Boxing Classes

I know these are all the rage right now, and everyone wants to do them, but I have my two cents on what they are all about.

If you’ve never been, here’s what they do: they make you do cardio and abs for 45 minutes to warm up, then they let you punch a bag for 10 minutes, and cool off for 5. Oooo, sounds like fun.

I do 1.5 hours of cardio a day, I work my abs 4 days a week and cool off by riding my bike home. I don’t need all of that. If I want to take a boxing class, I want to learn how to box. I want to be punching a bag and kicking the shit out of my frustrations. It seems so logical to me that boxing classes should be all about boxing, not all that other bull they make you do.

I was actually quite interested in taking up boxing for a while, and sought out some boxing places around town to find a good instructor. They’re all the same. They see that I am a girl and therefore assume I am a wuss and just want to lose weight.

Now, FYI- I wrote this post BEFORE the boxing instructor asked me out…so I’ll let you know if any of this changes.