Thread: Looking for some opinions?

Hi, im a 23 year old girl. I didnt really get into sports until 3 years ago when I took up taekwondo. I was extremly unfit and more than a bit chubby. I have since gained my 1st dan black belt, increased my fitness by huge amounts and lost one and a half stone. I love taekwondo classes however my body has now become used to the training even though it is a tough workout twice a week.

I still weigh around 70kg and want to lose some more weight, maybe abotu 5kg. I do love my food and do not want to go on any very strict diets. Anyway, I have been considering joining a boxing club to help lose the weight and also because i enjoy sparring and training and feel that now I have the experience of taekwondo behind me I may enjoy it. I was just hoping if you guys have any opinions on wether you think boxing woul dhelp lose the weight or wether I need to go on a strict diet to lose the last 5kgs? I don't know much about women in boxing, wether or not their are many women involved in boxing, and maybe it would increase my weight rather than reduce it if it includes lots of weight lifting. I have been cutting down and going jogging with my dog once ro twice per week as well as taekwondo but the scales dont seem to be movign at all. Any help would be much appreciated.

You went from new starter to a 1st dan in 3 years??

if you don't promote people they eventually go away. The mcdojo's know that. A harsh reality of the belt system. But at this point, the benefit of the doubt goes to her.

But jellybean, I truly admire some of those high flying kicks that tkd people do. Requires huge amounts of skill and practice. Can you post a vid of yourself doing them? Would love to see some!

It is not a mcdojo at all I have worked extremly hard to get where I am today, I guess different clubs have different rules. Thanks for all the advice. I didnt come here to get slagged off for something I have worked so hard for!

i just said you get the benefit of the doubt. It's a great accomplishment, and one you should be proud of. nobody is slaggin you, it's just that your results are atypical.

my previous wording may have come across the wrong way.

I'm not slagging you off ..... but I have a black tag in TKD (the one below 1st Dan) and it's taken me 7 years of going twice a week every week to get this far. I'm reasonably athletic and a former good amateur boxer, so I dont think its down to me being particularly bad.

Getting 1st Dan in 3 years either means you are an exceptional student, or they weren't too stringent with the standards .... that's all.

Incidentally, it is very likely that a good boxing gym would help you lose weight - don't forget that boxers have to make weigth so lots of the training is actually about making weight as well as the boxing. Hitting a heavy bag, skipping and all the aerobic work boxers do is better at helping people lose weight than the tkd training I did, which has a different focus.