Masterfile
Know your punches: Jab with the same arm as your lead foot and cross with the other.
Consulting Trainer Stephanie Joanne
Start in a squat with feet shoulder-width apart. Hold position and punch one arm across your body, alternating arms, for 60 seconds. Stand up and shake legs out. Do 3 reps.
Perfect your form: Keep lower back straight and press your weight into your heels.
Dial it down: Don’t squat down as low.
Amp it up: Hold a pair of light hand weights and punch with control.
Photos, Roberto Caruso.Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, hands on hips. Step one foot forward into a lunge and cross punch with the opposite arm. Return to start and repeat on opposite side. Switching sides as fast as you can, continue for 20 seconds. Do 3 reps.
Perfect your form: Keep upper body straight and avoid leaning forward as you lunge.
Dial it down: Slow your pace.
Amp it up: Punch with both arms each time you lunge.
Photos, Roberto Caruso.Lie on back with knees bent and feet on floor. Rise to a crunch and hold position. Punch one arm forward, then the other, before returning to the floor. Alternate the starting arm each time. Do 20 reps.
Perfect your form: Lift from your core, not your neck.
Dial it down: Tuck feet under a couch for stability.
Amp it up: Increase pace, without compromising form.
Photos, Roberto Caruso.Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, one foot slightly forward, knees bent in a boxer’s stance. Throw 2 jabs, a cross and another jab. Continue for 60 seconds. Repeat on opposite side. Do 3 reps.
Perfect your form: Keep your knees slightly bent.
Dial it down: Do fewer reps.
Amp it up: Hold a pair of light hand weights and punch with control.
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