Kickboxing 6 Week Challenge - is this realistic?

cat_lady77

I think this might be a widespread thing in the US, but my local martial arts gym posted a "Free 6 week kickboxing challenge" on their Facebook page & I went in to get more info. Basically you commit to 3 classes per week, they give you a meal plan & try to sell you protein powder/supplements. Of course nothing is really free, so you pay for it up front (it's kind of $$$ but I won't post the cost here). Your money will be refunded at the end if you either lose 25 lbs. or reduce your body fat by 6% in 6 weeks.

I really just wanted some motivation & a class environment to kick start me into better fitness habits. I have been going to the gym, but not regularly & it really bores me. Paying for all this at the end isn't a big deal to me if I don't "pass", but I could see how it would really hit some people if they didn't get their money back. I really didn't even plan on trying to lose 25 lbs. maybe 10 or 15 for the summer. My body fat was measured at 32% which is somewhat high so I'd love to get that down. But looking online, you can really only expect to reduce body fat by about 1% per month & lose about 1-2 lbs per week.

So I am not fully expecting to reach either of these goals in just 6 weeks, but I'm going to give it my best shot & still eat healthy, but not starve myself. I hope this sudden burst of activity will kick start my metabolism that seems slow lately. But is this sort of dangerous for them to be telling people these are realistic goals? Or is it realistic if you have a lot of weight to lose in the first place? Any input is appreciated. I plan on posting a full review/recap at the end of the 6 weeks.

MikePTY

cat_lady77 wrote: »

I think this might be a widespread thing in the US, but my local martial arts gym posted a "Free 6 week kickboxing challenge" on their Facebook page & I went in to get more info. Basically you commit to 3 classes per week, they give you a meal plan & try to sell you protein powder/supplements. Of course nothing is really free, so you pay for it up front (it's kind of $$$ but I won't post the cost here). Your money will be refunded at the end if you either lose 25 lbs. or reduce your body fat by 6% in 6 weeks.

I really just wanted some motivation & a class environment to kick start me into better fitness habits. I have been going to the gym, but not regularly & it really bores me. Paying for all this at the end isn't a big deal to me if I don't "pass", but I could see how it would really hit some people if they didn't get their money back. I really didn't even plan on trying to lose 25 lbs. maybe 10 or 15 for the summer. My body fat was measured at 32% which is somewhat high so I'd love to get that down. But looking online, you can really only expect to reduce body fat by about 1% per month & lose about 1-2 lbs per week.

So I am not fully expecting to reach either of these goals in just 6 weeks, but I'm going to give it my best shot & still eat healthy, but not starve myself. I hope this sudden burst of activity will kick start my metabolism that seems slow lately. But is this sort of dangerous for them to be telling people these are realistic goals? Or is it realistic if you have a lot of weight to lose in the first place? Any input is appreciated. I plan on posting a full review/recap at the end of the 6 weeks.

Yes if how your are reporting it is accurate, then it is unrealistically aggressive for everyone except very obese people. 25 pounds is more than twice what even someone with a lot to lose should lose in 6 weeks. And 6% (assuming it is 6% of total body fat like dropping from 30% to 24%) is equally unrealistic. It seems like they are doing it to get people to commit to paying a high fee they wouldn't otherwise be comfortable with by dangling the idea of getting their money back.

The only modification that comes to my answer is if they are saying that a person could lose 6% of their total body weight, not body fat percentage. So if you are 200 pounds, losing 12 pounds. That is still on the aggressive end but is more in the realm of reasonable, and is the basis for a lot of diet bets (which are usually lose 4% of body weight in 4 weeks). So if that is what they are offering, and it just got misrepresented, that is less dangerous. But the other things are.