| Are you wondering maybe kick boxing would be | | | | have to warm up and stretch your muscles. |
| helpful as part of your exercise program? Many | | | | A basic kickboxing class will consist of repetitive |
| people are now including this into their regular | | | | stretches to get you started and then a series of |
| workout. Kick boxing combines kicking, punching | | | | repeated punches alternated with hand strikes. |
| and boxing using the elbows, knees, head blows, | | | | Then you get into the kicks and finally use a |
| kicks and punches. It seems to be a combination | | | | combination of all three movements. When the |
| of karate and regular street fighting. However, | | | | main part of the fitness routine is complete, you |
| the kicks are delivered to the shin area, so if you | | | | cool down by doing stretches and exercises on |
| want to take part in a kick boxing class, you will | | | | the floor. Free weights or dumbbells are never |
| first have to condition your shins to take hard | | | | used in a kickboxing program because of the |
| kicks. It has been used all through history and as | | | | possibility of injuring your muscles. |
| far back as the 1700s there were competitions. | | | | This type of fitness program appeals to people of |
| Many people like to use the kick boxing technique | | | | all ages. It is almost like a choreography class or |
| in their workout, without actually kicking anyone. | | | | aerobics learning all the different steps and hand |
| The series of movements of the arms and legs, | | | | techniques. You can workout at your own pace |
| spins and ducks, help to give you an intensive | | | | and gradually increase your level of intensity. The |
| cardio workout. No matter how much you | | | | punching activities help to work out the upper |
| exercise or think you are fit, you should be very | | | | body, while the kicks target the muscles of the |
| careful when you first start this program. You | | | | lower body. |