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It’s interesting to me that with all the fancy cardio and strength training equipment available to us today one of the cheapest best ways to get fit is boxing.  Boxing gear is fairly reasonably priced at most Boxing or Martial Equipment estores.  I read about how effective high intensity interval training is for losing weight and improving overall cardiovascular fitness and I think, boxers have always known about this. HIIT is nothing new to a boxer, they’ve always trained in short burst of high intensity followed by a short recovery time. Intensely hitting a heavy bag for 2 minutes and taking a minute off for 5 or 6 rounds will definitely improve your health as well as your waistline.

If you aren’t already getting started you should. Discover the many fitness benefits boxing supplies. Benefits which include optimized cardiovascular function, balance, speed and reaction time, muscle power and coordination.

Hey see your doc before starting a new exercise routine. ok. good.

Here’s a very basic routine to get you started.

Boxing Supplies Required:

* Heavy Bag

Optional Equipment & Boxing Supplies:

* Jump Rope

* Weighted gloves

* Training gloves (boxing gloves)

That’s it

The purpose of a warm up is to warm up the muscles and joints you’ll be using and get the heart rate up a bit to increase bloodflow to your muscles. 2 minutes jumping rope will do the trick OR a light 5 minute jog while shadow boxing will also be sufficient. Weighted gloves will come in handy here if you choose the latter.

Stretching: If you want to stretch as part of your warm up that’s fine. I stretch but not as part of my warm up.

All you really need to get started is that big bad heavy bag and a stopwatch. For now don’t worry too much about form or the difference between a jab, right cross, uppercut, etc.. Stances, combos those will come. Just start hitting that bag at a nice steady, intense pace for about 2 minutes. Take off for 60 seconds and go at it for another 2. Do at least 4 rounds and over the coming weeks add about 10secs per round per week til you get up to 3 minutes.

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