...of an unorganized mind. Joining a Gym. I'm slightly freaking out : comments.
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And I haven't really quit. I got stalled and I really need to practice more at home so I can get to the next level but while I really like my new instructor and all that, I'm kind of stuck in the group classes with a lot of beginner stuff.
The intermediate classes are only on Tuesday nights. Which isn't a really big deal but the last month they didn't cover any of the dances I enjoy. Lots of Viennesse Waltz and Fox Trot and stuff like that.
I don't want to quit forever, I'm just at the point where I want something more physically demanding. Which I never thought I'd want.
However I'm wary of trying something like kickboxing because I'm so out of shape.
I'm going to check out the Y and see exactly what their hours are and if I can just do a month to month plan. I keep gaining and losing the same 10 lbs and I'm back up to a size 18.
I want to feel strong and I don't.
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Pardon me while I jump all over this but ...
Let it get you into shape. I wasn't in shape when i started krav. Three years, and I'd not done so much as two flights of stairs in a row. The room spun that first class, and I couldn't make it through -- they plied me with soda just to get me back in.
But if you hold on to the understanding that a) that happens and b) it gets better, it's incredibly possible.
Ask Allyson -- she's been kickboxing over a year now -- neither of us could make it all the way through the first class, her less so than me. But she's still there, and loving it, and fitter than she was a year ago, and feeling better about her physicality.
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If I check into places that teach kickboxing, what should I be looking for?
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Look for understanding teachers. Authority is great, necessary, but any teacher that won't let the students grab water when they need it is doing them a disservice, IMNSHO. Same with stepping to the side when you can't keep up -- you can motivate someone right out the class by yelling when it's not a matter of willpower keeping them from doing the exercises.
Allyson's instructor is a martial artist and a personal trainer -- which is a great combo. I've not liked any non-martially kickboxing I've seen. Sure, I'm textually biased, but some of the modified form I've seen in those techniques can get you injured. That's much harder for you to eyeball, though.
But I'd veer away from something like tae bo -- impact is good. Hitting and kicking bags is so much better than slamming air.