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I love fitness boxing so much!
*I’m warning you, this is a long one and I’ve had to cut it up over 3 pages*
In fact, I love it so much that I’m talking about it again! If you remember, I reviewed fitness boxing a few months ago after training for about 5 weeks at a gym that offered a super intensive fitness boxing class with a Russian instructor.
If you missed that review, you can catch it here: Fitness boxing classes for women rock!!!
With that great experience behind me, I was set to go to an exclusive boxing school to learn from former professional fighters! I mean, if you are serious about any type of fitness activity, the ultimate dream is to learn from a pro!
That’s exactly why I headed to Florida Jacks.
Before I continue, I really want to make sure that all my international readers know that although they may not have a Florida Jacks school in their city, there are loads of former professional fighters who are now owners of their own gyms or personal trainers. You can do a quick search online to find them.
I will tell you that fitness boxing has been the most transformational fitness class I’ve taken since I’ve been hardcore cross training (and that’s since 2000; I’ve been training since 1995, but for the first few years I was mainly doing aerobic classes and I was not as hardcore).
What I want to clearly establish before I get into my experience at Florida Jacks is that if you are a woman and you’ve not yet tried fitness boxing … you’re missing out. If you are a man reading this, the same applies to you. If you’ve been spending too much time running or focusing solely on lifting weights, a fitness boxing class might jolt your muscles in a surprising way.
I had visited Florida Jacks prior to taking my classes and when I climbed the stairs to the second floor and saw all those boxing bags hanging … I knew that I was going to suffer and that I was going to enjoy every second of it!
>>>> My first fitness boxing class at Florida Jacks:
My first group class was called “Extreme Conditioning”. I fooled myself into thinking that I could work my legs the day before since boxing really involved the upper body (the day prior to my first class I had done a full weight lifting session focusing on my lower body). I wasn’t ready for the rigorous warm up (that involved ALL the muscles in my body) that our trainer Eric put us through.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 21:21
I’m so glad you’ve experienced the amazing benefits of boxing. So many people knock the sport because of it’s violent tendencies but there are so many positives that come out of the sport, not just for physical health but mental health as well!
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