![]() And the few times I went for a 15-minute routine, I cursed myself for being so ambitious. I usually chose a quick 5-minute option and was shocked by how much my abs burned by the end. Because the app has a large library of core workouts, it’s pretty much impossible to justify skipping it. At the end of the workout, every trainer encourages you to #endwithabs. I did way more ab work than usual during my time using FightCamp. If you’re someone who scrolls ahead in workout videos to see what you’re in for (like I do), then you’ll like the feature that details the whole workout round by round so you can see what’s coming next and mentally prepare. Right when the burn really starts to set in, the round is up and you’re onto the next combo. You are constantly shifting between combos and moves, which enables you to really push yourself. The high-intensity workouts follow a similar pattern: each round cycles between 30-second boxing combos and 30-second conditioning rounds (featuring body-weight exercises with a boxing twist, like squat-side kicks, lunge-punches and pushups), and then has a short rest before starting the next round. It’s rare when a 15-minute workout can actually leave me feeling accomplished, and I was able to work up a sweat in these short routines that lived up to any 40-minute workout I had been doing before. For the most part, eight-round (30-minute) workouts were my sweet spot, but I love the “quick workouts” tab where you can find four-round, 15-minute options for days when you don’t have much time. I usually picked my workout based on how much time I had. You can sort by trainer, skill level or number of rounds. There are a dozen new workouts of various lengths added each week, and a huge library of hundreds of workouts to sift through in the app. Over the next two weeks I tried out a variety of different workouts. (I almost reneged on my plan to do a 30-minute workout afterward, but somehow found the willpower to forge ahead.) Adding kicks into the mix really worked my balance and core strength. I clocked over 1100 punches in just the intro class alone. After months of doing shadowboxing workouts at home, I forgot how much more intense it is hitting a bag versus the air, and how heavy the small weight of the gloves quickly feels. I finished out of breath and dripping sweat, and my arms were on fire. I expected the class to be easy given that I have some experience with boxing - and it definitely was not. I started with the 15-minute intro class to get acquainted with the equipment. Just like that, I had a boxing gym in my home. When you first open the app, it walks you through a quick 2-minute process to sync the trackers so that the app can track your punch count, rate and speed. There are chargeable trackers inserted into small holders in the quick wraps (one on each arm) that connect to your phone via Bluetooth.
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