Does boxing burn a lot of calories?

Elleposh119
Elleposh119 Posts: 46 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I made a similar post to this, but it didn't get many responses.. I have been boxing- using my hanging heavy bag- and I saw on this site that it says that an hour work out punching the heavy bag burns around 550 calories, is that true? Is this a good fat burning, calorie burning workout? Info please!

Thanks!

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Too many variables to give any kind of accurate answer. If you're just standing there punching the bag, that would be on the low end of things.
  • RunMyOregonBunsOff
    RunMyOregonBunsOff Posts: 862 Member
    If you are moving your feet and putting a lot of power into the bag you would get a great burn. I imagine it would be hard for most people to go hard for a full hour though.
  • GertrudeHorse
    GertrudeHorse Posts: 646 Member
    If done right, yes, boxing burns heaps of calories. But if you can keep it up for an hour then you aren't doing the high-burning sort of boxing. To put it in perspective professional boxers train for 12 three-minute rounds, which is a total of 36 minutes. It's an extremely high intensity and low duration sort of exercise. Personally when I'm going extremely hard out (and I'm pretty fit) I struggle to get more than 3 or four three-minute rounds. And by the end of that you can wring out my shirt!

    ETA: Make sure you are incorporating kicks and leg-work into your routine. Just punching with your arms and standing in one place won't be high on the calorie burn. Personally I just love boxing for releasing aggression!!

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