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How to Hang a Heavy Bag. If you want to get a good workout with a heavy bag, you will
have to make enough room and ensure that it doesn't fall on you in the middle of training.
Get some help and secure things the right way. You will need Measuring tape Eye bolt,
nut, and washer Stepladder Drill Pliers Screwdriver Chains and friends. Step 1. Search the garage
rafters or basement ceiling for a six-by-six-inch ceiling joist to hang the heavy bag. Make
sure that the location allows a clear area, five feet around, for the bag to swing free.
The beam should support at least four times the weight of the bag. Step 2. Measure the
ceiling joist and use an eye bolt that is two to three inches longer than the joist.
Be sure when measuring to include the eye of the bolt. Step 3. Drill a hole all the
way through the joist, from top to bottom. Use a drill bit equal to the diameter to the
eye bolt. Step 4. Slide the bolt in, eye side down. Then slide the washer over the top,
hand tighten the nut, and user pliers to hold it. Slide the shaft of the screwdriver through
the eye and tighten the nut completely by turning the screwdriver while you hold the
nut with the pliers. Step 5. Attach the chains to the four braces of your heavy bag and place
your stepladder beneath the eye bolt. Step 6. Have one friend hold the bag and lift with
you, and station another on the ladder to pull it into place. Attach the S-hook at the
chain's end through the eye bolt. Get a free-standing bag with a water-filled base if you lack a
good joist. Step 7. Remove the ladder, put away your tools, wrap your hands, put on the
gloves, and start boxing. Did you know The first female boxer to have her fight broadcast
on national television was 98-pound flyweight Barbara Buttrick in 1954.