Benefits of Boxing
Benefits of Boxing
We all know health and fitness are a very important part of our life. We need to look after our health so we can be the best version of ourselves for our life, our goals, our families.
What if I told you that boxing can help you look out for your health?
Many people perceive boxing as simply an entertainment sport or a “way to toughen yourself up”.
Boxing is so. Much. More.
Boxing is not just a sport, it’s fitness. Here are a few ways that boxing benefits you:
Improves cardiovascular health
One way to keep our hearts healthy is by doing cardiovascular exercise regularly. Doctors are constantly telling us to take care of our heart health, and suggest cardio based exercise as one of the top ways to do so. Boxing is a great source for cardio, and gets your heart rate up from the intensity of the workouts. Boxing overall is a great way to improve your heart health, and to maintain it.
Boosts stamina & endurance
Boxing is a great anaerobic exercise, and helps to boost your endurance in your daily life, not just in your fitness journey. The high intensity cardio workouts that boxing brings not only boost heart health, but will also build your stamina and endurance. This aids you in your fitness and boxing goals, and helps you have increased levels of energy in your daily life!
Decreases stress
Research has shown that individuals who practice boxing have been shown to have decreased stress levels due to the intensity of the boxing workout and the chemicals being released into the body. The chemicals released are endorphins, which help to boost our moods and alleviate stress or anxiety. Boxing can be a very meditative exercise; when you switch your brain off & block out the rest of the world, and just focus on you and your punches.
Improves balance & hand-eye coordination
Boxing teaches you to learn to have a better awareness and control of the body’s centre of gravity. There is also a lot of coordinated footwork which also helps improve one’s balance when involved in a sport such as boxing. Building hand-eye coordination & balance doesn't just aid you in boxing, it helps to develop your fine motor skills that are valuable for a wide range of day-to-day activities.
Improves confidence
When you start boxing, it helps you begin to feel more confident in yourself. Whether it be in your growing muscle mass, your achievements, your improved fitness or in your commitment, boxing greatly improves your self-confidence, which in turn helps you become a more confident person overall and in other areas of your life.
Here at Outboxd, we stand for all these positive values. We also greatly value motivation and empowerment, and are super passionate about boxing. This is why we started this brand, and designed our mens & womens boxing gloves: to help empower the fight in you!
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Happy boxing!