That thing is highly specialized and will not replace a full bag, but together with a heavy punch bag, it can be a good alternative to Bob. There’s a really clever system on the Bob Boxing Dummies where the top pink section can easily be altered to a huge range of heights. He can be adjusted from anything around 4 feet tall to over 7 feet. It’s a simple but clever mechanism where you lift the body part up, twist and it will settle into the height it’s at. There’s no pins, screws or anything else to alter. Because the bag moves and sometimes feels solid, beginners can suffer hand injuries if they don’t apply hand wrapping, wear heavy bags gloves, or keep their fists close together.

The exercise allows you to practice hitting specific parts of your opponent’s body that are most likely to be damaging. Based on the foregoing, we can make quite a logical conclusion: yes, Bob can be easily replaced with any free-standing bag. You will still be able to work on the technique with it, but it gives in to the hanging heavy punching bag in terms of working on power punches, as well as Bob. If you plan to work out every single day and seriously, it is highly recommended to get a heavy bag even you have the most expensive model of Bob. If you leave your Century Bob outside, it will wear down faster as it will suffer from the elements.A human-like bag typically costs more than a standard hanging bag. However, there is no installation hardware or heavy bag stand required.

Made with high-strength plastisol and 250-pound capacity base, this product is durable and reliable. It offers a larger striking surface and several height settings. The base is filled with urethane foam.Then, six testers, including a boxing coach, tested 15 punching bags in the Verywell Testing Lab. Each bag was tested with three different workouts that included an easy workout, a brisk-tempo workout, and a high-intensity workout. All workouts were at least 5-10 minutes long and incorporated upper and lower body moves. The punching bags were rated from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) in effectiveness, comfort, ease of use, durability, and value. Bob basically got himself upgraded to an XL and was given a pair of shorts to go along with his torso. For some kinds of martial arts, that can be pretty useful. You may work with Bob Body Opponent even using nunchuks or a wooden sword, in which case you only need not to apply too much forceю Otherwise you risk to injure this dummy. And don’t use sharp objects, have pity for Bob!”