| As well as offering great defensive training, boxing, | | | | times a week. Do that and you will obtain some good |
| mixed martial arts, boxing kung fu and so on offer | | | | results. |
| great opportunities for aerobic work outs. | | | | While it is true that a lot of boxing practice actually |
| Boxing and marital arts offer superb body | | | | involves equipment training more than punching, some |
| co-ordination and evasion training as you have to | | | | form of sparring practice is recommended in order to |
| practice moving your body so as not to get hit just | | | | get the full benefit out of your boxing training. For |
| as much as you seek to hit your target. Because of | | | | this reason a gym that features boxing workouts, or |
| this aerobic factor, boxing, for example, has moved | | | | a dojo where you can practice mixed martial arts, |
| beyond the youth boxing clubs and is now a more | | | | boxing kung fu or something similar, are ideal for this |
| common feature of some health clubs. | | | | sort of training. |
| Boxing practice is a great way to burn fat and | | | | However, if for some reason you are unable to |
| develop lean muscle mass, especially nowadays when | | | | attend a gym or sign up to a dojo, you can easily |
| so many of us are inclined to overeat. When | | | | practice most aspects of a boxing regime at home. |
| someone eats too much the excess calories are | | | | You can easily set up a punch-bag. Hitting a heavy |
| stored as fat. In order to convert the fat to energy | | | | bag will still a very beneficial part of your aerobic |
| it is necessary to engage in some form of physical | | | | workout. |
| activity. Boxing is an excellent solution. It is so much | | | | What you would most likely be missing out on by not |
| more enjoyable than jogging or simply working out in | | | | attending a gym would be the chance to spar with a |
| a gym, and you also get an opportunity to take out | | | | partner. One of the great benefits of having a |
| your stress on the punch-bag! | | | | sparring partner is that it makes you focus. You also |
| As part of your boxing routine you should also include | | | | have to deal with a higher level of unpredictability as |
| skipping and medicine ball practice for further aerobic | | | | your partner throws a variety of punches that come |
| and strength building work. | | | | at you at different velocities and trajectories and |
| How many days a week should you train? Twice or | | | | from different angles. |
| three times a week is sufficient for ordinary | | | | But, even without the benefits of a sparring partner, |
| purposes of improving overall health, weight | | | | boxing training, whether undertaken by yourself at |
| regulation and aerobic fitness. Taking up boxing as a | | | | home, or in a gym, offers an excellent method of |
| method of weight control is a pretty straightforward | | | | improving your strength, stamina, co-ordination and |
| procedure. All you need is time, a desire to improve | | | | aerobic condition, while at the same time helping you |
| and the persistence to see it through two or three | | | | to shed excess body fat. |