I’m not iron Man!  Fort Wayne Fitness blog

I’m not iron Man! Fort Wayne Fitness blog

I’m a pretty active person in terms of exercise and activities. I do TaeKwonDo, Ji-Jitsu, weight and strength training, and group fitness classes. About a month ago I started getting fatigued during stand-up sparring and group fitness classes. I was breathing...
Punching and kicking a heavy bag for fitness

Punching and kicking a heavy bag for fitness

I was the typical gym member for many years doing free weights, strength machines and running on the track. At my gym there was a heavy bag and I used to punch and kick it as a warm-up before tackling the weights.  I didn’t know what I was doing as far as the...
New sparring shin guards and gloves

New sparring shin guards and gloves

I do martial arts with Sensei Steve Basche about four times a week and one of the training techniques we do is controlled Taekwondo (stand-up) sparring.  It’s free-form fighting where we use our different kicks and punches on each other. It helps me improve my...
Who do you train with? Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

Who do you train with? Fort Wayne Fitness Blog

I’ve been training in Martial Arts since February 2015 at the Basches Martial Arts school. For about three years, I took regular classes at Basches and got my Black Belt in December 2018.  The main focus was the stand-up martial art, Taekwondo, where kicks are...