BOB

[Anonymous]

Hi, just starting out and I need to get a free-standing punch bag such as the century BOB, but they do a BOB or BOB XL the XL being slightly larger with a lower striking area. Can any one recommend which on to get.

Thank you

[George (Instructor)]

I have a BOB. Works great. I also have a punching bag. The BOB XL does allow for lower body strikes which is advantageous but anything that can get you hitting shit now is a good idea in my opinion.

[Damian (Instructor)]

I’m currently using a wave master, it’s a lot cheaper than BOB and its getting the job done for now. However I’m in the process of getting a bob. You an find them at a lot of box stores, Academy, Sports Authority, Hibbit, and tons of places online. Like it states in Module 1 as long as you have anything at all to hit you can train.

[Anonymous]

Cheers guys, thanks for the update, will look out for a bob xl

[Scott Cain]

I really lucked out and found a BOB Xl the day before my DVD’s arrived.

For those of you using a BOB, do you prefer water or sand in the base?

Thanks

[Damian (Instructor)]

Water is easier, but it might leak. Test it outside first.

[James Goolsby]

Scott,

I know several people who own the BOB and they told me that filling the base with sand first, then adding water to “fill in the gaps” works best. The say the only challenge then is moving the damn thing around as the stuff sets up like concrete! lol

I will be ordering mine in a couple of weeks and was thinking of going that route myself.

[George (Instructor)]

Mine has water. Holds up alright.

[Anonymous]

Thanks again guys, being doing some research on them and a few people state they do not hold up very long ? can anybody comment on the life span as it is a lot of money to spend if it fails after a short time. ??

[Damian (Instructor)]

@James Goolsby said:

Scott,

I know several people who own the BOB and they told me that filling the base with sand first, then adding water to “fill in the gaps” works best. The say the only challenge then is moving the damn thing around as the stuff sets up like concrete! lol

I will be ordering mine in a couple of weeks and was thinking of going that route myself.

I have to agree with James. I have about 175lbs of sand in mine then I stuck the hose pipe in and filled her up with water. It works great and with the added weight the base doesn’t move a whole lot. For me I hit it hard as hell just to get it to move a little, but this helps a lot bc if you can hit your dummy with 300lbs of sand and water and move it you should be able to move a 225lbs psycho.

[Scott Cain]

Thanks guys. I have mine filled with water and it moves more than I’d like, but I don’t think it’s too realistic because it’s not moving in a way that allows me to take ground on it because of the base. I may have to take Damian’s idea and build a dolly for it.:

[JDNichols]

I always use water it’s much easier to deal with if you need to move it say across town. One thing you may want to consider is putting a rug or a piece cardboard under the base if on concrete, I have worn holes in the base it doesn’t happen overnight but I have had to happen. A word of caution for loading the base with both sand and water is you can actually make it too heavy and snap the mounting post off of the base been there done that. What happens is the base is not able to move/ raise up a little and all the shock goes into the mounting pole at the top of the base. This happens in cold weather especially, that’s right I train in the cold also, why? Fighting in the cold is a whole different fight, from breathing to striking. Kind of getting off track from the question but it’s good to know about the snapping base if you train in the cold like me. If you do snap the mounting pole off the base, all is not lost simply trim up a 6×6 stuff it into the mounting pole the full length, cut the top out of the base, bolt the 6×6 to the inside wall of the base then mix up some Quick Crete fill the base, let set, and your back in business and now you have a front mount BOB and not a center mount. If you do this fix make sure to run 6 inch leg bolt into the side and back of the 6×6 that will be in the concrete leave 3 inches sticking out of the 6×6 to bond to the concrete. Make sure you have it in the location you want it because it’s heavy………

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