Boxing?
While Im sitting around with screws in my head, not allowed
to do anything productive I thought I’d share with you one of the activities I
do in this battle with PD, Rock Steady Boxing (RSB). We do hit things, but not
each other. LOL! Its non contact
boxing training. It started about 10 years ago when a gentleman that had PD
joined a boxing club and noticed his symptoms dramatically improve from the
intense and high energy workouts. With research and training Rock Steady Boxing
was created. It must be doing some good in the Parkinson’s community, its grown
throughout the nation, and there’s an affiliate probably in every major city.
In Knoxville, Black Dog Fitness teamed with Title Boxing Club to form Rock
Steady Boxing Knoxville. The heart and soul of RSB Knoxville is Personal
Trainer Zach Guza. Now Zach is not like your average trainer that took some
online classes on fitness or maybe spent the weekend in Atlanta at a seminar to
get some paper, proclaiming certification to change people’s lives. He is a
graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served as an Air Force
Officer and Helicopter Pilot for 9 years. He worked in the corporate world for
a while, but his heart wasn’t there. Fitness was such a large part of his life,
he knew he could help others, so he made a career change. Rock Steady Boxing came along, and the program is special to him because he lost his father to
the disease not that long ago.
Each session is 1.5 hours long. That includes warm up, drills,
bag work, core exercises and cool down. He works hard to ensure we work hard,
always changing workouts to keep his bag of tricks fresh. I can’t recall a day
that my shirt isn’t soaked in sweat after a workout. Come workout with us
sometime,we have a good time.
Here is a link to Zach at Black Dog Fitness. If you need a
jump start in your life from fitness, give him a call, you’ll be impressed.
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| Good bunch of guys and gals! |
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| Warm Up |
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| Heavy Bag Drills |
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| Cool down stretching |
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