Tag: kickboxing

  • How to achieve caloric deficit by cutting 500 calories daily, with minimal changes!

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    There could be various reasons for why you want to achieve a caloric deficit such as: I have always found that exercise and diet changes helped to achieve a caloric deficit effectively. As a guide: an average man needs 2,500kcal a day. an average woman needs 2,000kcal a day. There are various diets and intermittent… Read more

  • 20 Minutes Shadowboxing Workout To Improve Your Boxing & Cardio

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    If you’re looking for a quick shadowboxing workout to do, you can do this workout. Each round is 3 minutes and there is 1 minute rest in between.  Read more

  • Why Kettlebells Are Underrated

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    Most workout routines rule Kettlebells out because they aren’t the most effective way to gain muscle. However, Kettlebells are still one of the best workout tools you can use. This is especially the case for boxers and martial artists because in fighting, power is produced with kinetic chain linking.  Kinetic Chain Linking Kinetic chain linking… Read more

  • Essential Hand Conditioning for Boxers

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    I’ve been to lots of Boxing Gyms and they all have one thing in common. There is no joint and Knuckle conditioning for the participants. The participants have their hand heavily wrapped and heavily padded before they could hit the heavy bag. İf they ever get into a real fight, this spells for bad news.… Read more

  • Enhance Sparring Performance through Mental Visualization

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    People have issues with nervousness in fights, confusion about what to train for self defense and other issues. Visualization is a tool which can help with these issues. You can close your eyes for a minute or two visualize yourself being attacked and beaten, to overcome your fear of this. You can visualize defending yourself… Read more

  • Balancing High and Low Intensity Workouts

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    As we get older our joints and muscles take longer to recover and staying fit while avoiding injury becomes priority. However, this doesn’t mean we should stop practicing our sport and Martial Art. Given that there are many activities to choose from and they are all useful, while we may get bored of a particular… Read more

  • Unlock Your Potential: Martial Arts for Fitness with The LiftingMantis Workout Program

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    The LiftingMantis workout program is simple. Strength training, Cardio, and Skill Work is done twice a week for a 6 day program. The Format is: The reason you start the week with strength is because you are probably more nourished from the weekend and it’s a good time to build muscle then. The cardio workout… Read more