Boxercise.... Anyone in here do it?

Jayo11780

As the title goes, any lads or lassies in here do Boxercise?
My wife & I started nearly 4 weeks ago, do it on Mondays and Thursdays, Man I do be in ribbons after it... Starting to get very popular for people trying to get back into shape and get fit.

More women than men in the class but doesn't bother me..
Definitely recommended!

Some of the flange doing it are fairly hot too, just try not to get caught by the missus .. the odd fatty thrown in for good measure too mind, was in the middle of the circuit training the other nite when a wan beside me, probably in her mid 30's farted (when i say farted, she probably sharted, sour pukey smell off it)... Durty hoor!

MrJoeSoap

Jayo11780 wrote: »

As the title goes, any lads or lassies in here do Boxercise?
My wife & I started nearly 4 weeks ago, do it on Mondays and Thursdays, Man I do be in ribbons after it... Starting to get very popular for people trying to get back into shape and get fit.

More women than men in the class but doesn't bother me..
Definitely recommended!

Some of the flange doing it are fairly hot too, just try not to get caught by the missus .. the odd fatty thrown in for good measure too mind, was in the middle of the circuit training the other nite when a wan beside me, probably in her mid 30's farted (when i say farted, she probably sharted, sour pukey smell off it)... Durty hoor!

:eek::P

summerskin

Stay Classy.

Captain_Generic

I thought 'Boxercise' was when you shart in a club and you have to race into the jacks to turn your boxers inside-out

44leto

My 40 year old out of shape cousin took it up a year ago, the cnut has a sixpack now, its meant to be brilliant.

cade

Nope I do a proper Martial Art.

It's all just Tae Bo, just with a different name due to that being copyrighted, right. Though Boxercise is now trademarked too so I wonder what it'll be called in the next run. So all in all yes a good way to get fit but it's all just the fitness regime part of a Martial Art without the practical how to fight part.

Mickey Dazzler

Did she clock that you noticed that she shat herself or did she carry on with out a care in the world hoping that nobody knows that she has poo in her pants??

Logical Fallacy

I heard playing soccer on astro turf makes you triple hard.

TheZohanS

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kfallon

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

I heard playing soccer on astro turf makes you triple hard.

I would just like to clarify that no matter how good the goal is I score I have never been 'hard', never mind 'triple hard' on an astro turf football pitch!

missbelle

I prefer zumba
Found boxercise too tough :eek:

Fear Uladh

TheZohan wrote: »

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Someone's been at the whiskey again...

Irish Guitarist

I don't do boxercise. I love flange though.

Duckworth_Luas

Fear Uladh wrote: »

Someone's been at the whiskey again...

Frank Sinatra loved his scotch he did!

cocoshovel

Is this another zumba like exercise? Throw your money away to do some light pointless exercise where as just going for a jog for a while would be much more beneficial and completely free?

Exercise for fat people I like to call it :pac:

Nodin

Jayo11780 wrote: »

As the title goes, any lads or lassies in here do Boxercise?
.......!

I know a few young ones who've taken up boxing recently, and fair play to them. This "boxercise" lark sounds like buying half a telly.

missbelle

cocoshovel wrote: »

Is this another zumba like exercise? Throw your money away to do some light pointless exercise where as just going for a jog for a while would be much more beneficial and completely free?

Exercise for fat people I like to call it :pac:

Nah zumba is cool, dance aerobics to different styles of music eg Latin, Hip hop, Bollywood, pop. Classes are included in my gym membership
It's all girls in our class, so don't feel paranoid about what I look like

--Kaiser--

Why not train in a proper martial art?

Cantona's Collars

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Why not train in a proper martial art?

The point is not learning how to box but the emphasis is on fitness,you do pretty much all the training that actual boxers do.
It's become extremely popular down my way for both men and women,the results are amazing.I've seen 20 stone guys who's only exercise was lifting pints transform completely from slobs to being fit and in shape.
The added bonus is that the local boxing club makes some much needed money even if the fees are way cheaper than a regular gym.Sparring is optional and has led to a few actually taking up boxing.

Nodin

zerks wrote: »

The point is not learning how to box but the emphasis is on fitness,you do pretty much all the training that actual boxers do.
.......

...including the running?

--Kaiser--

zerks wrote: »

The point is not learning how to box but the emphasis is on fitness,you do pretty much all the training that actual boxers do.
It's become extremely popular down my way for both men and women,the results are amazing.I've seen 20 stone guys who's only exercise was lifting pints transform completely from slobs to being fit and in shape.
The added bonus is that the local boxing club makes some much needed money even if the fees are way cheaper than a regular gym.Sparring is optional and has led to a few actually taking up boxing.

Right, why not join a boxing club and learn boxing as well? With all the advantages that entails like increased confidence, muscle control, co-ordination balance, relexes etc.....

Doctor_Socks

Went to boxercise once, one of my friends said it was exactly how boxers train so I as looking forward to it. I do a fair amount of power lifting (a niche sport for those who don't know it) so I was looking forward to some light sparring and pad work. Little did I know that when I got there, there was none of it! It was just basic circuit training with a small bit of shadow boxing, was completely disappointed and on that basis i've never recommended it to anyone!

Since then i've taken up Judo as a way of keeping fit and active, its unbelievable! I'm only a novice but i've recommended it to a lot of my friends as the pace was much better and there is something to aim for (going up in belts) rather then just mindlessly exercising to something that an instructor is shouting at you.

We were also doing squatting at the boxercise class I went to with 30kg sandbags, while they weren't heavy I did notice that the instructor took no time to show people how to squat properly so rounded backs and pushing off the toes all around! Another reason why I left and never went back!

biko

Moved house a while back, got plenty of boxercise then.

saa

Haa it amuses me, at least people are exercising even if it is some dodgy new wave aerobics from la or something, but then no its not good enough all the bro science comes in and those classes are pointless or good enough if you want to get really fit, I think the people who go aren't aiming to be really fit mostly.

I see the social element or idea that you would have to go to be the main thing, because yes you can go to a exercise video online and knock over the lamp doing it at home for free

I don't do them I make good use of the pavement but when I finish college I'm joining the local gym so I'm not inside or job hunting alone all the time *forever alone*

jsop5000

OP was this the classes in Athlone?

TheZohan

TheZohan wrote: »

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hey dont be slaggin, he do be in ribbons , so he do be.

EddyC15

I do jazzercise.
Feel that bebop burn!

Naos

cade wrote: »

Nope I do a proper Martial Art.

It's all just Tae Bo, just with a different name due to that being copyrighted, right. Though Boxercise is now trademarked too so I wonder what it'll be called in the next run. So all in all yes a good way to get fit but it's all just the fitness regime part of a Martial Art without the practical how to fight part.

It's a fitnesscircuit, not a martial art there young padawan.

OP: No I don't do it but fair play if you enjoy it and you feel it's working.

af_thefragile

Why is it always mostly women in all of them group classes in the gym??

Nodin

af_thefragile wrote: »

Why is it always mostly women in all of them group classes in the gym??

A number of answers occur to me, but all would have me hunted down and killed.

twistedsoul

is there anywhere that does classes in dublin ?

Jesus Wept

Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else -- and it hasn't -- it's that girls should stick to girl's sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing

IvySlayer

Can I practise on my friend without telling him first?

*smack*

dilapidating

twistedsoul wrote: »

is there anywhere that does classes in dublin ?

No.

af_thefragile

^i think westwood does those classes...

Cantona's Collars

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Right, why not join a boxing club and learn boxing as well? With all the advantages that entails like increased confidence, muscle control, co-ordination balance, relexes etc.....

In our local club many of the younger lads have taken up boxing as a result of just going for the fitness training,us older lads-too late for us.We served our time at the old fisticuffs.

A lot of places have popped up claiming to be doing Boxercise but as was stated in another post they are only doing glorified circuit training.Here in Enniscorthy we are lucky to have dedicated trainers who know their stuff and will push partcipants all the way,as they say "no pain,no gain".
They even do proper sparring sessions if you want to take part,of course lads being lads nobody wants to turn that down:)

cowzerp

Nodin wrote: »

I know a few young ones who've taken up boxing recently, and fair play to them. This "boxercise" lark sounds like buying half a telly.

Anything that gets people fit is good but i agree, if you want to box join a Boxing club

zerks wrote: »

The point is not learning how to box but the emphasis is on fitness,you do pretty much all the training that actual boxers do

Seriously anyone who comes to my Ladies Boxing class from Boxercise has horrible technique and are behind people on there 1st time training due to there bad habits that they have picked up

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Right, why not join a boxing club and learn boxing as well? With all the advantages that entails like increased confidence, muscle control, co-ordination balance, relexes etc.....

well said, you'll learn actual Boxing and get fitter than doing Aerobics with
really poor Boxing thrown in, most Boxercise teachers never Boxed either so are cons in reality.

zerks wrote: »

They even do proper sparring sessions if you want to take part,of course lads being lads nobody wants to turn that down

That's great but basically means it's not really Boxercise, there using the name to attract ladies, sounds like a Boxing class which is aimed at fitness people rather than fighters.