If you haven’t tried Muay Thai Kickboxing yet, well then you’re missing out on a whole other level of bad assery! Not only is it a phenomenal full-body workout that conditions your heart, while sculpting your muscles, it also focuses your mind and strengthens your spirit!
As more people attend local shows that highlight full contact sports or watch the UFC it’s hard not to become acquainted with Muay Thai kickboxing. As the national sport of Thailand, Muay Thai kickboxing became highly regarded as the striking martial art of choice for many MMA fighters. It has been accepted as the most efficient and effective striking art world wide in combative sports being both thrilling and exciting to watch, but extremely violent. It is known as the “art of eight limbs,” since you can strike your opponent using both your fists, elbows, shins and knees. That’s eight dangerous weapons when trained properly.
With this exposure many men & women alike have discovered that the type of variety that comes with training in Muay Thai kickboxing offers an edge in overall fitness that other workouts can only dream to duplicate. Not to mention, the excitement associated with the real “feel like a Bad Ass” experience it imbues emotionally to the practitioner…after all, not everyone wants to become a fighter they just want to feel like one!
It may or may not be your inclination to become a fighter, but you must admit once you crack pads for the first time an exhilarating rush comes over your body, mind & spirit that is immensely satisfying.
Check out super model Gisele Bündchen who began training in Muay Thai Kickboxing with Sityodtong fighter Tateki Matsuda a few years ago and tell me she’s not having a BLAST! Bündchen even boasted on instagram that it was “one of the most fun ways to release stress“.
With that said here are a few more reasons you’ll “feel like a Bad Ass” once you try out a Muay Thai Kickboxing class:
1. Heart Pumping Thrill Ride – the cardiovascular endurance involved in the high intensity interval training experienced in a 1 hour class is no joke! Professional athletes as well as novice practitioners experience heavy bag work, focus mit work, & thai pad work, that includes repetitive punching & kicking drills that gets their heart rate so jacked leaving them breathless after one three-minute round. Expect several heart pumping rounds and depending on the Muay Thai gym finishing class with some “lite” sparring against a friendly opponent to feel an extra thrill ride you won’t get at an ordinary gym.
2. Beautifully Sculpted Fighter Physique – Once geared up, delivering power packed punches, kicks, knees and elbows you’ll be constantly engaging and tightening your core. This impact will toughen muscles around your pelvis, your back, your torso as well as all eight limbs! The calorie burn alone will leave you lean & ripped creating that much sought after beautifully, sculpted, fighter physique.
3. Powerful Mind & Spirit – One of the greatest misconceptions of Muay Thai kickboxing is that it is just another violent sport, when practiced one finds it cultivates important values that are rooted in a wealth of tradition. Practitioners soon learn that a consistent practice promotes discipline of the mind through the control of emotions and feelings instilling courage, humility, and a warrior spirit. This heightens awareness and focus building a powerful mind & spirit from the inside out, boosting confidence and inner strength.
Muay Thai kickbox training has the power to inspire your human potential in all areas of your life. There’s no need to be intimidated, and certainly don’t let the intensity scare you off. You can find beginner-friendly, Muay Thai gyms in your area simply by looking up kickboxing gyms. If a group class is not your speed you can opt from private instruction.
Either way, if you haven’t tried it yet, and your goals involve finding a workout that doesn’t get boring and gives you a real “feel like a Bad Ass” workout then learning an ancient fighting style like Muay Thai kickboxing is your ticket to one hell of a workout that’s guaranteed to unleash that warrior spirit that lies dormant in your soul.
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