Have you ever heard of piloxing? Yes, piloxing is a new sport that is popular with women to shape and have a sexy, strong and healthy body. Let’s see, what and how the piloxing movement is carried out in the explanation below.
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What is piloxing?
Piloxing is a sport whose name and movement is a combination of Pilates and boxing (boxing) movements. Piloxing is a cardio sport that combines several elements of fitness as well as dancing .
Initially, piloxing was founded by Viveca Jensen, a Swedish dancer who became a celebrity fitness instructor in Los Angeles. Then finally Viveca Jensen founded and made piloxing aiming to build a woman’s self-image so that she always looks sexy and strong.
In piloxing, training is done using gloves and boxing movements to give strength to the arms, while combining the strategy and flexibility of Pilates exercise. The reason is, this piloxing movement provides fun but challenging movements, including inserting a sexy dance so that the body is more formed.
In practice, Piloxing combines the strength, speed, speed of boxing and the flexibility of Pilates to build posture. The combination of these two opposing movements, is believed to be able to reduce calories more, namely 900 calories per hour. So that piloxing exercise can shape the body to be slimmer, sexy and also look stronger. So no doubt, this sport is loved by many women, from teenagers to mothers.
Piloxing benefits
The following are the benefits the body gets when participating in piloxing exercise:
- Get fitness and cardiovascular (heart) organ health
- Tighten the muscles of the arms, thighs, buttocks and stomach
- Burn fat through fun activities, namely through a combination of boxing, pilates and dancing gerakan
Movement in piloxing
1. Punch piloxing
This move targets your thighs, arms, stomach, and buttocks. With a sequence of 8 movements at the beginning and you can repeat the movement while switching on the other side of the body. Here is an example of a simple piloxing movement that you can do yourself at home:
- First, start by standing and positioning your feet hip-width apart.
- Position your legs and body leaning to the right.
- Then, make fists with both hands under your chin, close to your chest.
- Move your leg back and sideways with your left leg, while bending your right knee.
- Then it’s your turn to make punching movements with your left arm, doing 4 sets in each session.
2. Plank piloxing
This plank piloxing movement targets the muscles of your back and arms. Usually you are advised to do the plank 8 times in each set. If you need to rest, please rest for 30 seconds between movements.
- First, start with a raised push-up position. Make your legs stretch straight back with your toes resting on the mat or floor.
- Instead of holding a push-up position with your hands, lower yourself down onto your forearms so that they are flat on the floor.
- Hold your upper body so it doesn’t wobble or move, then bring your knees to the floor and you can straighten your legs again.