By: Camela L. Douglass, M.S. ED.

What do you do when your exercise regimen plateaus and meets you in the last place you left it? You’ve done everything right. You’ve exercised fervently and consistently, you’ve cut back and cut out all of the donuts and pepsi yet you still have not reached your desired results.

I want to challenge you to try something new. It is known that “if you continue doing what you’ve always done, you will continue getting what you’ve always gotten.” After my six-week post partum checkup, I was determined that my baby weight would not defeat me this time around. Yet, I knew I had to try something different—but what?

As a fitness instructor and personal trainer, I was already teaching seven classes a week and personal training ten clients. However, what was I going to do to take my personal exercise regimen to another level? Having flirted with it before, I decided that boxing was sure to knock the weight off this time.

Boxing: The Ultimate Workout

There are many benefits to boxing. It improves your endurance, power, discipline, aerobic and anaerobic fitness, and coordination. My trainer, Tomas Jose “Fist of Legend” Grigley, of Prime Performance Gym in Trotwood, OH, guaranteed me that boxing would get me into the best shape of my life. He was right! Boxing stimulates all of my muscle groups. When I’m boxing, I am literally working every muscle of my body, including my mind. In the beginning, I must admit, I thought training was a little elementary. After sessions of stretching, calisthenics and sprints, I thought I was ready for the ring. I kept asking T.J. “When are we going in the ring?” He gently responded, “In due time.” I still had to experience “the tire”—yes, a BF Goodrich tire. Stamina wins bouts.

As I mentioned before, I am a fitness instructor. I can teach two hours straight without missing a beat. However, experiencing three-minutes on “the tire” put me under the truck. Consequently, the buck didn’t stop there. Add sprints, the heavy bag, and intense calisthenics to the workout and you might be ready for the ring. Strangely, there was a method to his madness. After conquering the aforementioned, I had learned enough basic boxing skills and built up enough stamina to handle the ring. On a good day, I can burn at least 800-900 calories from the beginning to the end of a session. Not to mention, the confidence I’ve gained and the stress I’ve relieved is PRICELESS. Believe me, at the end of the day I’m not looking for confrontation, just RESULTS.

Camela L. Douglass, M.S. ED.

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