6. It combines multi-layer construction to provide a rock-solid punching target that’s covered with a PVC synthetic layer. The layers include the outer PVC leather, then EPE foam, a fiber buffer, and then a coated stainless steel pipe. It’s simple, but effective, and long-lasting.

The RIF6 bag also uses a built-in set of shock absorbers at the base of the unit to provide a rebounding target that not only helps protect your hands from damage, but also guarantees a long-lasting design. At a little over 68 inches tall and 12.6 inches wide, the RIF6 presents a nice-sized punching bag for a variety of training types. With the base filled with sand, it weighs 195 pounds, and the 12 suction cups ensure it’s secured to the ground.

The RIF6 presents a well-made professional-grade standing bag built for use indoors. The design even allows it to be moved relatively easily by tilting and rolling the base. It’s well-thought-out and well-suited for fight training or a workout.

The Aqua brand has pioneered water-filled punching bags in various sizes from the 120-pound variant here, to a 75-pound lightweight and 190-pound monster. The unique teardrop shape allows you to use the bag for power punches like hooks and uppercuts. Setup is easy and the device is fairly portable since it takes only a few minutes to fill and hang.

The Aqua Training bag provides an 18-inch target that absorbs blow after blow without issue. It’s a waterbed for your fists. The HD Vinyl allows for use indoors and out without issue with UV resistance and a tear-proof design. While leaks might be something to fear, it’s built so the only way that’ll happen is if you stab or slash it with a blade. Hard spots will also never develop, which can quickly end a training session and provide anything from a bruise to a serious injury.

The Aqua bag provides a unique alternative to the standard bag. The versatile setup comes in different colors as well multiple weights. It can be combined with stands or hang from an anchored point. It’s remarkably portable, setup is easy, and you can get it going in mere minutes. A hose, a faucet, and a hook are all you need.

If you are a heavyweight looking to compete or take your training to the next level, then a 100-pound bag likely isn’t cutting it. The Prolast 200-pound punching bag certainly puts the “heavy” in a heavy bag. This behemoth will let you wail like Mike Tyson in his prime.

It’s massive and made for professional use rather than hobbyist exercise. It’s priced accordingly and built to take on heavyweight blows. The exterior is made from Rip-Stop, and inside sits nothing but cotton fabric (no sand or sawdust filler). A quadruple backstitch holds it all together.

The five-foot height makes it well-suited for both punches and kicks in case you need to Chuck Liddell the thing with a few low kicks. Instead of chains, you get fibrous straps that kill rattling and help limit swinging. These nylon straps are as strong as seat belts and are also waterproof.

The bag is super strong, durable, and it barely moves between hits and doesn’t give much. You can rip into this thing daily and it won’t tap out. The Prolast heavy bag is absolutely massive, and while niche, it’s a solution to a problem that will last for decades of heavy use.

Martial arts requires a variety of moves that break away from the normal punches boxers throw. Throwing kicks both low and high, elbows, knees, and more are all common in martial arts. To accommodate a wider variety of moves, we need a bag built to take those hits. The Ringside 100-pound Muay Thai bag provides exactly that.

The Ringside bag stands six feet tall, which makes it perfect for implementing kicks and knee strikes, as well as punches, elbows, and more. It’s rather skinny with a 13-inch diameter, so you can move around the bag and throw a variety of blows like punches, elbows, kicks, and knees — really, any combination you can think of.

FightCamp is like the Peloton of punching bags. It’s a standing punching bag that mixes both a punching bag with an all-in-one training system that makes this a “smart” punching bag. It joins the internet of things with smart light bulbs, smartphones, and hell, smart beds. FightCamp offers you follow-along workouts with experienced fight trainers, performance evaluations, and hell, they packed a playlist and radio in there, too.

It’s a rock-solid design that uses a base that can weigh up to 350 pounds when filled with sand. It’s a setup that really targets the at-home gym owner who wants to hit the bag right but isn’t trying to be a fighter. It’s a great way to learn and the workouts are easy to understand and challenging.

The device can be set up to work with tracking devices that can be inserted into the wraps of your gloves. They can measure your speed, power, and more. It’s a setup unlike any other and it shows just how far fitness equipment has come.

Speed, rhythm, and accuracy are all must-have skills in the world of boxing. The double-end bag teaches that. The Ringside double-end bag is well-made and capable of lasting through thousands of punches, and it comes in various sizes, including the nine-, seven-, and five-inch models.

It’s made entirely from leather, giving it the old-school look and feel without breaking the bank. The top and bottom loops are triple reinforced which is critical because that’s the weak point for these bags. There are also top and bottom loops to secure the double end bag to the floor and an anchor.

The Ringside double end bag improves fighter skills, but is also an affordable combat-type fitness tool that will get your heart racing. It’s a small piece of gear that works even in an apartment-sized home gym. Plus, for the quality level, the price isn’t bad by any means.

The Everlast Everhide doesn’t break ground or innovate the speed bag, but it doesn’t have to. It’s a simplistic design that’s made to last. The material is synthetic leather that holds up to constant abuse.

Everlast offers good, quality home gym gear. It might not make it in a pro-MMA gym, but it will work in your garage for years without issue. Plus, for the price, it’s fairly affordable and gives beginners a great little speed bag to get the ball rolling on their cardio and coordination.