Words Laura Potter. Photographs iStock, Shutterstock
TREND TO TRY
Think boxing is a man’s game? Think again. Boxing clubs have spotted the Nicola Adams effect and are running ever more women-only classes. Drills-based sessions, where you get fit, not hit, are popping up all over the place, including at London’s swanky Total Boxer Studio (totalboxer.com). Then there’s boxing yoga, which merges boxing technique together with yoga postures, HIIT boxing (again, non-contact and including intense pad work and cardio drills), and small group, personal training centred around boxing skills going on everywhere from the gym to the local park. It’s a calorie and fat-torching workout, but it also exercises your brain, as it constantly requires you to think, change your position and posture. It increases upper-body strength, and works your core, back, and legs, too. Better box clever then.
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