Cardiovascular Workout

Muay Thai / kickboxing focuses heavily on good cardio workouts, which includes both aerobic and anaerobic activities. Jogging is a mainstay of our warm up, but you will also find we incorporate a variety of exercises into the workout as well. Our cardio activities are designed to get your heart pumping!

Bag Work

There is nothing like a good heavy bag workout to build and tone muscles, increase endurance, and relieve stress. Working against a heavy bag give resistance to your contact, making your body stronger. When you unload on the heavy bags, the harder you push yourself the better the workout you will have.

Muay Thai / Kickboxing involves the full use of the body; bag work includes techniques such as punches, elbows, knees, and kicks. Different combinations of these basic moves makes the classes challenging and fun!

Pad Work

Doing Thai pad work is the closest you can come to simulating fighting without actually having to get in there and worry about competing. Pad holders use focus mitts, thai pads and leg kick pads to simulate both defensive and offensive techniques used with an opponent.

You learn how to engage in full contact without the stress of injury and competing. You learn how to correctly use offensive techniques, defensive maneuvers, and counters in a fast full contact manner on an opponent. Pad work also teaches timing, distancing, weight transference, balance, and mental toughness under simulated combative situations.

Shadowboxing

Shadowboxing is excellent for balance, cardiovascular conditioning, and fine-tuning your fighting technique. The moves used in shadowboxing are the same moves used in bag work, pad work, and in the ring. Being able to practice these moves against imaginary opponents or in the mirror is crucial to developing skills and technique. You have the opportunity to set up defensive and offensive techniques while "examining" your own strengths and weaknesses.

Sparring

Sparring is a great workout, but it is not for everyone. Although it is not a required part of all of our Muay Thai / kickboxing classes, we do provide sparring classes once a week.

Protective gear is required and students can choose "light contact" to harder contact for fighters. Sparring allows you to fully use all the skills being developed through shadowboxing, bag work, and pad work. The mental aspect of getting hit and hitting back is crucial to understanding the heart of Muay Thai / Kickboxing.