5 reasons why women should do kickboxing

Kickboxing burns fat

Because Kickboxing involves high intensity Cardio, it is and ideal calorie and fat burner for women. Women who struggle to lose weight find kickboxing one of the most effective ways to burn calories. When it comes to efficiency Kickboxing leads the pack. At about 750 calories in an hour there are few exercise routines that can match this multi faced form of exercise.

Women that take kickboxing seriously also engage in fitness drills that form part of their training regime. Fitness that involves routines that use skipping to strengthen for kickboxing will burn between 750 and 900 calories an hour. A recent study published in the American journal of Physiology found that aerobic exercise is as much as 67% more efficient at burning fat than other sources of exercise.

Kickboxing shapes your entire body

Rather than focusing on a single area of your body, the very nature of kickboxing means that your whole body gets a pretty decent workout. Most kickboxing classes directed at women will provide the core training that one would expect to find in any of a combined MMA/kickboxing routine. The fact that you are forced to train all the muscle groups in your body results in an all-round good body tone.

Additionally, because during training many groups use pads rather than air boxing, more calories are burned. The training routines that kickboxing requires strengthen the back and give more definition to the waist, the knock on effect is overall better body strength supported by improved coordination. Your flexibility and reflexes will show improvement too as you train.

Self-defence training is invaluable

Apart from the health and fitness benefits that kickboxing brings, the ladies also enjoy the edge on self-defence. This in itself promotes more self-confidence. After all there is no one way to identify a kickboxing femme until you’ve snatched her handbag. This provides assurance for parents that send their daughters to kickboxing classes that they have another life in hand.

Stress relief

Exercise that releases huge amounts of energy can bring much needed stress relief. Whether its stress from everyday life, a high-powered job or recovery from relationship difficulties. Combine the opportunity to relieve stress with natural aggression when training, means that most that train regularly enjoy better sleep patterns.

The mental clarity that ensues as a result of releasing endorphins is even better when practicing takes place in a group. This was established in research published by the institute of cognitive and evolutionary Anthropology in Oxford, UK.

Sexiness and Confidence follow a good workout

Kickboxing shows results quickly. Women that attend kickboxing classes regularly, see real, quick results in terms of body change. They lose weight, their shape changes and they become physically more agile. This not only improves their appearance but has a natural knock on effect to improve confidence. A confident healthy looking woman is often cited as sexy. And when you feel sexier, you are.