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Does anyone have suggestions for indoor exercise when it's insanely cold out? I've been making do with an exercise bike and calisthenics, but they get boring after a while.
I cannot recommend boxing enough. Excellent sport that’s relatively easy to get into and you can do a lot of training drills by yourself with the help of some tutorials.
It’s exceptionally good for your brain as well; there’s whole layers of strategy and meta strategy involved.
It’s a natural accompaniment to chess for a reason.
Unless you get into full contact sparing. That's not good for your brain, at all.
I did kickboxing for a while, and spared with a boxing helmet. Still got rocked badly, and declined ever going to competitions just of because how bad sparing could get. But then again, I was a superheavyweight, and those have absurd KO rates in amateur competitions. Also, the head kicks make it worse, of course. So your mileage might vary.
But yes, just the exercise is so good. It has everything: speed, power, mobility, cardio, technique, tactics and strategy. And friendly sparing is tons of fun.
Extremely true. I only do friendly sparring and killer pad work at this point for that reason. I do Thai boxing so tournaments are too hardcore for me, but I’ve been in a handful of somewhat serious fights in my life so I don’t feel the need to prove myself on that regard. I’m familiar enough with real violence not to be unduly frightened by it, and also not to relish in it either.
have like 6-7 hobbies that I cycle through periodically as an adult, Thai boxing is probably the biggest one other than mountain biking. In this instance I’m glad I never got so into it that I became super competitive and obsessed with it. I think being a modest practitioner of a martial art is truly one of the healthiest and most positive things possible.
Exactly. If you train at a gym, that might mean first finding the right one. Some gyms thrive on full contact and the camaraderie of butting heads no-holds-barred, others are 50% women and half the time is spend on speed/coordination games like "find a partner and try to tap their knee or shoulder". Both ends of the spectrum might not (exclusively) be what you need.
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