Fitness Kickboxers! Let me see your Before and Afters!

Bearface115

Hello MFP's!

I am starting my first class at a local MMA studio on Monday, they have Fitness Kickboxing using gloves and punching bags! We'll also be doing drills and stuff. Im doing a 45 mins class 5x a week. Has anyone have any success stories, B&A pics, Success stories of a friend? Im 5'3, 28 years old, 188lbs and im hoping to lose 60-70 pounds doing Kickboxing! Any inspiration is greatly appreciated! im super excited! Thanks!

Bearface115

anybody? Lol

Territravel

My gym is starting a kickboxing class next month. I can't wait to try it! I currently do spin and and zumba, so I'll aim for one or two classes a week. I'm told this class will be very choregraphed. Can't wait, did I say that already?

Bearface115

yeah im totally excited for my classes! I'll totally have my B&A's after 8 months of trying hard. Im aiming for 8 months becuase thats my goal before my sisters wedding. either way ill have made a big difference

mjrkearney

I start a four week class in October. Not sure how much mine will do, but best of luck with yours.

Cindyinpg

I LOVE kickboxing. You are so lucky to go so often! I only get an hour twice a week. It kicks my butt. I think there's even a YouTube video of my class. I'll go find it.

Here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSg4qkRmkP4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I love how it's for everyone, no matter your weight or fitness level. You are going to love it. Enjoy!

snejkaxo

My kickboxing class is once a week. I wish it would be offered more often, but the guy who trains us says that for beginners level, once a week is a good pace, and that between classes we should practice on our own and do 15 min of rope jumping and then another 45 min of cardio. I don´t have kickboxing progress stories to tell yet, but I´ve been doing yoga for over 15 years, and that is successful pursuit. Good luck with your class. I hope you gonna like it. I love mine.

Alanhalil

Would it be really corny if I said (Sanshou) kickboxing has changed my life? I joined a club in October 2012 which has 3 national champions and although I was aware that I was a bit fat at the time (84kg), compared to the other guys I was felt morbidly obese. Seeing how the other guys looked was pretty inspiring, not to mention the training was so harsh, those calories got nuked.

I have been going once a week since then and alongside some jogging with my dog, I lost a good chunk of weight. Only found out about MFP recently and with the addition of calorie counting I started losing weight again just as I thought I was starting to plateau. Am delighted.

As of next month I will be training there twice a week to up things further. For those starting out, the intensity of the training can be a shock to the system but keep at it you really won't regret it later. It's my birthday coming up, marking a year of training. I might post some pics then

marie_2454

I just started a kickboxing bootcamp this week. It's 90 minutes, 3 times a week for 6 weeks. I've only got about 15-20 pounds left to lose and am hoping to lose about 10. I'm also lifting weights and running though

Bearface115

Wow That is Really Inspirational!!

Bearface115

Any one else like to share?

JcMey3r

I dont have pics but I have been doing it for around a year and I just love it. Sometimes I train a hour kickboxing/MMA class then go to gym for another.

Your fitness improves greatly apart from that I find my reaction times are quicker.

Working in the class + gym + eating healthy can make you a smooth running machine!

TheBoldCat

i love kickboxing, you get the stress out, your concentration is improved plus you have lots of fun. For me, MMA kickbox works much better the cardio AE kickbox. I had now almost 13 years break but last week i have started again and yeah, it's great.

JenToms80

I dont do kickboxing but absolutely love my body combat classess - think you are going to see some amaxing changes to your body and stamina!

:happy:

Tumtum11

Not a recent story but I started doing martial arts again about 3years ago. The style was pretty much a mixture of everything to start off with including traditional karate. A
I trained about 3hrs each session 3times per week and also did my own training every lunch and morning tea and afternoon tea break because I go that re motivated. The length of time I trained was my choice and about 2 hours of that was intense boxing, kicking, lining training, mma, all in one stuff. During this time I also did a 12week boot camp of food monitoring etc. I lost 15kgs in 12 weeks which was ridiculous, but, I felt bloody good for having getting back into training, finding the motivation to the point of intense training feeding my adrenalin and now knowing the way I want to do it this time round. GOOD LUCK! I still do all this training now but no way to the same intensity. I've just started crossfit tonight and I feel great! Weight to come down but at a slower pace than last time!! you will love the rush, hard work and the gains not just physically but skills too. Enjoy!!

piccola1406

Hi! I just started using MFP and will start kickboxing after my trip... I shall take my measurements to see if I have made any kind of improvements. After reading all the posts, I'm already motivated!

JcMey3r

One thing I would also like to mention is just because you will be training at a high intensity level doesn't mean you can slack on your clean eating.

Eating bad will not bring you good results no matter how hard you train.

Jenya05

Not my story, but I thought I would share about my sister-in-law. She started going to kickboxing 4x a week in February or March, and she has leaned out considerably! She says she hasn't lost much weight, but her body looks completely different. Her arms are ripped and she is even starting to see a six pack poking through. Her results have been so great, I have looked into going, but classes are so expensive around here!

Alanhalil

Not my story, but I thought I would share about my sister-in-law. She started going to kickboxing 4x a week in February or March, and she has leaned out considerably! She says she hasn't lost much weight, but her body looks completely different. Her arms are ripped and she is even starting to see a six pack poking through. Her results have been so great, I have looked into going, but classes are so expensive around here!

4 times a week is damn intensive. Pretty hardcore. I'd expect anyone doing over 6 months of that to be totally transformed yes. Bet she totally kicks *kitten* now

Bearface115

i am 98% healed after i broke my ankle! i cannot wait to go back to Kickboxing and try again! Any other stories to get me even more enthusiastic than i already am!!

rgugs13

I lost about 20 pounds doing Turbo Jam at home, and I miss it! I also did an army combatives class in college, and wish they could have let civilians go above level 1! I got my *kitten* kicked a lot as the only girl in class, but I learned a lot an was in much better shape at the end! Some day when I settle down from traveling for work, I want to join an MMA gym!

Good luck!

Bearface115

Yeah i did turbo jam too! but i find when i have outside motivation its better for me to be accountable to going, being there, watching my food.. ,etc! Great job with your Turbo loss!!

Bearface115

Trying to get reinspired after a terrible two months.... anything will help! stories, success stories, and pictures are all welcome!

4Shantel4

I love using Natalie Eco's Kickboxing video on Youtube.. its 18 mins but really intense.. I wish she had a DVD cause I don't have time to attend the class here in Jacksonville :-/

lorigrocks

I just started kickboxing a month ago and at the same time started eating healthy...after my very first class I was in so much pain (but a good kind of pain of course) lol now I have been going for an hour of kickboxing 3 times a week and have never felt better...and its so much fun too. I have lost 8lbs since starting and am noticing I am getting my curves back :-)

jaenders06

I started kickboxing at my local YMCA last month. My class is a mix of kickboxing, glute and core workouts. My first class at the beginning of April had 4 people in it. As of last week our class has grown to about 15 and hopefully more soon. Unfortunately the class is only once a week but it's enough of a workout that you feel it. There's never the same routine and the amount of support from everyone is incredible. My old class from before I moved out of town was never like that. It was more of an everyone for themselves but this is completely different. I'm looking to join the Body Combat class the YMCA offers twice a week now.

Since starting my class I've been able to drop 10 lbs in about 8 weeks without even changing my diet too much (believe me it's not 100% healthy, maybe not even 75% healthy!) Yes, I was sore for the first 2 or 3 weeks but it has gotten so much better and that class is the highlight of my week. This week I've even convinced a friend of mine to give it a try and see what she thinks. Maybe I have the beginnings of a fitness tribe here! It's so nice to see there are so many people interested in kickboxing. If anyone has any ideas or good tips on where I can get good at home DVD's (I don't really care for my P90X too much) send me a request or a note! The more the better!

beccagetsskinny

i've started kickboxing a few months back, and though it didn't help me lose weight, it did help me keep weight off. If anything, kickboxing taught me that it's not how much or how hard you exercise, it's what you eat that makes you burn the fat/calories.

I also love the exercise and it's a lot more fun than jogging and doesn't destroy my body like marathon training.

i broke my ankle, too, so so this was a fun thing to do instead of playing soccer.

I'll post before/after pictures in august.