I had posted earlier about how I was looking to get back in shape while building muscle. Well I found something that so far is the most intense conditioning I have done, when I am done it stacks up to 7 mile runs I used to do.
A few weeks ago I joined a Muay Thai class. Learned basic punches, elbows, blocks, and some slight leg work. That was cake, but when it got to the cardio session of the class thats where it steps the level up lol. 5 mins jump rope (never knew that jumping rope could get a good sweat going), kicking and kneeing thai pads for 1 min straight then switching legs (2 sets of that), 30 seconds of very fast one two punches, followed by 30 seconds of pushups, then do it all over again, then its more pad work and such.
When I was done I was dripping, out of breath, granted my intensity wasnt as high as others but there were in the same conditioning as me.
I still get frustrated because I am learning the basics as of now and I keep making dumb mistakes, I tend to drop my hands a lot, not rotate my hips through punches and such. But other than that, I have faith that this would get anyone in shape, so far I go 3 times a week for 2 hours.
A few weeks ago I joined a Muay Thai class. Learned basic punches, elbows, blocks, and some slight leg work. That was cake, but when it got to the cardio session of the class thats where it steps the level up lol. 5 mins jump rope (never knew that jumping rope could get a good sweat going), kicking and kneeing thai pads for 1 min straight then switching legs (2 sets of that), 30 seconds of very fast one two punches, followed by 30 seconds of pushups, then do it all over again, then its more pad work and such.
When I was done I was dripping, out of breath, granted my intensity wasnt as high as others but there were in the same conditioning as me.
I still get frustrated because I am learning the basics as of now and I keep making dumb mistakes, I tend to drop my hands a lot, not rotate my hips through punches and such. But other than that, I have faith that this would get anyone in shape, so far I go 3 times a week for 2 hours.