Tag Archives: conditioning

Motivation Monday- resistance is futile (jk it’s useful)

Adding resistance bands helps add another level to basic moves such as bicep curls and shoulder press. You have to really work to maintain control not only when you perform the exercise but also when you return to the Continue Reading »

Fitness Friday- Beast Mode Activated

Over the last few years, I've put most of my focus on increasing my strength instead of losing weight. It has been amazing to see just how strong I truly am. I very quickly discovered that I was especially strong when 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- stepping it up a notch

Today's boxing class had a couple of exciting firsts. We got to attempt to kick the swinging bag, which is significantly harder than it sounds. I've got a lot of force in my legs, and I really had to try to control Continue Reading »

Motivation Monday-add some weights

Ducking is an important part of boxing, but can be hard to get a feeling for when working with the bags. So our trainer rigged up some resistance bands between two of the rowers, which helps us get nice and low. After Continue Reading »