Hi, new to the forum.
I was able to set up a speed bag platform at work and have been practicing for about a year and a half now. It's located in a back room where there's racks of noisy computer equipment.
Here's the model I have:
After I started getting good at it, some of the people working in offices located behind the wall started complaining about the noise and I ended up tying about 125 lbs of bar bells along the top, front to back. It helped to deaden some of the vibration and noise, and most importantly - it made the bag action much more solid!
I must be getting better as I can now "rock the weights" and when I started hitting from the sides, the vibrations began to increase again. I just added two 25 lb bar bells to left and right sides - and the bag feels like its bouncing off rock.
I'm a little concerned now however, about the structural integrity of placing 175 lbs on top of the platform and whether the slight vibration of all that weight might begin to lossen welds, strip the bolts holding the platform, whatever.
My question is: does anyone have any experience placing weights on the top and advice on how to avoid and problems?
Thanks
Rick
I was able to set up a speed bag platform at work and have been practicing for about a year and a half now. It's located in a back room where there's racks of noisy computer equipment.
Here's the model I have:
After I started getting good at it, some of the people working in offices located behind the wall started complaining about the noise and I ended up tying about 125 lbs of bar bells along the top, front to back. It helped to deaden some of the vibration and noise, and most importantly - it made the bag action much more solid!
I must be getting better as I can now "rock the weights" and when I started hitting from the sides, the vibrations began to increase again. I just added two 25 lb bar bells to left and right sides - and the bag feels like its bouncing off rock.
I'm a little concerned now however, about the structural integrity of placing 175 lbs on top of the platform and whether the slight vibration of all that weight might begin to lossen welds, strip the bolts holding the platform, whatever.
My question is: does anyone have any experience placing weights on the top and advice on how to avoid and problems?
Thanks
Rick
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