Heavy Bag Workout Routines for Beginners. The DOs and DO NOTs of running your first marathon. Best Stretches For Marathon Training | POPSUGAR Fitness. Core-Strengthening Exercises For Runners | POPSUGAR Fitness. Boxing-workout# Women's boxing made its debut at the 2012 Olympics in London, marking the first time that all summer sports had female athletes. (Took 'em long enough!) The landmark decision reflects the sport's fast-growing popularity among women. Over the past few years, chicks have been pouring into boxing gyms and boxing-based fitness classes in record numbers, hooked on the one-two punch of high-intensity cardio and muscle-sculpting moves.
(Cardio kickboxing classes, for example, have grown 37 percent in the past three years.) "Boxing gives you a sleek, defined body and improves your speed and reflexes," says Michael Olajide, co-owner of Aerospace High Performance Center in New York City. Perform this explosive total-body workout, created by Olajide, up to five times a week: Do round 1, rest up to one minute; move to round 2, rest, and finish with round 3.