One thing I love about boxing is that you can approach any combination one of two ways. You can aim for pure power or you can try to focus on control. These two videos are a perfect depiction of this as the Continue Reading »
Happy New Year!!! I took a week off of blogging and working out just after Christmas through the New Year. This was due to traveling to AZ to visit my parents, which resulted in me picking up a nasty cough that I'm Continue Reading »
https://youtu.be/j3T7uZhLgb8 So we've worked with the loose bag a couple of time before in boxing class, but usually we're just told to punch it or move it across the floor. Today our instructor told us to give it Continue Reading »
https://youtu.be/wKNusaNb94 So I'm the odd one out in my boxing class when it comes to the boxer's choice bag, regardless of who is in class for me. Everyone else loves this bag, since it doesn't involve remembering a Continue Reading »
I feel like many people take for granted just how amazing our bodies can be, and I'll admit that I still sometime catch myself amazed by what I see when I watch back my workout videos. Not only is my technique improving Continue Reading »
Up until now, we've mainly only used knees when that's focus move on a particular bag or if we choose to add knees in on the boxer's choice bag. I'm a great fan of kneeing personally, so they frequently appear when I Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »