What can you actually get out of 5 minutes during a heavy bag workout?
5 minutes. Really?
It turns our that you can get quite a lot, and this video lays it out.
The Heavy Bag Workout – 5 Minute Formula
This 5 minute formula is used for 3 aspects of your training:
- Warm Up
- Strength Endurance
- Speed Enhancement
The workout is build around short rounds and short rest periods.
For the warm up and strength endurance workouts we have round duration of 30 seconds and rest periods of 15 seconds. For the speed enhancement we flip the approach and have 15 second rounds and 30 second rest periods.
There are 7 rounds, and in each round we focus on specific punches:
- Round 1 – The Jab and the Straight Right Hand
- Round 2 – Left Hook and Right Hook to the Head
- Round 3 – Left Hook and Right Hook to the Body
- Round 4 – Left Uppercut and Right Uppercut to the Head
- Round 5 -Left Hook and Right Hook to the Body
- Round 6 – Left Hook and Right Hook to the Head
- Round 7 – The Jab and Straight Right Hand
The total time for each session, combining the rounds and the rest periods, is 5 minutes.
Easy 😀
The Daisy Chain Approach
If you are going to daisy chain these workouts, so do them all in one go, do them in the following order:
- Warm Up
- Speed Enhancement
- Strength Endurance
Generally, if you want to work speed, do so in the early part of your training when you are nice and fresh.
Let me have your thoughts below.
Cheers
Fran


Sounds great! A quick and powerful way to build strength and improve punching speed — count me in! 🥊🔥
Hi coach, slow feet Melvin here, you were saying that your speed has slowed down at your age (53), well at 69 I’m not a jack rabbit. Last night I started with the light warm-up and heavy warm up and then worked on body movement as recommended in your boxing defense drills. I really appreciate the great quality of your videos and your ability to pass on your many years of knowledge in such a clear manner. Thanks coach
Thank you Melvin
Thank you for taking the time to leave a positive comment, I appreciate it. Great that you are mixing the various videos too. A curious mind goes a long way when we are keeping our training sessions engaging 👍
Thanks again Melvin