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By Julia Cunningham, Swimming World College Intern<\/em><\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love trying to find extra time in their schedule for dryland training? I should rephrase that. Has there ever been a form of training, non-swimming, that you love as much as swimming? I found one this summer– kickboxing. <\/span><\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take me long to get into after my first free trial class. It was a typical instructor-calling-out-directions-as-everyone-frantically-tries-to-keep-up type of class. I\u2019m not going to lie, I\u2019m pretty awful at following directions. Most of the time I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on during a set. But as long as you\u2019re moving, you could succeed in this class. I ended up going as often as possible, sometimes even as a stand-in for swim practices. <\/span><\/p>\n

Once I got back to school, I found a similar class, and made sure to sign myself (along with an unsuspecting friend) up for it. With school in full swing and work piling up, and my collegiate season starting\u00a0a week ago, I haven\u2019t had a chance to go as often. <\/span><\/p>\n

But here are the four reasons why YOU should find a pair of gloves and try the sport out for yourself: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. It\u2019s great cross training.<\/h3>\n

The first thing I learned was that you throw punches from your core. The second thing I learned was that kickboxing is exhausting. It\u2019s not like weight-lifting, where you do a few reps before taking a break and moving on. When I wasn\u2019t punching the 100 pound bag in front of me, I was doing sit-ups or burpees or squats or anything else you can think of. To say I got my cardio in during those one-hour sessions would be an understatement. Short interval sets definitely became easier as the summer rolled on. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the technical aspect, the momentum to initiate a punch or a kick starts from the movement of your hips. As a righty, I would stand feet shoulder width apart with\u00a0my left foot a little more forward. That way, I was\u00a0already set up to throw a cross, which is a more powerful punch, with my right fist. The power comes from your core, and is generated through the same opposite-arm-opposite-leg concept as swimming!<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Anyone can do it.<\/h3>\n
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You don\u2019t have to be flexible or strong or even in shape to take up kickboxing. People would come to the class exhausted from sitting at a desk all day long, or they would just be stepping out of their house for the first time. Reasons for participating in the class ranged from people\u00a0trying to get in shape and get their bikini body, or just get active, or in my case, stay active. There were people who had histories of bad knees, and for them, the instructors always had modifications. Any time I showed up for a class, it seemed as though there was at least a 40-year difference between the youngest and oldest person in the room.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not easy to stay moving for an hour, let alone stay moving at such high intensity for an hour. Everyone would always do it, however, regardless of whether or not the instructor was watching. In a sense, we were all a team. Like swimming, when you’re kickboxing, you\u2019re essentially by yourself. If you know the rest of the team is putting in the work, you don\u2019t want to be the one to let them down. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. It\u2019s fun.<\/h3>\n

There\u2019s not much to add to this one. Over the summer, occasionally I went with a friend, one time I dragged my mom along, but for the most part I went to the class alone. It didn\u2019t matter that I didn’t know anyone. We were all there to get better, to look better, to be better. I received encouragement from people I didn\u2019t know, and offered it back. I struggled\u00a0through the killer ab sets at the end alongside everyone else. It was still some of the most fun I\u2019ve ever had working out on land. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. It makes you feel like a badass.<\/h3>\n
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Everyone\u2019s heard of the undefeated <\/span>Ronda Rousey <\/b>and her <\/span>34 second fight<\/a><\/span>. While kickboxing is not the same as what she does, I like to think I\u2019m one step closer to being that crazy. <\/span><\/p>\n

As swimmers, we’re no strangers to putting in hours and hours of hard work. Kickboxing requires the same kind of dedication and motivation. I felt quite accomplished, albeit a bit nervous, when I could barely lift my arms to drive myself home after some workouts. <\/span><\/p>\n

Putting on the boxing gloves certainly makes you feel ready to take on anything.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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