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5 Reasons to add Kickboxing into your life
1. Cardio
When you are used to pounding the pavement or treadmill a few times a week, it can take a toll on the joints. Kickboxing offers and intense, low impact full body workout that’s easy on the joints. You can easily scorch approx 400-800 calories and hour while increasing your metabolism. If you think 5 minutes on a treadmill seems long, try hitting the bags for a few minutes. You’ll be surprised by how winded you become in seconds.
2. Sculpt
Punching the bag with boxing gloves will tone your arms creating long, lean muscles while building endurance. You’re getting a full body workout, as your core must be engaged to execute the moves. You’re toning your waist and sculpting your lats. The many variations of kicks are toning your legs and butt and providing endless opportunities for interval training. Add weighted gloves for extra resistance.
3. Improve Posture
Sitting at a desk all day, can lead to weak core and abs. You must engage and use your core to stabilize as you kick and punch. Strengthening these muscles will help you with any other activity you do and help you hold better posture at rest.
4. Reduce Stress
Kickboxing is a healthy way to get out your frustrations. We all feel like hitting someone or something at one point or another. Punching and kicking a bag leads to an endorphin rush and instant mood elevator. Who doesn’t want that?
5. Do it at home
We are all busy. We don’t have time to go to another place to do another workout. With a couple of pieces of equipment, you can easily do this workout at home. Perhaps, you can get the rest of your family to join in.
All you need to start is a good pair of gloves and Heavy Bag.
You can easily pick up any of the equipment on Amazon or at any fitness store (Sports Authority or Dicks)
Most importantly, it just makes me feel completely BAD ASS afterwards and ready to take on the world. There is no better feeling than that!
Do you ever kickbox? Do you love it as much as I do?
Oh, wow. We did Tae Bo back in the day, but it’s been ages! We do have the equipment ….
Ah Tae Bo that was quite the fad. You have no excuse then-give it a try it’s empowering and quite a workout.
I like the sound of this. I could go for this as an alternate training method.
Confession: I did tae bo back in the day, and did kind of enjoy it. Haha. So only a step away.
Ah we all did Tae Bo back in the day! This is an easy thing to add onto a workout and so energizing. Have a great day
I have never done this but my mom does it at bootcamp class and says everyone seems to like kick boxing day!
She’s right! Give it a try it’s so empowering. Have a great day!
Hey new sister! I used to LOVE kickboxing, and went to classes every week. I took karate back in the day, so it was a great deal of fun for me to bring that back out. I would love to do it again if I had the chance! But I definitely love it in the class environment–I instantly start to compete with people and push myself further.
So true! You can easily compete with others and they don’t even realize it! Thanks for stopping by & have great day!
I’ve done kickboxing with a personal trainer before and you are right, it makes you feel like a total bad ass. I don’t do it routinely though.
I do love doing it with mine too-I can punch him and he won’t punch me back!!
I never did kick box, but I did BJJ for a while and it is amazing too. I still dream to get back on the mat. It is an awesome workout and real fun.
I got those Everlast gloves already. Should I try kickboxing then? 😉
Great blog!
Yes!!! The pink gloves make all of the difference don’t you think? You should try it. I feel amazing and like such a bad ass afterwards. Thanks for stopping by hope to see you again. #FridayFive
I took a few kickboxing classes in college. Very challenging, make-you-feel-BA kinda workout!
Absolutely! I feel like I’m unstoppable afterwards. A few minutes of kicking and punching yields tons of results. Let me know if you try it again. Thanks for stopping by always nice to see new faces.
I used to kickbox a long time ago. We do have gloves and a bag hanging from one of the steel beams in the unfinished area of the basement. It IS a major cardio workout. Imagine punching that bag for 3 minutes. That’s no joke. Kicking the bag is fun too! 🙂
Absolutely! I have it in my basement too. Just a few minutes does a lot of good. I love kicking that bag-it won’t kick back! Have a great day!
Kickboxing must be awesome. I did MMA for a short period, I loved that I could train at home. And punching something was fun. It helped reduce stress a lot:)
Absolutely! It’s a great stress reliever. Thanks for stopping by have a great day
I would love to try kickboxing ! I bet its a really good full body workout! And if I did try it I would be much more comfortable in the comfort of my own home rather than at a gym. Love those pink boxing gloves!!
The pink gloves make all the difference. Since no one can really see me doing it, I like to think I look pretty tough-LOL. I hope you give it a try.Thanks for stopping by!
I used to do kickboxing in college and loved it!! Love the pink gloves
I love the pink gloves too! A girl’s gotta look cute while feeling bad ass.
I really need to try this. Sounds like it would be great cross training for my running!
It is a great compliment to running bc you are not stressing the same muscles and it’s low impact. Let me know if you give it a try. Thanks for stopping by!
i took boxing (not kickboxing but close) classes for almost 2 years and it was such an amazing workout! i still have my cute pink gloves 🙂
The pink gloves make all the difference! It is a great workout and a nice compliment to running.
Augh! This made me really miss kickboxing. :[ I need to incorporate that back into my life again!
You do!! It’s such a great endorphin rush! Thanks for stopping by have a great day!
I have done some kickboxing videos at home and loved it! I would love to have my own bag at home.
It’s an easy thing to have at home and the whole family can use it. It’s a great workout-quite the sweat.
Love kickboxing. I took classes in college and it was awesome. I tried to take them and S&H near my office but it was always super crowded. New boxing gym opened up in Falls Church near where the trail hits 29. I have been meaning to check it out. Otherwise I might have to come over and borrow your pink gloves 🙂
I love the sweat and the endorphin rush I get. Your welcome to come over anytime you know where to find me! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Hope to see you again soon.
Before running became the center of my universe, kickboxing was where it was at for me!! I haven’t done a class in awhile but love it.
It is tons of fun. I do it once a week and really look forward to it. I’m always winded throughout and sore the next day. My kind of workout!
Those pink gloves are AMAZING! I’ve never tried kickboxing before, but I would love to. My old gym had classes and my currently gym unfortunately does not. I’m going to have to search around for it!
The pink gloves are awesome! It’s a great all over workout and makes me feel super tough. Have a great weekend!
I have NEVER tried a kickboxing class, its not very popular here in France. I did try a new Jillian Michaels DVD this week and a lot of the moves were based on kickboxing. I really enjoyed it!
Awesome she does have some kick butt routines!
you have a heavy bag in your house? bad ass!
Oh yes that and the pink gloves make me very tough! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh man cardio kick boxing is one of my favorite group fitness classes! I also love following kickboxing videos at home, but haven’t done one in a while. Thanks for the reminder!
I haven’t done a video in a while I kind of just go at it. Great stress reliever-have fun with it. Thanks for stopping by!
I have ALWAYS wanted to take up kick boxing!!!!! Kick boxing bods…. SUPER SEXY 🙂
Well that’s the goal right?? Let me know if you give it a try!
I don’t have the gloves or the bag but I love kickboxing anyway! One of my favorites for cross training. I think I NEED the pink gloves 🙂
I love it for cross training and you definitely need the gloves!
My teenage stepsons have a punching bag in my basement, that I’ve never used. I’ve worked out with dvd’s, but never the actual thing. But now I’m going to give it a try!
You definitely should! It’s so much fun plus your sons will think you’re cool! Thanks for stopping by!
I love kickboxing! There are kickboxing classes offered at our local karate store. It’s just for women – $40/month and classes are T-Saturday! Come whenever! If I had a babysitter – I would be there all the time! Rock on with ya self!
That sounds fun hope you are able to get there sometime. It’s a great workout. Have an amazing weekend!
Boxing is definitely something I have been interested in in the past. I am thinking of on the weekends trying out new workouts and boxing just got added to the list.
Hi Brooke glad I convinced you to give it a try. I really find it to be quite the workout. Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Hope to see you soon!
Love kickboxing! I can’t make it to the class times at my gym though. I know it’s great for the entire body. That’s awesome that you have a punching bag at your house. I don’t know if I’d have the motivation to do it at home, I’d need an instructor telling me to punch harder!
I really love having a bag in my basement. I do feel I get quite the workout in a short amount of time. I could never get to the classes either. Let me know if you give it a try!
Hi Deborah! I am actually doing a kickboxing video 3x a week! It’s so much fun, there’s a certain energy that flows through you when you do this. It made me enjoy doing cardio so yey! 🙂
Jen
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It is the best cardio and really tones the arms up. Glad you like it too. Thanks for coming by!