This article will give you the answer to the 3 most important questions about boxing gloves :

- What types of gloves are there ?
- What are they used for ?
- What Brand should I buy?

1 ) Types of Gloves :

The weight of a boxing glove is measured in ounces. The range can be between 6oz to 18oz. However people will rarely go under an 8oz gloves or over a 16oz, so for the purpose of this post we will say the range is between 8oz to 16oz. I will now provide a synopsis of why you would choose a particular oz.

2 ) What Type of Gloves are for What ?

8oz and 10oz Gloves: These two ounces are the weight of a glove you would use if you went in for a professional fight. However some people will use these ounces for pad and bag work as opposed to use bag gloves. The reason why is that the added weight will build strength and punching power.

12oz Gloves: Generally these gloves are used for pad and bag work. They can also be used for light free sparring. No hard head shots.

14oz and 16oz Gloves: These two ounces are generally used for free sparring. The heavier the oz of gloves relates to how much padding is in the glove. It is important that you use at least a 14oz gloves when free sparring this is not only for your protection, but also your partners.

3 ) Brands

I would always recommend buying a branded name when it comes to boxing gloves. A good pair of boxing gloves can last you years. However a copied and unknown brands can be inferrer and only last a few months. I have seen copied and unknown branded gloves with the dye coming out after one training session and the leather splitting because its made of pvc. The main brands I would recommend are Fairtex, Twins and MTG.

PS. When wearing boxing gloves you should wear hand wraps to reduce injury.

Next article will be about : Muau Thai Equipment – Shin Pads

If you are looking for starter equipment for muay kickboxing and you don’t know exactly what to look for then this article will help you find that information.

Before we start about the equipment its important to understand why do we want to get it in the first place. After this has been told we will cover the kickboxing equipment essentials and after that I will give to you some extra information on advanced Muay Thai Equipment.

So what do we get with the equipment ?

Well we get to things. The First and most important thing is safety. If we did not use any equipment injuries would be very common and often. I for my self have injured my elbows without proper training equipment.

And the second plus we get from the muay kickboxing equipment is that we start training efficiently. This is because with the equipment we can do all the deferent exercises witch are more optimized for us.

Without further due, lets get on the point.

What are the Muay Thai Kick Boxing Equipment Essentials ?

The Basics are Bag Gloves, Another 12-18 oz gloves for sparing, Hand Wraps, Shin Pads, Jump Rope, Shock Doctor Cup.

We need two types of gloves. One for the bag and one for sparing. I will cover Boxing Gloves in detail in my next article. For now, just remember that you need 1 pair of 10-12 oz gloves for bag and one pair of 14 – 18 oz gloves for sparing.

Hand Wraps are used to prevent injury on the joints and to stop irritating the skin with the sweat and the gloves. Shin Pads. Jump Rope is obvious. And Shock Doctor Cup is a must for men. Yes, kicking in the groin is not allowed but, shit happens, get the groin protector, for the sake of your future family !

The less expensive version of this would be :

The Budget Version :

Hand wraps, a good pair of bag gloves and another set of boxing gloves, say about 12oz-18oz.

This is what you must get, its the essential with 0 % fat. All the other things the gym should supply you with. Such as jump ropes, head gear, shin pads (you may want your own for sanitary reasons) and etc.

Now that we covered the basics, lets see what else can we use to improve our training experience.

Advanced Version :

The essentials version + Belly Pad, Thai Pads, Focus Mitts and Head Gear. This equipment will boost efficiency and safety to another level. But its quite expensive. I suggest you start of with the most essential and then build on that.

Now you know what equipment is essential and what is not.

Hope this information helps,
My next post will be about Boxing Gloves In Detail

Cya soon my frends.

1) Safety always comes first.
We all have the need to feel certain. Investing in this is always a good idea. Getting boxing gloves to protect your hands or getting head protection for safer sparing is a good idea. This will make your training easy and will eliminate most of the risks of breaking something.
 
2) Effectiveness by definition the time spent to do some job.
In this case this is exercise , loosing fat , training and learning techniques. Jump rope or a boxing bag can have huge impact on your effectiveness.
 
3) Enjoyment can be increased by adding some variety to your workout and stepping out of some routines. Bringing new kickboxing equipment can just do that and enhance your enjoyment in the training.
 
4) Motivation
The fact that you spent money and time on the kickboxing equipment puts you in a state of mind where you have the leverage to do the workout, to loose the fat !

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