In recent years, it has become popular non contact boxinga form in which you do not have to face an opponent and, therefore, do not receive blows and there is no risk of head injury.
Unlike traditional boxing, in this hits a sack generally following the instructions of a teacher who will be the one to mark the series of boxing movements and choreographed with music in a similar way to an aerobics class. The moves include a combination of punches, smaller punches; squats and short, quick steps back and forth. The other type of exercise class involves strength training, stretching, and hitting the bag.
Linda Arslaniandirector of rehabilitation services at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, says: “This type of boxing has many health benefits, because it constantly requires you to think, change positions and change postures,” she says.
Benefits for Parkinson’s
The study was the first to use continuous heart rate monitoring and ratified effort scales used by sports scientists. Training included quantifiable balance and movement exercises, high-intensity aerobic bursts, and striking sequences using a Fightmaster training machine.
Clinical Professor David Blacker, medical director and consultant neurologist at the Perron Institute, who led the study, said: “The boxing movesfootwork and balance are excellent for Parkinson’s, because the postures and movements required are almost exactly the opposite of what occurs in this disease,’ said Professor Blacker.