A few years ago my husband forced me to take Cardio Kickboxing with him. I wasn’t too into the idea… I’m not a very physically active person. I hate running and the word “kickboxing” scared me.
Fast forward about 4 years. We still take it and now I love it. I’m not very physically active on my own, I have to have someone there to push me for me to actually exercise. And I still hate running. I think I’ll always hate running!
Well we had class yesterday and we got to work with targets (my favorite)! We take turns, one person hits the target and the other person holds the target. But when you’re the one holding it, you have to resist back. So if they’re throwing a jab, you meet their jab with the target. If they hook, you meet their hook. Does that make sense? I personally like to be the one who’s holding the target more than the one who’s hitting because I think I get the most out of it that way. My husband hits hard (and he doesn’t hit me as hard as he can, most times, when he does, I have to take a 2 minute break lol) so if we’re throwing punches at each other, I get a pretty good work out! I usually try to get him though. I’ll go on to the next move too fast when he’s not expecting it and I always aim for his face lol! I can’t wait til we do slips, that’s my uber favorite!
When it was my turn to hit, he actually let me throw hooks and uppercuts at his chest. Which was weird because I’m not use to throwing them seriously at a person but at the same time it was easier than hitting a solid square target. I think it made for a good workout for both of us.
The only thing I hate about kickboxing is that when we have targets day, I get really really really sleepy after class! I knocked out at around 2AM this morning (which is early for me) and I woke up SORE! My shoulders and my arms and my thighs huuuurt! I love it! I miss this feeling!
And I’m so ready to do kicks tomorrow :)!
