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John Harker - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
John Harker is a cardio kickboxing teacher in Santa Cruz, California. He's hooked on cardio kickboxing and teaches at Westside Aerobics and Martial Arts (WAMA)
in Santa Cruz, come on by for a class! More information on cardio kickboxing and martial arts can be found on their website. He also practices Crossfit and has a martial arts background in Limalama, Sanshou Kickboxing, and Lameco Escrima. In addition to teaching cardio kickboxing he works in high ... [More]
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- Tabata Anything - Four Minutes of Pain to Gain
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] The Tabata protocol is a high-intensity training regimen that produces remarkable results. A Tabata workout is an interval training cycle of 20 seconds of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated without pause 8 times for a total of four minutes. Tabata interval training can do more to boost aerobic and anaerobic capacity than an hour of endurance exercise.
- Boxing Combinations For Cardio Kickboxing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Boxing] One of the differences between a trained martial artist and a streetfighter is the time spent practicing sequences or combinations of moves. The idea being to not just hit, but to reflexively hit in sequences of three or four moves. It is far more effective to barrage an opponent with a rapid sequence of blows than to just punch them once.
- Kickboxing Combinations Applied to Cardio Kickboxing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Boxing] This is the second in a series on martial arts striking combinations used as choreography in cardio kickboxing. Here are some real-world combinations culled from the martial art sport loosely called Kickboxing. The sport of Kickboxing includes kicking and striking combinations common to a number of martial arts.
- Plyometric Exercises For Increased Muscle Power
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Plyometrics is the name for a type of exercise developed to increase a muscle-group's power to generate a large amount of force quickly. The most common plyometric exercises include hops, jumps and bounding movements. Plyometric training is explosive in nature and exploits the muscles' cycle of lengthening and shortening to increase muscle power.
- More Boxing Combinations Applied to Cardio Kickboxing
[Recreation-and-Sports:Boxing] This is the third in a series on martial arts striking combinations used as choreography in cardio kickboxing. This article looks at some variations on two simple boxing and kickboxing sequences. Working through the detailed choreography it is seen that a lot of variety can be had from a single sequence.
- Cardio Kickboxing Top 10 Questions
[Health-and-Fitness:Aerobics-Cardio] This article answers the top 10 questions about Cardio Kickboxing. Cardiod kickboxing is a hybrid of boxing, martial arts and aerobics done rhythmically to music. Cardio kickboxing is also known as aerobic kickboxing or fitness kickboxing. Offering an intense cross-training and total-body workout it utilizes the training routines used by martial artists in the sports of boxing and kickboxing. The objective is not to make a "fighter" out of you, but rather to give a balanced and fun overall program that combines a cardio aerobic workout with the techniques for self-defense.
- Core Strength Exercise Sequence With a Mountain Climbing Theme
[Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Three exercise variations with a mountain climbing theme work the thighs, core and arms. Started and tied together with a yoga Mountain pose, "Climbing Three Mountains" provides a fun and effective short workout routine.
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