Best Boxing Equipment for Home in 2022

using the Quiet Punch punching bag

Best Boxing Equipment for Home in 2022

Getting good at anything takes practice. That’s especially true for boxing.

It’s also true that staying in shape requires daily exercise. Nevertheless, finding time in your day for a full boxing workout can be hard, especially when you have a busy schedule or are stuck at home most of the day. It isn’t always easy, or affordable, to make it to the gym or to work with a trainer.

Fortunately, you don’t have to! The great thing about boxing is that it’s a form of exercise you can do just about anywhere, even in your very own home. Believe it or not, you don’t need a boxing ring to get in a good workout and some much-needed practice. All you need is a few helpful pieces of equipment, a few minutes of free time, and the right motivation.

Quiet Punch exists to make boxing easier and more accessible for everyone. That’s why we’ve taken the time to create the following checklist of must-have items that will help you train at home.

Turn Your House into a Private Boxing Gym with These Items

Gloves & Handwraps

Whether you’re boxing at home or in the middle of the ring, gloves and handwraps are essential boxing tools that no one should ever be without. The purpose of wearing boxing gloves and handwraps is to protect the most important things a boxer has: their hands.

red boxing gloves

When you’re doing drills, even hitting something as soft as a punching bag can wear down your knuckles, fingers, and wrists over time, leading to unnecessary pain and injury. Padding boxing gloves help to insulate your hands from the impact of each punch, while handwraps provide support to your joints and bones.

Quiet Punch Punching Bag

One of the most important pieces of boxing equipment, and often one of the most expensive and hardest to find for home boxers, is the punching bag. At least, it was expensive and hard to find… until Quiet Punch.

Made to be compact, reliable, quiet, portable, and cutting-edge, the Quiet Punch doorway punching bag’s space-saving design and telescoping bars allow you to perform drills in your house or apartment, or anywhere else with an open doorway. It also comes equipped with sensors to help you keep track of the speed, strength, and quantity of your punches, and the durable punch pad is handmade to ensure the right amount of comfort and resistance while producing minimal noise.

Jump Rope

Not only is jumping rope one of the easiest exercises to do when your space is limited, it’s also a perfect fit for the specific exercise needs of boxers. Using a jump rope requires coordination, agility, and timing, all critical skills for a boxer to possess. It also provides a one-of-a-kind cardiovascular workout that no other piece of gym equipment can duplicate.

woman jumping rope indoors

Jumping rope is a great way of conditioning your body for the rigors of boxing, and it’s an exercise that virtually anyone can do. Just make sure to find a part of your house with a high ceiling and enough room for you to jump, and also a space that is free of objects or furniture that your jump rope might knock over or get caught on.

Doorway Pull-Up Bar

Another excellent exercise ideal for boxers is the pull-up. Pull-ups help to build your upper body strength while also stimulating your back muscles, which is crucial to the bobbing, weaving, pulling, and thrusting required of boxing.

That said, doing pull-ups at home can be tricky. Like with jump rope, you need a room with a high ceiling to avoid hitting your head. More importantly, you need a sturdy bar to pull yourself up with that won’t hurt your hands or cause you to lose your grip. One of the best tools to use for this is a doorway pull-up bar, which can be mounted above any door frame for maximum convenience.

Hand Weights & Sandbags

If you’ve ever looked at a pair of small 5-pound dumbbells and wondered what exactly they were good for, here’s your answer: while hand weights may be too small to be useful for bicep curls, they can add a whole new dimension to a boxer’s workout if you use them while shadowboxing.

Simply hold the dumbbells in your hands and punch a few combos into the air. Not only will this help you to build strength, but it also challenges you with maintaining your boxing form and flow. Alternatively, you can use wrist-mounted sandbags for the same purpose. Either way, the result is that your body will get used to throwing punches with added weight, so when the weight is taken away, your strikes will hit even harder and faster.

Quiet Punch Makes Boxing at Home Easy

Whether you’re interested in boxing competitively or just enjoy boxing as a form of exercise, Quiet Punch is one of the best ways to get the practice and workout you need in the comfort of your own home.

Give it a try, and become part of the Quiet Punch community today.