For some reason, boxing has become one of the most fashionable workouts from gyms. And he is more popular among girls than men. Let’s figure out why.
If you follow Victoria’s Secret models on Insagram, then you shouldn’t be surprised that many of them love boxing. Adriana Lima, Elsa Hosk, Gigi Hamid prefer this particular sport. It is thanks to boxing that they are slender, fit, with a beautiful relief on the body.
This trend is not limited to models. When you come to the gym and walk past the hall with hanging pears, then all the space is occupied by the girls. Andrey Lemmer, a martial arts coach at Five Concept Fitness, helped us answer the main question, why did the girls choose the male sport.
Initially, boxing impresses with its simplicity: it would seem that you need to learn only three punches and stand on your feet correctly. But with all this, there is no tangible limit to the improvement of technology and tactics. Boxing helps to add variety to the training process and is a great replacement for classic cardio workouts.
In one boxing lesson, you can burn up to 1000-1500 calories, provided that you work in full force. Plus, boxing helps to avoid flabbiness, to give tone and relief to the muscles of the arms, for girls this is especially important.
Boxing is a workout that works on your endurance, speed, strength, coordination, agility and flexibility. This is a great and fun alternative to the usual cardio workout, from which everyone is already tired. In a few workouts, of course, with the already existing good physical condition, you can quickly dry out, give your muscles a relief. Boxing training is great for the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. And, of course, it’s about working on your willpower, confidence, and stress tolerance.
During warm-up and shadow boxing, work is done at a medium pace, which is ideal for fat burning (muscles do not acidify, but fat burns). The main part takes place at a higher pace, which contributes to the development of speed-strength indicators, endurance and, again, weight loss due to the huge amount of calories burned.
Surely you have repeatedly wanted to hit something in fits of anger or stress. So, boxing is a great opportunity to throw out your negative energy to its fullest. In addition, hitting the pear is much better than hoarding all the bad things in yourself. In addition, after you let off steam in training, your mood improves, and you don’t feel fatigue at all.
If it seems to you that after training you will have everything hurting, because you will certainly have sparring and you will fight, then you are mistaken. At first, you will not compete, but first you will learn how to stand and hit the punching bag correctly. Only after you have already correctly followed all the trainer’s recommendations, you will be able to spar. Trainers are confident that boxing is no more dangerous than training in the gym.
You can come to workout even if you have never played sports, as well as yoga or Pilates. There will be a trainer next to you who will select the optimal load for you, with which you will definitely cope. Perhaps the first lesson will seem very difficult to you, because you will have to remember a lot of technical points, but, as a rule, then you get involved – and you can’t stop it.
The main thing is not to be shy. Many girls really want to try, but they are afraid that they will be looked at, including men. In this case, we advise you to wear a bright crop top, tight-fitting tights and boldly enter the ring.