Jab away the pounds with a
beach-body boxing workout that is easy and fun to do at home.
With summer in the midst and money are no longer our friends, saving up for the sunny get away with
the girls means the gym membership and days of lush lunches out soon are in the
past. Find the best way to keep the pennies in the jar and the pounds off your
waistline this summer, with this in home 20-minute boxing routine.
You’ll need
Skipping rope.
Gloves and pads this comes in
handy if you want to train with a boxing buddy, either a housemate or a friend
is perfect for this role. One to hold up the pads, the other hitting hard in
the gloves to not break a nail or graze a knuckle.
Workout warm up
These exercises work on
tightening the abs, arms and legs that creates ease on your muscles when you
box, otherwise you wake up the morning after walking and groaning like a
talking ironing board.
Start with 10 star jumps, to get
the blood flowing, after one set jog on the spot for 30 seconds and repeat this
three times.
When stretching make sure you
focus on your arms and legs.
Reminder
Just remember to hit the
opposite pad. If you’re right handed and footed, stand with your left leg
forward keeping your body weight and bounce in your legs and use hips for
power.
Take a breather between each
round with a set of 10 star jumps.
Round 1
Start with the left arm and
punch straight ahead, shifting your weight forward, this is a jab. Shift your
weight to the back leg and with your hip twist and body weight, drive forward
your right arm to cross.
Alternate these punches doing 10
jabs and crosses. It helps to scream on the last rep to exhale all remaining
breath. Once you feel comfortable with the routine, after each rep add a duck
whilst keeping your elbows close. This bob and weave is designed to tone your
thigh muscles like a squat. Repeat the
jab, cross and bob and weave 10 times.
Round 2
Same idea and techniques this
time however doing a double jab, double cross bob and weave.
Repeat 10 times.
Round 3
Decreasing the number of punches
this time and adding in leg work to tone up your entire body. Jab, cross bob and weave as normal then
whilst in the ducking position turn your elbows in and punch upwards as if
aiming for someone’s chin, drive this through so you’re then standing tall in
this stance drive your left leg forwards to kick, and then the right to finish.
Repeat 10 times.
Cardio Finisher
To start cooling down, grab the
skipping rope and do 3-5 minutes of
criss-cross jumping. This will burn off any remaining energy, and is a great
way to wind down after a strenuous muscle workout.
Photography
Directed and edited by: Lauren Jo Collins (Me)
Shot by: Charlotte Mumford
