Kickboxing
Well I took a kickboxing class tonight, the first time I've really worked out in quite a while. I took Pilates last night but it wasn't a strenuous workout at all. This was!! I am suffering from a heat induced headache right now. I get headaches a lot when I work out and I'm out of shape. But this headache was not aided by the fact we went and ate Mexican right after the workout. Heh, not very good for whatever diet I am pretending to be on. I have been trying to drink a lot of water the past few days, which makes me feel good.
Anyhow, back to the kickboxing. The course is structured differently than kickboxing courses I have taken in the past. They have punching bags and gloves and you really kick and punch the bags. It's awesome. Classes I have taken in the past were just shadowboxing. The instructor is really neat, he's the Pilates instructor's husband. The class is not a million kicks or punches with tons of repetitions, it's more freestyle. We have 45 second sets where we do combinations of punches and kicks at our own pace. No one is doing the same thing at the same time. So if you need to take it easy for a second or two it's not blaringly obvious that you're wimping out. At the end of the class we did some ab work and some stretches. LOL we did these back circles where you lay on your back and put your knees up in the air and move about in a circle without touching your hands or your feet to the floor. I felt like a turtle who was stuck on its back!
My head started hinting at hurting during the abs, and I took an Aleve as soon as we got out to the car. But it's still hanging on, guess I'm stuck with it tonight.
I am glad we went ahead and did the kickboxing. It was a fun workout and I KNOW I'll be sore tomorrow. I was already slightly sore from Pilates, not much but enough to know I worked out. But this will make my muscles sore I know.
So yay, I worked out! I have so much work to do to really get in shape, but I feel like I've made the first few steps.
Tags: kickboxing, aerobics, work out, exercise, headache
Anyhow, back to the kickboxing. The course is structured differently than kickboxing courses I have taken in the past. They have punching bags and gloves and you really kick and punch the bags. It's awesome. Classes I have taken in the past were just shadowboxing. The instructor is really neat, he's the Pilates instructor's husband. The class is not a million kicks or punches with tons of repetitions, it's more freestyle. We have 45 second sets where we do combinations of punches and kicks at our own pace. No one is doing the same thing at the same time. So if you need to take it easy for a second or two it's not blaringly obvious that you're wimping out. At the end of the class we did some ab work and some stretches. LOL we did these back circles where you lay on your back and put your knees up in the air and move about in a circle without touching your hands or your feet to the floor. I felt like a turtle who was stuck on its back!
My head started hinting at hurting during the abs, and I took an Aleve as soon as we got out to the car. But it's still hanging on, guess I'm stuck with it tonight.
I am glad we went ahead and did the kickboxing. It was a fun workout and I KNOW I'll be sore tomorrow. I was already slightly sore from Pilates, not much but enough to know I worked out. But this will make my muscles sore I know.
So yay, I worked out! I have so much work to do to really get in shape, but I feel like I've made the first few steps.
Tags: kickboxing, aerobics, work out, exercise, headache
2 Comments:
Good for you! We had *fun* in our other kickboxing class :P I bet the headaches will subside after more working out.
Thanks! Yes we did have a lot of fun, those were good times. I think you'd like these classes a lot, being able to kick and punch real punching bags is awesome.
I hope the headaches will go, you're right they probably will after I'm in a little better shape.
Hope you're doing well, your wedding dress is AWESOME!
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