Boxing Essentials for practicing
Boxing is not expensive sport and easy sport to begin with as you don’t need expensive equipment when you are practicing or getting training. To make your training protected and want to have best experiences you need to buy few boxing equipment to enter the ring regularly. There are professional and beginners that will say to buy latest gadgets and equipment to have next level experience and to take a lead on your opponent. But maybe the amount in the wallet doesn’t allow you to buy expensive latest gadgets and equipment. Boxing for beginners is all about game of protection and conditioning. If you have some boxing clothes like shorts and t shirts you now need few basic equipment that will not cost much and you will be ready to enter a ring.
Why there is need to start boxing?
If you want to burn your calories and want to build your stamina than boxing workout are best for you. Boxing exercise is best for cardio training and stamina training. You can improve your coordination, reactivity, balance and fitness through boxing workouts. Boxing may be difficult for beginners. When you will learn proper form of some basic punches moves and feel comfortable to throw a punch on the opponent than you will have a proper workout of full body. For strong punch you need strength and power from your legs and hips keeping upper shoulder and back in working. Boxing is considered to be high calorie burning exercise. Like a person who has 70 kg of weight hit a heavy bag for one hour will burn calorie around 442. If the same person starts sparing in the ring for same time he will burn calorie around 663. Skipping ropes and shadow boxing are some other elements of boxing work out that will increase in your heart beat that in return will burn your calories.
Boxing Equipment for beginners
The type of equipment you need for boxing depends upon on whether training will be done with or without any partner. If you want a high quality workout it is best to practice both. If you’re practicing with basics like heavy bag instead of partner you need bag, gloves, hand wraps and a skipping rope also. When you are doing training with your partner you require mouth guard, chest protection, head gear and sparring gloves. These things are needed to protect your bare bones from any kind of damage during practice sessions. So below there are some of the option of boxing equipment’s that you can purchase
Boxing Gloves
There are two types of gloves that are bag gloves and competition gloves that are used by beginners. Thus you need to buy a good quality bag gloves that will protect your hand when you beat a heavy bag. It’s best to buy good quality rather buying cheap one that need replacement after few weeks.
Hand wraps
To protect your wrist and tiny bone it is important to cover them through hand wraps. When your hands are rapped properly via hand wraps it will protect your knuckles and wrist while you use all force to throw punch. They also helpful in increasing the life span of your expensive boxing gloves. As these wraps collect your sweat and blood in case of any damage if you won’t wore wraps it will drip in your gloves directly. They are available in multiple size, design, color and styles. When you purchase a long wraps you have many options to wraps your hand with basic method or fingers method.
Boxing Heavy Bag
If you want to practice boxing at home than you require boxing heavy bag. If you are planning to join gym to get boxing training than there is no need to invest money in heavy bags. You will came across with many option of heavy bags that may weight around 70 pounds and filled hard or soft vinyl and leather. They can be get attached with your ceiling as they come with mount. A heavier bag is always best option as heavy bag will swing more when you will punch the bag with your full effort and force.
Boxing Headgear
You need a good quality of head gear when going for live sparring. As during match you will get hit many times so it is best to choose high quality head gear that will last for longer period. Headgear protects you from the cuts. Headgear will not protect you from punches on the head you can also lose your conscious after hitting the punch even if you are wearing headgear. It will help you to ease some of the blow. There are many design and style available for boxing headgear.
Boxing Mouth Guard
For beginners the most essential element needed for boxing is mouth guard as during sparring mouth guards will help your teeth not to knock out instead it will protect your teeth. They also protect your lips after punch.
Groin and Chest Protectors
As beginners if you are planning for sparring and don’t want to get hurt on place where it hurts the most as if you get hurt you need to take break from training thus buying a chest protector is essential equipment for beginners.
Boxing Shoes
Lastly the boxing shoes we kept in the end because it is completely your choice to buy a boxing boots or not. If you are beginners we don’t recommend you to buy one if you are not planning to fight in ring. But if you want to look best than you can buy them.
Apart from these equipment’s there are some other equipment like skipping ropes and human shaped punch bags. If you have all the above mentioned equipment you’re ready to start your boxing.
Price of boxing equipment
As there are multiple equipments to start your boxing each equipment has different prices. Like punching boxing can cost your around 2500 rupees. Boxing Gloves can cost you around 2000 rupees. Boxing hand wrap will cost around 500 rupees and chest protectors will cost around 1500-2500 rupees in Pakistan.
Boxing is easy and not expensive sport that can be played to boost stamina and burn calorie. You need multiple types of equipment to play boxing match. For your ease and you convenience we have compiled boxing equipment manufacturing companies. We have multiple registered companies in every city of Pakistan but mainly in Sialkot. There are many boxing equipment dealers in Pakistan you can contact them by simply leaving a message on website or contact us by email if you any query. We will listen to you and suggest you the best dealers according to your need, convenience and budget.
