Boxing classes just keep trending. Boxing is not only an arm workout. When performed correctly, it is a full-body workout—legs, core, back, shoulders and arms. Boxercise will even give you a superb cardiovascular workout. It’s also a wonderful way to work out some aggression. We now have more stress in our lives as opposed to ever before. Use the boxercise class to help you manage your stress and get those endorphins pumping.
Boxercise is founded on the training concepts that boxers usually use to keep fit, which includes:
- Boxing movements that are typically done in a circuit, and
- Other types of workouts.
Classes involve a wide range of moves and techniques, such as shadow-boxing, skipping, hitting pads, kicking punchbags, press-ups, shuttle-runs and sit-ups. It is usually accompanied by music and is a safe, fun and challenging way to get a good, all-over workout.
What Is Shadow Boxing?
Shadowboxing is a fitness training method that accompanies the martial arts, particularly boxing. It’s usually used as a warm-up to increase the heart rate gradually and prepare the muscles for training.
In shadowboxing, a contender moves around the ring and throws punches at the air in a manner that mimics fighting or sparring. At first, it might not appear like much more than a simple warm-up. In reality, however, shadowboxing has huge benefits.
Shadowboxing plays a crucial role in your training and overall growth in the ring for contenders of any level and with any type of goal. The art of shadowboxing should not be overlooked.
What Are Press-Ups?
The press-up (which is also called the push-up) is perhaps the most popular bodyweight move in the world. That’s partly as it can be done anywhere, without the need for much space or any kit. But above all it’s effective as it works your chest, core, triceps and shoulders, if you perform it correctly.
What’s more, this classic move has a large number of variations which will work the muscles in your upper body in new and challenging ways in order to:
- Encourage new muscle mass growth,
- Enhance shoulder stability and mobility, and
- Burn body fat to expose a more defined torso.
What Are Shuttle-Runs?
It may be a throw-back to primary school physical education class, but the shuttle run is a commonly overlooked drill for building speed as well as agility. The standard shuttle run drill is frequently used in order to measure the type of endurance that you need for stop-and-go, high-intensity sports such as soccer, hockey, basketball in addition to tennis.
Testing an athlete’s shuttle run time over the period of a season can assist with measuring training routine success and tracking progress from year to year. As the shuttle run builds explosive power, agility, and endurance, it is also an ideal exercise drill to add to a training routine.
A more advanced format of the shuttle run is the 5-10-5 shuttle run, which is also called the short shuttle run or the pro agility drill. It is make use of by the NFL in the United States for testing and building agility and power in its athletes. It changes up the basic shuttle run by performing lateral movements in the drill.
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