Ringside John Brown''s Maximizing Your Heavy Bag Workout Dvd

I based my decision to purchase this DVD on 2 things:

1). I read one person''s review of a different heavy bag training video, who suggested John Brown''s DVD instead. (There were no reviews of this video at the time of purchase.)

2). I looked at a few YouTube and Vimeo video''s of John Browns training sessions and liked what I saw.

I felt John Brown had a broad knowledge base and a good personality, plus, he comes across as a very like-able guy.

I didn''t feel much of this, while watching this video.

To begin with, I had to sit through about 13 minutes of John Brown promoting his various "Ringside" bags. For $15, I''d expect an average training video; For John Brown to slap his name on something like this, I was expecting something a lot better. The other 22 minutes are spent showing how to hit different bags, not just the heavy bag. 1 former Olympian and 3 different amateur boxers are used to demonstrate this. Of the amateur boxers, one hit''s the bag decently, the other two just hit the bag. At times, you lose out on what John Brown was trying to teach for that particular session. You may get an idea or 2 to add to your training inventory, but the rest is just very basic. Again, I was expecting more as the title of the video implies... with the operative word being "Maximizing".

One boxer, a late 90''s Olympian, really knows how to work the bag and I wish John Brown would have just used him throughout the entire video. Watching this former Olympian, it seems as though you would get a better understanding of form, footwork for the bag and how to hit the bag correctly.

Reading about John Brown online and watching those online videos... I believe John Brown is a blessing and valuable asset to the Boxing community. Unfornately, based on the content of this video, you should give this one a pass.