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March 17, 2005

cardio-boxing knocks me out! permalink

Well, I did my first cardio-boxing class today. I've been curious about it, but intimidated. One of my coworkers heard me joke about taking a boxing class at the rec. center and invited me along to this class.

Damn, it kicked my butt. Twenty minutes after the class was over, my face was still beet red, and now, 45 minutes later, I am seeing stars (and wondering when this will end).

We started out with straight cardio, jogging in place, jumping jacks, and choreographed punches and kicks. Then we moved into more choreographed punches and kicks using the big padded punching things. After, I don't know, three hours of that, we moved into some floor exercises including more reps of fire hydrants than any sane person should do.

I'm exhausted!

Posted at March 17, 2005

Comments

You made me tired just reading about it!! What a workout.

Posted by: susan at March 17, 2005 5:14 PM

I'm tired just reading about it!

Posted by: Mark at March 17, 2005 5:27 PM

I see that cardio-kickboxing class in the center training room at the gym and everyone in there is always laughing while they are doing that stuff. Looks like alot of fun!

Posted by: Jon in Michigan at March 18, 2005 8:14 AM