boxing

karen366
karen366 Posts: 141
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
We have a bag downstairs and I've really started to enjoy boxing...are there any dvd's related to boxing or workout routines that you know of?

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  • KristyO
    KristyO Posts: 126
    I absolutely love boxing. I take classes at my gym on Monday and Wednesday. You could try getting a Tae Bo DVD and doing the moves on the bag.
  • david1956
    david1956 Posts: 190 Member
    I have a kickbox dvd that seems to be from a "Yoga Fusion" series by GAIAM. Like a kick-box aerobics class, looks good but to be honest it was an idea I never really perservered with.

    I do boxing training with my personal trainer, and I find mitt work with a partner to be far more enjoyable and easier to motivate than bags. If you have someone else in your household who's keen, I'd suggest get some mitts and practice combinations together.
  • lotusfromthemud
    lotusfromthemud Posts: 5,335 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4MWdxLliLc

    The above link is basic, no-nonsense and good form. There are seven punches in boxing, and this guy will show you all of them on a bag (all the links are at the side.) Also, "hands up, chin down" are words to live by. And, he's free.

    If you want to hit the bag as hard as you can, invest in wrist wraps and some gloves. I agree that it's a better workout to hit pads with a partner, but sometimes nothing beats heavy bag work. Oh, how I wish I could have one in my apartment.

    If you really love it, even a few sessions with a trainer would be invaluable. There are bad form issues that they can correct.
  • lotusfromthemud
    lotusfromthemud Posts: 5,335 Member
    oops. double post.
  • david1956
    david1956 Posts: 190 Member
    I'm with viviakay regarding a trainer. Not sure what is available to you, but at our gym there are classes of kick-boxing tuition, but I get one-on-one with a trainer half an hour a week (and do light practices myself).

    A number of reasons, one being that technique is surprisingly tricky to learn. Even a jab is technically more difficult than meets the eye and a beginner will almost certainly be doing it wrong. A trainer can keep reminding you about footwork, balance, maintaining your guard etc.

    Secondly, almost everyone I have discussed it with agrees that boxing alone is incredibly difficult to motivate. My trainer makes me go beyond what my mind says is sane at times, and it is the best cardio vascular exercise going. My stamina, fitness, and mental resolve has simply made me discover parts of me I never knew existed,.

    Interestingly, it was my first boxing lesson that flicked the switch in my mind that said, "I don't want to just fix a few things in my life, I want to be really fit. Not just 'gym fit', but fit!" I was kneeling, sucking in air, gulping at water and part of my brain was saying, "What the hell have you got yourself into?" But it was in a way life transforming, the moment that I decided my whole lifestyle in terms of attitude, fitness, diet was going to change for ever, not superficially but as what defines who I am if that makes sense.

    I simply love it and would never look back now.
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