Boxing is a sport with extremely high demands on complete fitness, and the very intense training of boxers for conditioning (70% aerobic, 30% anaerobic) is geared to obtain optimum cardio-vascular fitness, as well as strength and flexibility, among others. Beginners soon notice a drastic reduction of body fat, and improved muscle tone from head to toe, more strength, stamina and energy, and an overall feeling of well-being. As these great benefits of a boxer's training program became more widely known, fitness programs were designed for the general public using boxing club facilities and equipment, and conducted by certified boxing coaches. (In some cases, former Olympic boxers and medal winners conduct fitness classes using the exact same training methods that made them Olympians.) The most popular fitness programs are "boxaerobic" and "boxercise" classes, and an example of which is given on this web page, below.

Join the boxing club in your area that has recreational or fitness boxing. Most of them do. To locate the club, contact the Boxing Association in your province for direction, or the Recreation Department of your municipality. Even if no particular fitness classes are being held in the club selected, you will be welcome to join the boxers in the club, male and female, in their training program. The benefits will be similar. You will be asked to register in the club and the boxing association, as a recreational member (with insurance coverage), and you will be surprised at the low cost.

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