Tag Archives: boxing

Motivation Monday- backhands are FUN

There have been a lot of cool new moves lately in our boxing class. This week we were introduced to backhands. While the instructor made it look super easy, it is actually pretty difficult. You not only need to step Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- first attempts aren’t always pretty

Today for the first time we added a burpee kick into our boxing class. The instructor made it look like an awesome breakdancing move, but as you can see mine was anything but smooth. I'm hoping as we get more time to Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- all the Taebo I did in college finally paid off

I was a huge fan of Billy Blanks' Taebo videos while I was in college. I had all the videos and would religiously do them during my down time. Taebo was one of the first workouts I did that was so much fun that it Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- control is key

Power has never been a problem for me. In fact, I've come pretty close to breaking these mirrors with the bags on several occasions (mainly while kicking) which has resulted in the training placing dumbbells in Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- what a difference a week makes

So this first video is from my boxing class a week ago, and is the first time I've been able to do more than a couple reverse crunches without having to return to the ground between each rep. Anyone who has ever done Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- throwing ‘bows

Today was the first opportunity we had to just throw alternating elbows. Usually elbows are part of a larger combination and you don't even need to come into contact with the bag. This was pretty challenging because Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- strike a pose

We started off boxing today holding a kick for 30 seconds on each side. While these videos are not as exciting as most of my other boxing videos, holding this position is an amazing glute exercise. Although having Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- getting fancy with the jump rope

We've been using the jump rope as one of our conditioning exercises more during boxing class. I'm still not talented to do the "boxer skip" side to side jump rope, but I have been trying to up my jump rope game in Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- hate sit ups? Try adding planks to your workouts

It seems like many people think that doing a million sit-ups is the key to strengthening your core. I don't have the attention span to do hundreds of sit-ups, so I prefer finding other exercises that work my core Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday- don’t be afraid to go for it

I've really been working on increasing my running speed during XIT classes, and it's not unheard of for me to run at 7 mph for a minute while at a lower (2 or 4) incline. Today our boxing instructor decided to give us Continue Reading »