When it comes to losing weight women are always after something new. It is understandable. Women are under pressure from so many different areas of their life to lose weight and there is only so much time you can spend on the damn treadmill! In this post we will take a look at why every woman should do kickboxing.

What is kickboxing?

Kickboxing is a martial art that originated in Thailand. It is traditionally called Muay Thai but once it made its way to America it took on many new names and changed the way it operated. We now have kickboxing that is based on cardio workouts instead of being centered on fighting. However, it is important to remember that kickboxing is a traditional Thai martial art. Heritage is important.

Why should women do kickboxing?

The reason all women should do kickboxing is twofold:

1. It is one of the best weight loss exercises on the planet; and
2. You get a really good grounding in self defense.

Lets take a look at both of these aspects.

Kickboxing for weight loss

As I mentioned, kickboxing is one of the best weight loss exercises on the planet. The workouts are brutal and they make you work every muscle in your body.

For example, a typical kickboxing session might involve some light stretches and then a bit of a warm up. You will then head over to the heavy bag and work on your round house kicks and punches. After that you might do some abdominal work or some other form of stregth training. Then you might get into the ring and have a spar (practice fight) with another student.

Each movement in kickboxing uses your entire body. You might think that a kick only uses the legs but you would be wrong. A kick, when done correctly, uses your entire body to swing that kick into your opponent as hard as possible. And this makes it an excellent weight loss exercise as it takes so much energy to perform.

Kickboxing for self defense

The second great thing about kickboxing is that you learn how to defend yourself while you are getting fit and burning calories. This is important as many women live in fear of some sort of attack.

Kickboxing is a very practical method of defending yourself. After only a few weeks you will feel much more able to fight off your attacker. And the excellent thing about kickboxing is that you are practicing your moves right from the beginning. Many martial arts will make you practice kata or forms for years before you ever actually get to hit a bag or a person but in kickboxing you will be practice fighting from day one. This means that you will not be as afraid to get hit in a fight and you will know exactly how to land a hit yourself!

Conclusion on women’s kickboxing

At my local kickboxing gym there is at least one woman for every man that trains. Do not feel out of place. Kickboxing is as much for women as it is for men. Go down for a free trial lesson and see how you feel afterwards. It might be the best thing you have ever done for your waistline.

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