By: Alionie Georges
Entrance to American KillerBees Fitness Studio located at 39 W Main St A, Statesboro, GA. Today's workout session was held at 5PM, June 28th, 2024.
Shelley Harris does toe-touches. This is one of the many warm-up exercises the class has to do before getting started.
American Killer Bees instructor Curtis Scott demonstrates the correct stance to do a proper jab. If one does not have the correct stance, it is easy to get injured when kickboxing.
Dillon Dunn sets his stance before doing a jab. The jab Dunn is doing is part of a leg lunge to stance-to-jab combo the dojo does to incorporate a full-body workout into the fitness session.
Morgan Dunn hits the punching bag. The jab Dunn is doing is part of a leg lunge to stance-to-jab combo the dojo does to incorporate a full-body workout into the fitness session.
Curtis Scott looking over the members' plank stance. To engage the core it is important to keep the body parallel to the ground to feel the burn.
Dillon Dunn takes a break from the jab combos. There are over 32 kickboxing combos that can be performed on and off the mat.
Curtis Scott counts down the seconds before the end of the jab combination. Scott walks between the bags to motivate all his members especially when the workout gets hard.
Dillon Dunn performs his final jab on the mat. Excited to complete the first portion of the mat workout, Dunn gives it his all.
Curtis Scott shows how to properly kick the punching bags. Scott now moves on to the second portion of the workout session, high and low kicks.
Shelly Harris kicks the punching bag. Harris is doing what you call shadowing, coping the movements of her instructor.
Dillon Dunn unwraps his boxing gloves. Although the second portion of the workout is done more awaits.
Morgan Dunn stretches hip abductors. It is important to do dynamic stretches before embarking on floor workouts.
Dillon Dunn prays to the heavens for strength during the Russian twists. This position is held for 20 seconds before being able to rest.
Shelley Harris passes the weighted ball to Morgan Dunn. After being introduced to the Russian twist position, the workout is upped by the ante introducing group-weighted Russian twists.
Dillon Dunn and Morgan Dunn rejoice after ending the workout. The session was a continuous hour-long session.
Shelly Harris gets a cup of water to rehydrate. At the end of the workout session, the members are given time to rest, drink water, and wipe sweat to cool down.
Shelley Harris wipes down her punching bag after cooling down. It is considered a respectful ritual to wipe down your punching bag to mark the end of a kickboxing session to preserve and maintain the dojo.
