The Advantage | Intermediate Kickboxing Class with Farinaz (22 mins)
Kickboxing
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22m
The Advantage is all about adding new dynamic kicks into your repertoire. After a focused Warm Up, practice your Straight Punches and Uppercuts before finessing your Knee Strikes, Front Kicks, and exploring the Roundhouse Kick. This Kickboxing Foundations practice will challenge and improve your form and energize your full body. World-champion Farinaz Lari will lead you through five movements to condition and strengthen your core, upper body, and lower body: Skipping, Squat and Knee, Jack Knives, Push Up and Reach, and the Sit Up and Punch. Find your rhythm and go for it. Suggested equipment: skipping rope.
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