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Zach Zinn
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Updated Everlast Reflex Bag review, Boxing vs. Karate observations

I have a better idea of how to use this thing after spending a year on it. It's a cool piece of equipment with one fatal flaw:

It's way too slow when used as designed. So, I put it on a chair and it works great. Included are footage of using for boxing and karate training for comparison.

Iain Abernethy
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Hi Zach,

Great video! I’ve never used one of those, but – with the modification you suggest (i.e. raise height) – it looks fun! The boxing / karate comparison is really interesting. The use of “husband and wife hands” / tactile location changes things a lot. Once again, great video!

All the best,

Iain

PS I’ll share this on social media soon as I think people will find it really interesting!

Zach Zinn
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Iain Abernethy wrote:
Great video! I’ve never used one of those, but – with the modification you suggest (i.e. raise height) – it looks fun! The boxing / karate comparison is really interesting. The use of “husband and wife hands” / tactile location changes things a lot. Once again, great video!

Thanks Iain, it took a  while to figure out how to use it, but now I feel it's a valuable piece of equipment. The one downside of it that you cannot alter is that you pretty much have to conform to the speed of the bag, which is rhythmic and regular. For that reason, I tend to use it as a kind of "break" during longer bagwork sessions, or something similar.

In other words, I don't think of it as a "central" piece of impact equipment, it is very good for learning to pivot around and practice body movement with, but too much use, or wrong use could build weird habits.