Upper Body Stretches for Boxing

Series Summary

Boxing can be a competitive sport or a powerful aerobic workout routine. This is a great video series on how it can be both for kids and how beneficial that can be both physically and mentally for them. Boxing has always been a very physical sport and where many might see it as violent it is also considered a battle of whit, speed, agility, athleticism and determination. These are all things that must be developed in children as they grow and boxing is a fantastic tool to facilitate that.

In this video clip series a professional boxing instructor shows you the basics of boxing for kids. Learn techniques like how to throw a jab, how to throw a cross, and how to assume the proper boxing stance. To practice your new skills, you’ll also learn workouts like jump rope drills, punching drills, footwork drills and an speed bag exercises designed to develop hand speed. This boxing video will also teach you about what equipment you’ll need to get started in boxing and you’ll also learn safety tips on how to box safely and effectively.

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village this is The Boxing Chef from New York City talking about family fitness. Now myself and Spencer we are going to warm up by stretching so we can start our boxing workout. The stretches that we are going to do are going to keep us from pulling muscles when we first start throwing pushes. So we start right now by doing the sunflower stretch. Straight up like a sunflower plant all the way up. This is great for the calves and great for the shoulders and your back. Good. All the way and practice your breathing in through the nose and out from the mouth. The reason you want to breath that way so that when you are boxing or working out your mouth will not dry out. Good Spence. Excellent. Now lay out now what we are going to do is do some stretches that are great for the hooks. So if you are throwing hooks you will not pull your back muscles take your right arm all the way out. Make a fist, pull your elbow in as far as you go. Good. All the way in good. Do it again. Excellent. "