Over the Easter holidays I will go to Sports Direct or order online enough boxing pads and gloves for everyone to do boxing at the same time.Then when the weather is good I'll start introducing boxercise into the circuits.
Boxing is good for upper body strength and cardiovascular as well as self defence and stress release.
People will take it into turns to hold the pads (do the pad work) and wear the gloves (do the boxing).
If there is an odd number I'll hold the pads for someone and go in the middle of the group so I can keep an eye on everyone.
They will be quite simple drills more for fitness training then technical boxing and will include jabs, hooks and uppercuts. In between boxing you'll do leg exercises and sprints etc before changing the pads and gloves over.
For some of my one to one clients I use boxing straps with them to strengthen their wrists. They take a little time to get on but the next best thing is wrist sweat bands like the ones pictured.
You can put the gloves or pads on and move the sweat bands down a little bit if need be and they will help to strengthen your wrists and help to absorb some of the impact. Also handy for press ups, tricep dips and wiping down your brow in the summertime etc.
You can buy them cheap online or from any sports store ranging from £1 - £6 a set depending on how fancy you want to go (Umbro / Nike / Puma / Adidas / Lonsdale etc). You can buy them brand new on eBay and also from SportsDirect.com
I should have them ready to use the first week back after Easter so be good if you could buy some sweat bands by then (likewise you might be fine without them).
