Heavy duty set up

[fedora]

Just saw this on ebay. Pretty heavy duty looking unit.

fedora

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAVAGE-Fight-Fitness-Custom-Handcrafted-Speed-Bag-Platform-L-K-/261382347070?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cdb9a193e

[spdyTommyT]

Savage Platform

I just had to post a pic of this platform here again, since the ad ran out , no one gets to see this work of art. I know I'll be hitting on one of these someday!!
This is the coolest, most badass design I've seen. Thanks Geoff for sharing and for the inspiration, Tommy T

[Speedbag]

I just had to post a pic of this platform here again, since the ad ran out , no one gets to see this work of art. I know I'll be hitting on one of these someday!!
This is the coolest, most badass design I've seen. Thanks Geoff for sharing and for the inspiration, Tommy T

I think that board belonged to Edward Scissorhands.

[Dutchman]

It's got a real "steam punk" feel to it....

[spdyTommyT]

The look of it is great but it is also electrically driven.
I want to find one of the older electric platforms or maybe, I have to build my own...?

[Speedbag]

The look of it is great but it is also electrically driven.
I want to find one of the older electric platforms or maybe, I have to build my own...?

I have an older "electric" platform from Ringside Circa 1997. The adjustment movement motor is a Satellite dish motor.

[paranday]

I have an older "electric" platform from Ringside Circa 1997. The adjustment movement motor is a Satellite dish motor.

Do you get good reception with it ?

[spdyTommyT]

I have an older "electric" platform from Ringside Circa 1997. The adjustment movement motor is a Satellite dish motor.

Alan, please, tell us what the story is behind the platform.
Did you like hitting on it?
Is it hanging up now?
Did you like the adjustability?

Is there a video with the platform being used?

[Speedbag]

Alan, please, tell us what the story is behind the platform.
Did you like hitting on it?
Is it hanging up now?
Did you like the adjustability?

Is there a video with the platform being used?

Big T,

The history (for me) is:

In 1997 I attended the Silver Gloves Boxing tournament, sponsored by Ringside Boxing in Lenexa Kansas. They had brought me in to do a speed bag training session during their daily training seminars.

Their home office and factory is located in Lenexas KS, and they had a demonstration room with one of these wall units (see pic below) up in that location. I got to punch it up for a while and of course it was rock solid and the electric adjustment was smooth and efficient. That is the only time I used it. During that era I was included on "team ringside", (see pic below), and they sent one of these to me at home. This is a beast of a unit, and waaaaay too heavy and probably overkill for a home based location used by one person. I seriously doubted the bedroom wall where I was shooting video's and working out would support this amount of weight for long, and my own personal training requirements (one guy hitting a few days a week) didn't really warrant this heavy duty of a unit. So, it got put in an outdoor storage building, where it sits to this day. The storage building got broke into a few months ago, but I don't think any parts of this were stolen. (It would be hard to grab any part of this and toss it over the fence).

The other time I saw, (and used a lot), an electric adjustable speed bag unit (with a satellite dish motor) was the free standing frame created by Hitman (see pic below). I did use these in about five different public appearances, and they adjusted really easy in a high volume locations (like sporting goods shows) for teaching. I remember thinking it needed more weight or perhaps Sandbags over the top to help reduce vibration. Here is a picture using it at a sporting goods demonstration in Chicago (look down to that pic on this link)

so:

Did you like hitting on it? - YES, very much. SpeedyTommy T would like it.
Is it hanging up now? - No.
Did you like the adjustability? - Yes, very smooth.