ive been at it for about 25 sessions now. though regular for the past 18 sessions. i started doing this just to burn more calories. the gloves, handwrap arent exactly cheap, but heck, all for vanity's sake. my little problem, i didnt want to buy two or three sets of gloves just to match my outfit. harhar. so im stuck with a red-white leather gloves and a predominantly red-white outfit for the rest of my boxing career.
i knew it wasnt going to be easy. but i didnt realize how hard it would actually be. fitness boxing has been designed well, with enough warm-up calisthenics before some 2 - 3 rounds of sparring. (actually, your instructor holds the mitts up for you to aim at). then there's the speedball, and the punching ball, and some shadow-boxing. then its back to sparring. so it adds up to interval training. high intensity interval is the the sparring. it winds down with abs workout then stretching.
difficult because it is unnatural for poor lil me. the footwork, the shoulder and waist movement, quite alien. so im so conscious im looking like this sissy learning how to box. then the speedball is a nightmare. i couldnt coordinate my arm movements enough to make it ala fernando poe jr. that was the biggest challenge. and it took me as much as 8 sessions before i started to get the hang of it. how embarrassing.
slowly but surely, im making improvements with my footwork, while learning how to relax enough to let momentum improve my power. 'huwag kang gigil. relax lang ang shoulder. mas madali ka pagod wala namang lakas" my instructor tells me. and now im loving speedball, the repetitive thud of the ball against the upper platform is addicting as you want to increase the speed.
i sweat like a pig every session. it's so worth it. and there's this unusual sense of machismo that comes from completing a session. the environment has testosterone all over, except for maybe a couple of twinks from time to time. but the instructors really look like pacquiao wannabees. not a single gay bone in their bodies. :)
id reco this for a good cardio workout, mga dude. :)
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most of my hunky classmates gets boxing or mwuai thai? dunno how to spell the last one.
anyway, yun nga lang. puro pasa sila minsan. which is hot if you're a masochist.
@herbs, its muay thai.
boxing is really a good workout, just look at those pro boxers' bodies.
i think it's a nice bonding time, eh.
in the fashion sense, try matching your outfit with navy blue for a great britain feel. or green to go for italia.
keep it up! :-)
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