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You shouldn’t hate working out. In fact, you should look forward to it. If you dread going to workout sessions, it’s time you change the way you think about exercising. One of the easiest ways is simply to change your mind. Rather than think of it as something you have to do, turn it into a game. Chart your progress and look for ways to challenge yourself.

Instead of making it a game, get exercise from a sport.

YES! I do mean kickboxing, but there are a lot of others from which to choose. Surfing, rowing, swimming and even dancing (okay, make that competitive dancing to give it sport status) give your body a complete workout, especially ballet. When you’re thinking more about the next movement or trying to break your own personal best record, you actually enjoy working out rather than dread it. With competitive workouts, like kickboxing, winning a match can be a real rush that will change your attitude forever.

Try new things.

If you’ve done the same routine for years, it’s no wonder it’s a snooze. Varying your exercise routine with new things is not just important to your attitude, it makes a difference in the effectiveness of the workout in a number of ways. First, you’re using different muscle groups and varying the way you’re using them when you try new things. Secondly, if you don’t change your workout your body becomes too efficient at the movement and burns fewer calories. That can cause plateauing.

Workout with others, rather than alone.

Working out alone can be the ultimate bore. It leaves you time to think about just how long it takes and sometimes how tedious or difficult the workout is. When you workout with others, while you’ll still focus on the movements, the comradery can make it far more enjoyable. The group energy and enthusiasm is contagious.

– Kickboxing, like other types of sports keeps you focused on the next movement. Kickboxing in particular, doesn’t let your mind take a break to wander, while your body goes through the movements. You have to keep focused.

– Reward yourself for accomplishment. Whether it’s reaching a specific goal for lifting weights, running faster or further, it doesn’t matter. Find a non-food way to reward yourself when you reach a preset benchmark.

– Make exercising a habit that you do automatically. Exercise at the same time every day. The longer you do it, the more of a habit it will become.

– Smile while you workout. Not only does smiling add more years to your life, it also can help make the difference to change your mind. It’s a “fake it until you make it” move.

It’s easy to lose weight with kickboxing and a lot of fun. The intensity of kickboxing and specialized techniques combine to make your body an inferno that burns between 800 to 1200 calories per hour. That’s huge and far more than most other aerobic exercises. Don’t worry, you won’t bulk up while you do it either. Instead, it builds lean muscle mass to give the body a sinewy lean appearance. That muscle tone comes from the resistance aspect of the training.

Kickboxing is a form of interval training, but far more fun.

Interval training is high intensity training that alternates quickly between stations where you change the exercise. You’re constantly changing your movements in kickboxing and working out your brain at the same time. HIIT—high intensity interval training is one of the most effective ways to burn fat. You can see why kickboxing fits that description and does it so well. You make a high-intensity move and then go to a low-intensity one, always keeping your body ready for the next move. It shreds fat fast.

You build core muscles.

Core muscles are stabilizer muscles that help keep you balanced and upright. They include the abdomen, so you’ll get a flat tummy in the process. These larger muscles burn loads of calories and the more you tone them, the more they’ll burn. You see muscle tissue requires more calories than fat tissue does, so effectively, you’ll burn more calories 24/7 and be raising your metabolism. That makes weight loss even easier.

When combined with a healthy diet, kickboxing can shed pounds even faster.

A healthy diet isn’t dieting. Dieting makes you feel deprived and has you eating special foods. A healthy diet gives you a wide selection of food choices. I’ll help you learn how to eat healthier and even show you how to make substitutions, such as brown rice for white rice, which saves few calories, but provides more nutrition. These small changes all add up to huge calorie savings. You’ll never feel hungry. In fact, most people find they eat more than they did before they started.

You get other benefits from kickboxing. It’s a good form of self defense that could come in handy and changes your stance. You’ll never look like a victim again.

You’ll improve your balance when you kickbox. It works out the coordination receptors in the brain to make them work more efficiently. That adds to your coordination and grace.

You’ll build confidence with kickboxing. You’ll walk taller and have more presence. The improved posture helps you look thinner too.

You’ll improve both your endurance and your reaction time when you learn kickboxing. After just a short time you’ll have more energy than you ever thought possible.

When you start any new endeavor, having encouragement and a supportive environment is a huge help. It’s very true when you want to lose weight or get back into shape. Having emotional support is extremely important. In fact, next to having the proper guidance and training, it’s a factor that can make a difference between success and failure. Doing it on your own doesn’t supply that, which is why many people workout at a gym. Most gyms, however, don’t offer that type of encouragement and you’re lost in a sea of machines and strangers.

You don’t always get the support at home.

Friends and family aren’t always the people you want to share your goals with when you’re starting a program of fitness. Some times they throw up past failures in your face or worse yet, become dictators watching your every move in an “effort to help.” Some even sabotage you by finding ways to prevent you from working out or trying to lure you with junk foods. Those people are threatened by your success and fear your relationship will change in the process.

DNJ Fitness is a supportive facility.

When you workout here, you’ll have more than just support from the staff, you’ll have the support of the entire DNJ Fitness community. Everyone here has similar goals and have gone through many of the same experiences. They know how hard it is to lose weight and will boost you up with positive thoughts and words. It can make the difference between success and failure.

Once you see the results, you’ll still need support because there are more challenging goals ahead.

Fitness goals are always changing. They become more challenging the fitter you become. While some of the motivation comes from the results you see, having the encouragement of others can drive you to even higher challenges and success. You’ll find that you want to help others, too. People often take others under their wing because of all the positive support they received in the past. That’s one of the reasons so many of our clients love coming here.

Even though kickboxing seems like a combative sport, everyone helps each other. It’s a great way to shed pounds and gain the confidence knowing self-defense can provide.

Many people look forward to coming to DNJ Fitness, not just for the support, but also because of the fun they have working out here.

Clients often don’t tell family and friends about their goals to save themselves the pressure of worrying about failure. You need to share with someone, so you can celebrate when things go right and get encouragement when they don’t.

Getting started is half the battle. We have an amazing offer for kickboxing classes that also provides free gloves. Try a special to get started and to help give you the motivation to continue.

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