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All that punching, kicking, shuffling, bobbing and weaving isn’t just giving your body a workout, it’s also mental gymnastics for your brain. It helps to increase mental clarity, improve memory, and aids in problem-solving.","How does kickboxing challenge your mind?",{"_uid":983,"answer":984,"question":985,"component":724},"4528839b-3c6e-4b3a-ba9a-00ec19d0a052","Kickboxing is a full-body workout, which forces your attention to be focused on your actions. By engaging your entire body in a kickboxing workout, you are redirecting your focus away from all that worrying chatter in your head and into your physical being. For anyone who has ever struggled to meditate or to keep their focus ‘in the moment,’ kickboxing is a must-try.","How does kickboxing help you maintain your focus?",{"_uid":987,"answer":988,"question":989,"component":724},"90c6301c-228a-4cd6-8ac6-544d149a315d","Yes! Kicking and punching a heavy bag is therapeutic. Kickboxing provides the unique opportunity to unleash your anger safely, using your body as an outlet for all the stress and anxiety that has built up throughout the day, week, month – or year. At this point, it might help heal the world if everyone had a kickboxing bag at home.","Can kickboxing help you release your frustration?",{"_uid":991,"answer":992,"question":993,"component":724},"72951006-aebc-4ed7-a70f-4ae4548595ae","Kickboxing builds immense confidence that goes beyond the satisfaction of being fit and healthy. The real empowerment comes from being in tune with your body and getting in touch with the fighter within. This deep sense of resilience only amplifies with each milestone you reach.","How does kickboxing empower you?",{"_uid":995,"answer":996,"question":997,"component":724},"dcbecf62-69a6-4205-9d5b-d8e09df384e6","Kickboxing is fun. Many hesitant beginners might think that learning the technicalities of proper form or the idea of pushing yourself to your limit could never elicit feelings of joy, but you don’t know until you try. It’s hard not to finish a heart-pumping, bag-punishing kickboxing workout to your favorite music without a grin on your face. This is the workout that never feels like a “workout.”","How can kickboxing make you smile?",{"_uid":999,"answer":1000,"question":1001,"component":724},"1308960f-ebad-4c32-aef3-55b342ad5558","Start kickboxing today in your own home, even if you don’t have equipment yet. Both beginners and experienced kickboxers can benefit immensely from the professional guidance, support, and community of an at-home kickboxing program like FightCamp.\n\nThere is a wealth of information available on the FightCamp Blog, and you can choose from the many free kickboxing workouts on the FightCamp App and YouTube Channel. 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She has also studied personal training through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) program.","71c33415-ef2c-4714-ac1f-d3665f4dd6aa",{"id":1028,"alt":1018,"name":1018,"focus":48,"title":1018,"filename":1029,"copyright":7,"fieldtype":50},3804752,"https://a.storyblok.com/f/115220/350x350/840da8463d/mollie_mcgurk.png","https://www.linkedin.com/in/molliemcgurk/","https://www.instagram.com/molliemcgurk","mollie-mcgurk","authors/mollie-mcgurk",[],"c7e2f1fd-3e17-47ef-a2ef-7436d05b90c4","2021-10-20T17:21:33.995Z",[],{"type":780,"content":1039},[1040,1053,1065,1072,1085,1097,1101,1105,1111,1121,1124,1129,1135,1147,1152,1155,1160,1170,1175,1186,1191,1203,1208,1218,1222,1242,1247,1259],{"type":791,"content":1041},[1042,1044,1051],{"text":1043,"type":789},"Self-care needs to be paramount on everyone’s priority list. This is easier said than done, as we all need ways to manage our anxiety that actually fit into our schedules. 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The cathartic nature of a boxing workout can be therapeutic.\n\n“This is medicine, working out,” champion heavyweight and boxing legend Mike Tyson told FightCamp. “I’m in one state of mind before I hit [the bag], now after I hit it, I’m in a totally different state of mind…This is what people do when they want to reach their highest potential.”","Is boxing training good for your mental health?",{"_uid":1311,"answer":1312,"question":1313,"component":724},"93019606-d370-4cee-b04a-1437c08df5af","There are a number of ways that boxing can improve your personal wellness. 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If the workout is 30 minutes long and you feel spent at the 20-minute mark, you will find a way to get through those last 10 minutes.\n\nThe drive to push yourself during a tough workout of any kind is a very personal experience, but many people find that boxing allows them to find strength through accessing a unique resource: their own angst. Boxing is both a means towards greater self-awareness and an outlet to burn frustration as fuel.\n\nBoxing is, after all, a fighting sport. Every human being has a store of frustration, stress, and anger that dwells in some corner of our psyche. Whether these negative feelings arise from deep trauma or daily irritations, we all harbor them to some degree. Those feelings are natural–but holding them in is very unhealthy, even harmful.\n\nYoung children instinctively try to release negative emotion through screaming, crying, and through movement. No temper tantrum would be complete without stomping feet and flailing arms. 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Chess improves visual pattern recognition speed, which is important for recognizing your opponent’s openings and the holes in their game. Fighters such as Wladimir Klitscho, Vasyl Lomachenko, and Lennox Lewis are just a few notable examples of boxers who regularly play chess. Dance Lessons - It might seem strange to think about mixing ballet and boxing. And yet, so many great fighters incorporate dance into their training (and many continue to dance throughout their careers). This is because of the focus on footwork. Vasyl Lomachenko, Sugar Ray Robinson, and the great Muhammad Ali all used ballet and dance to help them train. What all three of these boxers have in common is their incredible balance and grace of movement in the ring--and they all got the foundation for that expert footwork on the dance floor. Practicing dance before a fight helps the body and the fighter get used to moving in rhythm, balancing in high stress situations, and shifting weight to preserve momentum rather than stop it. Eating The Same Meal - This could almost be called superstition, but in actuality, boxers like the famous Rocky Marciano rarely reach the heights they reached by mere superstition. Sticking to foods you are acclimated to before a fight helps avoid pre-fight nausea, ensures you are receiving a balanced and nutritious meal and gives you a sense of routine that can help ground and focus you. (Be sure to consult a nutritionist for help designing your pre-competition meals).","What Are Some Pre-Fight Rituals of Famous Boxers?",{"_uid":2155,"answer":2156,"question":2157,"component":724},"48c88cfa-03a8-4cd7-9201-f56e1b8e1170","The pre-fight ritual is an iconic part of boxing culture, and for good reason. 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