Ready for a knockout workout to kick start your summer?
I’ve been taking cardio kickboxing classes for over 5 years and never get tired of them. It’s always a great workout, but I’m always willing to challenge my endurance further.
My friend Regina invited me to what she called an “intense” cardio kickboxing class at a somewhat mysterious gym close to the Angus Bard in Raleigh, yesterday. Since I have been going to the gym much less than my body is used to during the past 6 months, I decided to accept the invitation to try to catch up on time lost.
As soon as we got there, I was intimidated…this was serious business…
I thought, “What have I gotten myself into?”
One of the friendly owners, Rick, took us into an office, had us sign a waver, hand over our keys and take a nice set of boxing gloves into the boxing gym to wait for our instructor, Mike, to read us our rights.
We ran, we jumped, we did knuckle push ups, squats and none of this kicking and punching the air stuff that I had been used to…we actually punched nice sturdy and heavy bags that somehow seemed to be fighting right back.
No loud techno beats, no blondes in full makeup, dangling earrings, and daisy dukes, no interruptions, no air conditioning, no hardwood floors. Just a no frills, high- energy workout meant to deliver results. Instead of feeling like a chore, feeling like work, it’s exhilarating, it’s exhausting, it’s fun.
Boxing was once seen as sport for men, but the folks over at Box-2B-Fit said that the majority of their members are women.
I was really impressed with my experience. It was a real boxing gym, welcoming real people. They didn’t pressure us into buying anything. They just wanted us to make sure that we were happy.
I went home gritty and can feel the slight burn in my muscles today to know that it worked.
If you’re ready to knock out those winter love handles, I would recommend taking one of the free, no pressure classes that they offer every day of the week.
As they say “pound for pound, round for round, the toughest workout in town…”
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