WILL
HAVE MUCH MORE CAREER WE WILL
SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.
>> THANK
>>> IT IS WORKOUT WEDNESDAY AND
WE ARE HERE AT BLACKSBURG
BOXING AND FITNESS.
ARE YOU READY?
>> MICHIGAN EVER.
>> YOU GO GET WARMED UP AND I
WILL TALK TO KEVI
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> GOOD.
TELL US ABOUT BLACKSBURG BOXING
AND FITNESS.
>> IS A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO
COME IN AND GET AN AWESOME
WORKOUT PREVENT RELIEVE SOME
STRESS AND LEARNING NEW SELF
DEFENSE.
WE ARE BUILDING A FITNESS
COMMUNITY HERE AND A BOXING
COMMUNITY.
WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE INTO THE
BOXING SIDE OF THINGS OR THE
FITNESS OF THINGS WE REALLY
HERE.
>> HOW LONG AGO DID YOU START
AND KINDA WHAT WAS THE
INSPIRATION BEHIND THE?
>> THE GYM
ITSELF OPENED UP
ABOUT A YEAR AND HALF AGO .
I HAVE ALWAYS REALLY ENJOYED
THE FITNESS SIDE OF THINGS AND
BOXING AS WELL.
GETTING INTO BOXING AND ALSO
HELPING FOLKS WITH THEIR HEALTH
AND WELLNESS AND FITNESS IN A
FUN WAY IS HOW WE GOT STARTED
WITH BOXING.
>>) TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT
IS ALL FITNESS LEVELS, IS THAT
RIGHT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WHAT TYPE OF WORKOUT PEOPLE
FIND?
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ROUGHLY 14
CLASSES A WEEK THAT WE OFFER.
ANYWHERE FROM BOXING 101 CLASS
WHICH IS GREAT FOR BEGINNERS.
WE ALSO HAVE A KICK BOX FIGHTER
CLASS WHICH IS HIGH-INTENSITY,
FULL BODY FITNESS.
WE HAVE A CLASS CALLED BOXING
SHIELDS AND TECHNIQUES.
AND THE TECHNIQUES BEHIND IT.
A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE FOUR REALLY GREAT
TRAINERS HERE
, WE ALSO HAVE A
LOT OF VOLUNTEER COACHES WHO
HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT BOXING
EXPERIENCE BACK IN THEIR DAY
TWO.
.
>> THAT IS GREAT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WORKOUT WE
ARE GOING TO BE DOING TODAY.
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
>>
WE ARE GOING TO GET A WARM-UP
IN TOGETHER AND LOOSEN UP , GET
OUR MUSCLES GOING.
AFTER THAT WE ARE GOING TO
BASICS.
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO A BOXING
101 CLASS AND WE TALKED BEFORE
BECAUSE EVERY BOX BEFORE AND
THREE OF THE FOUR SAID NO.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE LEARNING ALL THE
BEGINNING AND WE DO THAT FOR 10
OR 15 MINUTES OR SO AND THEN WE
HAVE STATIONS SET UP THROUGHOUT
THE GYM HERE WE WILL TRY TO
GO
STATION TO STATION .
WE ARE ALL PRACTICING DIFFERENT
TECHNIQUES AND EXERCISES.
WE HAVE THE HEAVY BAGS OVER
HERE AND THAT SEATBACKS ACT
THAT WAY.
WE ALSO HAVE CONDITIONING
EXERCISES WE ARE GOING TO BE
DOING.
EACH ONE OF THE STATIONS REALLY
SERVES ITS OWN PURPOSE.
WE WILPRACTICE ALL THOSE
DIFFERENT THINGS AND HOPEFULLY
BY THE END WE WILL HAVE A GOOD
SWEAT GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF
FUN WITH HUNDREDS WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO LEAVE WITH BLACK EYES?
>> YOU WILL NOT LEAVE WITH
BLACK EYES.
>> THAN I AM IN.
LET'S DO IT.
HE PUT OUR HAND RUBS AND GLOVES
ON GOT INTO THE RING AND WERE
READY FOR A WORKOUT.
NATALIE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO
HAVE TAKEN PREVIOUS BOXING
LESSONS SO KEVIN TAUGHT US A
LITTLE BOXING 101.
HE SHOWED US THE PROPER STANCE
SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE BALANCE
AND HE TAUGHT US DIFFERENT
BOXING PUNCHES.
ACROSS .
AFTER THAT WE LEARNED HOOK WE
FINISHED WITH UPPERCUT KEVIN
MAJOR WE DID EACH PUNCH
CORRECTLY AND SAFELY SO WE
ONCE WE
FELT COMFORTABLE WITH
OUR PUNCHES, ONE PERSON DID NOT
WORK WITH KEVIN.
WERE HE WOULD CALL OUT
COMBINATIONS FOR US TO FOLLOW
WE ENDED WITH 30 SECONDS OF
FAST , NONSTOP HITTING.
WORK.
IT WAS THE RELEASE OF
AGGRESSION AND IT SOUNDED
PRETTY COOL.
WHAT ONE PERSON DID NETWORKS,
SHADOWBOXING.
AFTER EVERYONE GOT TO ADMIT
WORK AND, WE WERE ON TO THE
NEXT EXERCISE IS GOOD KEVIN HAD
A STEW COMBINATION WITH THE
PUNCHING BAG AND WITH TIRED
ARMS WOULD FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.
WHEN WE WERE FINISHED WITH THAT
EXERCISE WE WORKED ON THE
UPPERCUT PUNCHING BAGS AND
FINISHED WITH SPEED BAGS.
KEVIN SHOWED US HOW WE SHOULD
LOOK AND EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS.
BUT WE WERE NO ROCKY BALBOA WAS
FOR FLOYD MAYWEATHER.
IT WAS A LOT MORE DIFFICULT
OUR ARMS
RETIRED.
OKAY, WHAT DID YOU THINK?>>
MY ARMS ARE LIKE JELLY AND MY
HANDS ARE SHAKING.
IF THAT IS INDY INDICATION .
>> SO BLACKSBURG BOXING EVENT
IS AND YOU KNOW WHAT, DON'T
MESS WITH DAYTIME.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
[ LAUGHING ]
THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I NOTICED WERE MY
ABS WERE SORE FOR DAYS.
>>INTERESTING.
>> IT WAS SO MUCH CORE STRENGTH
THAT YOU HAVE TO USE FOR IT BUT
IT WAS AWESOME.>> WHEN I WAS
DOING IT I THOUGHT I LOOKED A
LOT TOUGHER THAN
ACTUALLY DID.
EXPLOIT WATCHING
BACK I WAS LIKE
MAN, I FELT TOUGH AND STRONG
BOXING AND FITNESS OFFERS