Punchie: Ah, my first punch bag, lasted me a good 4-5 years. Such a cute little thing…needed a new one though because little old punchie was get battered and bruised, and leaking sand all over my training room floor…

 In comes my second punch bag, bought at the end of last year. A 5 foot monster, all was well and good (I could practice low and high attacks due to its size) until one day (a few months later) BOOM! My fist rips a hole through the bag. For a moment, bliss: “Wow, I must be really strong!” And then alas, sorrow: “Noooooooooooooo! My new punch bag!” I can’t say why there was a loud bang that shook the rafters in my training area: I think it’s because the force of the blow build up air pressure inside the bag and it was too much too quick for the air to escape through the seams so it “boomed” as my first made a hole in it.

Anyway, I get a refund, and buy another bag – same model in fact. It is here that I get angry: I hadn’t been training for a month due to exams, and one day I get up from study and decided to just hit it a bit. A loud ripping noise ensues. My fist ends up in the bag again…why…why?!

 Ok, now I’m mad, so I get the most expensive punch bag possible; four feet of reinforced cow hide leather shell. So far things are going fine, I just pray this one doesn’t go soon because in one year I’ve spent about $500 on punch bags…:(