“Just picture your ex-boyfriend or something!” screamed Yaly, as she encouraged me to put some force behind my left hooks. “Come on, pretend he’s just broken up with you – over the phone!” Well, I don’t think she was ready for the punch I was to deliver her and she wobbled back and forth a little before grinning at me. “That’s much better Olivia! Woah, he must have been a real something!”
So 15 minutes into week three of Booty Camp and we all felt as though it had well and truly kicked off. Between our intense boxing sessions, complete with combinations involving ducking
(and Deb almost copping a swipe to the head from me when she forgot to duck… eeek!) and some Mundine-style shuffling, we were beginning to look like pros.
It’s a common misconception with women that boxing will give you man-style mango muscles – when in reality, all it helps to deliver is toned arms, free from any form of ‘bingo wings.’
As long as you’re not curling 30kg a day, some light boxing will get you moving, keep your heart rate up and ensure you become a little stronger in your core – in turn making you more efficient in other exercises. Pretty cool eh?
The hardest part of week three? The circuit. I can still hear Laina yelling at me to hurry up with my lap around the block because she was shaking and couldn’t hold her plank any longer (we couldn’t rotate the circuit until the person running had returned). Note to self: don’t walk in a circuit, run – or face the wrath of tired colleagues!
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