Took my first kickboxing class. I SUCKED. should I keep with it though?

[Anonymous]

im a healthy weight, just trying to get in shape. at my gum they have kickboxing classes and I tried one. not even halfway through the hr I felt like I was gonna puke. I was so weak ugh. it mainly felt like my heart/breathing was bad. how can I improve?

[Brando]

You keep going, that's how you improve.

Anything physical comes in stages as to how you progress. You're not going to breeze through a kickboxing workout. I took 2 with a personal trainer at my gym, and it was after I had been a gym regular for about a year beforehand. It was a tough (but nice) workout. It's going to take some time and effort to get used to it. The feeling of throwing up is normal for intense workouts or if you're new to it. If you need to, just run to the bathroom, blow chunks, then get back into the workout. They're personal trainers and have seen much worse.

[martyfellow]

Mainly, you lack stamina. probably you've nver done any runing or cardiovascular training, right?

Secondly, you use muscles thatt most of us don't use regularly..we don't use our quads that much unless you do a lot of cycling The kicking uses the leg and core muscles in different ways than you've probably ever done before.

Do't worry,in a few weeks, especially if you start running between classes, you will get through it just fine. Almost everyone feels this way when they first try it.

[Stacyzee]

Practice makes perfect. When you progress in your training you'll look back and smile at how far you came. We can't always start things off and be the greatest at them. Some people need to work to become one of the greatest. Keep doing it, you'll see improvement.

[Catvshuman]

I SUCKED at gymnastics at first! I mean really Bad but I kept at it and tried my hardest and got pretty good! Plus I just had fun! Don't think abou how bad you are but how much fun you have :)

[Alexias]

If you enjoyed it you should continue, you will improve with time. Just keep at it, I heard it's a great workout.

[Anonymous]

Some people learn faster than others. Some people simply have talent.

But to become a true master of your art, it takes patience, heart, and longevity. You might not be up to snuff now, but if you use this pain as fuel to constantly improve yourself, you'll be among the best as time goes by.

When you sprint forward every day, time is your progress.

When you stand still and accept the status quo, time is your decay.

[kheserthorpe]

You're out of shape. Its going to suck till you're in shape.

Then you need to push harder so its sucking again ;)

Make sure you time your nutrition properly, you can'd do an hour of kickboxing on garbage food.

[aMuse]

You hardly learn every technique the first day. You're going to suck for a while. It takes time to become skilled to the point were you react without thinking no matter what martial art you learn.

[stubbsy]

whenever you start something new, your body needs time to adjust, so stick with it, within a week you will see the improvements, but if you quit now, your always quit whenever it gets a little hard,x

[madmisskelly]

If you had fun, do it again. You'll get better. Self defense type classes are great for feeling empowered and strong.

Practice by keeping up on your cardio workouts as well as shadowboxing.

[titoloco]

lol...Out of Shape. Martial Arts is whole body work. That's why they say it helps connected Body and Mind.

Keep kicking girl, don't give up your body is adapting to the demands.

[temptationfalls]

Keep going to the class. You'll start getting better and stronger. That's why the class is there in the first place right?

[Anonymous]

I am not the fitesst person and I did puke my first time. I kept up with it and now I can last the full class, I have seen my body start to change. Stick with it, you got this, girl!

[rebelgirl]

Stick with it! It will get easier once you're used to it, just takes time :-)

[Anonymous]

Keep at it!

It's only natural to suck at things when you start haha, keep your attitude right towards this and you should do fine!

[Anonymous]

Definitely stick with it. Nobody is gonna be good their first time kickboxing and its going to get easier to do it the longer you stay with it