The last thing people think of when they hear “boxing” is that it is good for the brain. In fact, most people think it’s a brutal sport, and it can be. What if I told you an 89 year old man, with Parkinson’s disease, a pace maker, legally blind and a diabetic increased his reaction time with non contact boxing. Also, his pacemaker went from working 99% to 97%. All from boxing.

Learning to box is mental challenge.

Combinations, footwork, new movement patterns or old movements that may not ...

Boxing & Fitness Has Saved My Life!

By Guest Blogger and Certified BNB Trainer Kristy May

IG: @Kmayfitness/

My whole upbringing as a child had been pretty traumatic from having drug-addicted parents to being moved around foster homes & abused, I experienced a lot of hardship at a young age. Then as a young teenager, I found Boxing & I can’t even explain how much it helped me mentally.

I used to go to 6am classes every day before school just to give myself that minute of mindfulness before...

FIGHTERS will always get injured, fact!

Boxing is rough and it’s very hard on the body. Just about all fighters will compete with an injury or at least a little niggle here or there, but you won’t normally find out about it until after the fight. When was the last time you heard a fighter say in his pre-fight interview: ‘Training camp was OK, apart from hurting my hand, which prevented me from sparring.’ Never!

We all know that prevention is better than cure, so I created this list of 10 thing...

If getting into shape is part of your New Year’s resolution then I would highly recommend boxing is the way to go!

The amount of benefits you will gain from boxing training is endless!

You will shed a tremendous amount of fat, as you’re burning up to 500-700+ calories an hour. You will also tone up, improve your cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, hand-eye coordination and so much more!

Not only is it a great way to shed fat but it’s also a great new skill where you will feel more conf...

AUTHOR: Joe Buckner originally posted in  The Art of Pugilism

Boxing is and has always been one of the best full body workouts that you can do and women around the country are making Boxing Fitness a big part of their fitness regiment.

A big part of the rising popularity is definitely the Victoria Secret models and celebrities like the Kardashians sharing their boxing workouts on social media like Instagram and Snapchat.

When ESPN performed their "Degree of Difficulty Project", they tested 60...

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Shadow boxing is great for a number of reasons.

It’s the perfect way to warm up specific muscles before you start your boxing session as you will be moving around:

• Use your legs, move your head, relax the shoulders, throw some punches, shake your limbs out, repeat!
• Make sure you breathe and put some purpose into your movements and you should break a sweat.

Shadow boxing is  great for working on technique:

• It's great to work on certain offense or defensive moves; you can take your time
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Footwork is the best form of defense. The reason is that if you're not there to be hit, how can they hit you? 

Other defenses include slipping, rolling, leaning back, blocking, and parrying. They can all be great, but with these, your feet are still in range so there's a chance you can still get caught! Also, if you do get hit while you're moving away from a shot then you will take the sting out of it. 

Footwork gets you in range to get your shots off and allows you to move out of range and aw...

Who doesn’t want to pack a hard punch?