I used to have a boxing set many years ago with a 70lb heavy bag. I used it daily and was able to tone up quite a bit and lose some weight. I bought a wii last year and sometimes do the boxing games on there, but it just isn't the same as hitting an actual heavy bag. I've been looking all over the internet for a set and the cheapest I've found was on walmart.com, but they're out of stock. So my question is, do you box for exercise and where did you get your set from?

I finally found a set at modells with a 100 lb bag. Good price too. I think I've found my new exercise. It was a workout putting it together though.

I am doing boxing twice a week at the moment, but I'm doing it in a group with a trainer. I dont have any gear at home apart from pads or gloves.

I shadow box and work the heavy bag on my non gym nights. I find that 20 minutes of boxing is equivalent to twice that time spent on the elliptical. The Everlast bag I bought came with an Instructional DVD that has a great cardio workout by doing shadow boxing.

Besides, there is nothing more stress relieving then beating the crap out of a heavy bag.

It is very important that you get the correct gloves, and or learn to wrap your hands properly. Also correct punching form is very important to avoid injuring yourself.

This is very timely as I've been thinking about getting into boxing lately! Largely for stress relief actually, but I would like another crosstraining activity in between running days. I'm not sure how to get started, though; I'm not really into group training and don't want to commit to lots of lessons. AND I don't want to hurt myself!