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Kickboxing Equipment Review - Buy the Best

That time has come again that we are all ready thinking about a healthy start to the New Year, what will it be, a new gym membership? An aerobics class? A yoga class? The new dance craze, zumba classes? A boxercise class or a martial arts class?

Burn It Fast!

If it is to be a martial arts class, you cannot find anything better than kickboxing lessons, due to the fact that you can burn up to 800 calories in an hour session. This is excellent for you if you are intending to lose those pounds you put on over the Christmas period. Better still, you are burning the calories using a combination of cardiovascular and muscular training!

Cheap is Not Always Best!

If you decide to take up kickboxing you need first to think about purchasing the right equipment for the sport. Remember cheap is not always best. Quality and protection for the user are paramount. It amazes me that it takes students so long to get their gloves when participating in kickboxing. If you take up football, you need a football. If you take up hockey you need a hockey stick. So if you take up kickboxing you need your own gloves and other equipment like focus pads, shin and foot protection. When teaching I carry a few pairs of gloves and focus pads around with me just in case, but normally get "they stink!". Well of course they do, with so many people using them! Very un-hygienic as you are sharing someone else’s sweat! Yuk!

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That time has come again that we are all ready thinking about a healthy start to the New Year, what will it be, a new gym membership? An aerobics class? A yoga class? The new dance craze, zumba classes? A boxercise class or a martial arts class? Burn It Fast! If it is to be a martial arts class, you cannot find anything better than kickboxing lessons, due to the fact that you can burn up to 800 calories in an hour session. This is excellent for you if you are intending to lose those pounds you put on over the Christmas period. Better still, you are burning the calories using a combination of cardiovascular and muscular training! Cheap is Not Always Best! If you decide to take up kickboxing you need first to think about purchasing the right equipment for the sport. Remember cheap is not always best. Quality and protection for the user are paramount. It amazes me that it takes students so long to get their gloves when participating in kickboxing. If you take up football, you need a football. If you take up hockey you need a hockey stick. So if you take up kickboxing you need your own gloves and other equipment like focus pads, shin and foot protection. When teaching I carry a few pairs of gloves and focus pads around with me just in case, but normally get "they stink!". Well of course they do, with so many people using them! Very un-hygienic as you are sharing someone else’s sweat! Yuk! Get Your Own! My advice is simple, "get your own"! Not only it is unpleasant to share gloves, you will find that when you get your own they are normally tight on your hands at first, but then tend to mould to your own hands over a short period. If you let someone with bigger hands use your gloves they will change the feel of gloves for you personally and of course add somebody else’s sweat! The same goes for focus pads! With the above in mind I thought it would be a good idea to review some essential kickboxing equipment. So, over the next few weeks, I have got together with our Fashion Editor and current superstar of the Black Belt Challenge - Kerry Lucy Taylor. We are going to be reviewing four different pairs of gloves: T- T SPORT LEATHER GLOV ES SPORT PU BOXING GLOVES ADIDAS BOX-FIT GLOVES ADIDAS SHADOW BOXING GLOVES There are many suppliers of kickboxing equipment. To be honest my favourite gloves that I use are Twins Specials, but these can be hard to get hold of and also may seem expensive as an average pair costs around £50! Cimac Recommended! For over 18 years, I have been using kickboxing equipment supplied by www.cimac.net, and found the gloves, focus pads and foot protection not only to be fairly priced but also hardwearing. This is very important to a practitioner in kickboxing especially if you are in it for the long haul like our very own Kerry. Cimac have been supplying Martial Arts Products for over 33 years, and are recognised as probably the largest supplier in the UK and Europe. Cimac set particularly high standards which they constantly challenge in an attempt to improve and develop their extensive product range, competitive prices and unparalleled service, hence the reason why I have been using Cimac for products so long. Coming Soon After we have reviewed gloves, we will take a look at the most used piece of equipment in kickboxing used as a training aid - the focus pads. Lastly we will take a look at shin and foot protection, as we don’t want bruised shins and broken toes! Myself and Kerry will try out all equipment and review them and give each a score out of ten. We hope you enjoy the forthcoming series, learn lots from it and find the kit that suits you best.