Health – Bulletin Dispatch

It’s the best time to start a new hobby like kickboxing, but January is for many a time that is associated with dread. Even in these times of austerity we leave the festive season behind us with that sickly feeling special to overindulgence and prolonged sitting down. Christmas traditionally seems to mean several days in a row of rich food, along with very little exertion. Is it because we secretly look forward each year to a January characterised by careful diets and overcrowded gyms? Most probably the answer is no; rather we are so run down after the preceding weeks of hard work without respite, then so suddenly confronted with friends and family, that it felt great at the time to indulge. Indeed, exercise and healthy lifestyles were the last things on our minds as we bit into just one more mince pie. Of course we knew the time for making New Year’s resolutions lurked just around the corner. But at least for the moment that fearful idea stayed out of sight. Now the idea of exercise, such as joining a new kickboxing club or other such classes, is in full view. Even in the capital, where there are so many other fun things to do, kickboxing London has all that you need to lose those extra pounds.

Against expectations, starting to exercise again can feel great. It is almost always the case that the thought of exercise is worse than actually doing it. Dread builds up inside us as we imagine getting a post-Christmas body into tight garments. But feel-good hormones released while exercising will soon dispel that dread, replacing the feeling with one of well-being. Kickboxing is a particularly good kind of exercise to take up when dread and stress seem to be winning: an excellent technique in this situation is to use your imagination to turn your stress into opponents to take on with your newly-acquired skills in the martial arts.

kickboxing London is a much more focused kind of exercise than is using the cross trainer, the treadmill or the spinning machine. Rather than being static on one of these machines from which relief must be sought through musical or TV distraction, you really feel like you are going somewhere with kickboxing. What’s more, kickboxing allows you to go somewhere in the company of your classmates. Miss a class and you will soon find yourself eager to return to your kickboxing club.

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Kickboxing has enjoyed a great surge in popularity in recent decades – a recognition of the many ways it’s great for exercise and confidence. When it comes to kickboxing London has plenty of different clubs, all just a web search away. It’s well worth hunting through a few of the possibilities on offer, and then trying one (or more) out to experience how it is in practice – and better still, most will offer free first sessions. A kickboxing club, as long as it is well run, is a perfect way to exercise with like-minded people, enjoying the fun and camaraderie that comes with such group activity. It’s also a brilliant way of de-stressing after a long day at the office – something that comes with its own health warnings.

Exercise is widely recognised as the best natural antidote to stress, and kickboxing is a fantastic way to gain all-round exercise. Unlike some other sports, which may concentrate on stamina (long-distance running, for example) or strength (weight-training), kickboxing and other martial arts are good for strength, stamina and speed, as well as other things like flexibility. This is because you will need them all in the ring! Even if you are not fighting, which is not necessary, there are great benefits to such comprehensive fitness. This is good news for the stressed – and nowadays, that includes a major proportion of the population. Stress is the body’s response to conflict and anxiety, an evolutionary fix to a threat. Unfortunately, the types of threat we now face aren’t usually fixable by the type of action that the stress-response seeks to enable. However, exercise is a brilliant way of defusing the consequences of stress – raised heart rate, increased anxiety and alertness, and all the other symptoms that are harmful in the long run.

A kickboxing club is the best way to learn such a martial art in a controlled and safe environment. In London, kickboxing comes in lots of forms, with many different influences – so look around, and see what is on offer, because the different styles and emphases will be suitable for different needs. For example, you may be interested in kickboxing just for the exercise. Others may be interested in the self-defence aspects, whereas still others might want to compete – perhaps at an amateur or even professional level. Whatever you want from it – or even if you don’t know yet – most clubs will welcome beginners.

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