I love boxing!

My newest craze...boxing!


The bf and I are taking boxing classes together now. I am going 3-4 times/week, and so far every class has been really fun and really hard. There are several different instructors, and each instructor has his own format for the class (they are all somewhat similar) and a favorite method of torture ;)


A few of the new things that I have been doing are below:


The burpee- this seems easy the first couple you do, but they quickly become very tiring


http://www.rosstraining.com/articles/burpeeclip.htm


The two-person medicine ball sit-up-this isn't too bad, but I don't use a crazy heavy medicine ball


http://www.ehow.com/how_4617126_person-medicine-ball-sit-up.html


The next thing, I don't know what it's called, but imagine you are in a downward dog, then you sort of swoop down into a very short plank (just a few inches off the ground, so your elbows are bent, and your arms are tucked in very close to your body), then swoop back up into the downward dog. We do 50 of those, as fast as we can. Well, shit.


Sorry, no link for that one, although if I do find one, I will definitely post it. My first class the instructor demonstrated and then said, ok everyone do 50 of those as fast as you can. I have to fake them b/c I can't do them, and I just do my fake version as many times as I can until everyone else finishes theres, I think last time I did about 35, so I was pretty happy with that.

Push-ups...yep, I do those all the dang time now! I do the girly ones, where you are on your knees, but guess what, they still count and are challenging for me, especially when the instructions are to do as many as possible for 1 minute (that's a LONG ass time, believe me!).


Mountain Climbers-I have done these before, so I guess they aren't new, but still something you might like to see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSTK0XzbFN0

I highly reccommend boxing to anyone who wants to try something new! It is fun, hard, and a workout unlike any other.

I am thinking (maybe) of getting into sparring, but if I did want to do something like that, I won't even start the private lessons until after the new year...but I'll keep you posted!