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speed bag
noun
A small air-filled punching bag anchored at the top to a rebound platform parallel to the ground.
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We had a punching bag out there, a speed bag.
Sometimes they punch the speed bag during workouts.
A proud fitness buff and a former Army boxing champion, he still works the speed bag.
Ryan said Ngata could hit a speed bag like a professional lightweight.
"She still didn't like the idea," said Ms. Castaneda, on the speed bag.
Then he waged war with Gawker, the gossip site, which was battering him like a boxer's speed bag.
("His eyes widened. He leered at me, his smile sadistic". "Suddenly, my face became his speed bag").
The boxing workout consists of five rounds on the speed bag, five on the heavy bag and five shadow boxing.
"Boxing can give you such an all-around fitness workout: jumping rope, punching the speed bag, moving.
His fumbling attempt to find his tempo on the speed bag offered a stark contrast to the mesmerizing rhythm of De La Hoya's punches.
Then again, nothing was said after Game 1, in which Boyle jabbed the head of the much smaller defenseman Erik Karlsson like a speed bag.
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