KICKBOXING

Aerobic Kickboxing will make you strong and powerful, and you'll become an AWESOME KICKBOXER (at any age…) lose weight in the process, and strengthen your punching & kicking power while getting fit & healthy

(Childcare is now available for several KickAeroBix classes)

Create your fitness lifestyle today with aerobic kickboxing, and feel the benefits of training your body to get strong and healthy…improve heart health, tone, trim and tighten your muscles, strengthen them, become more flexible and totally love your life.

If you feel it's just time to try this kickboxing thing, and you’d like to do this for yourself, read on…

From the Desk of:
Clara E Minor & Dio P Santiago

Hello to All Fitness Enthusiasts~

Are you tired of feeling tired when you should be feeling energized? Is the same-ole same-ole routine keeping you at a plateau? Have you been out of a routine for far too long? Or maybe you have excessive body fat that you just know is not healthy for you?

How often have you wished you were stronger and could maintain a healthy weight, but just didn’t know how to get there? And so you did nothing about it? Or you tried, on your own, without the results you were looking for?

Or maybe your doctor recently told you that you need to lose excess body fat for your health. Or that you need to increase the strength of your heart? And, by the way, your cholesterol is too high…

How would things be different if you could feel good in your clothes, feel strength in your body, and also gain powerful self-confidence as a side bonus? And, you knew that you were much healthier and felt so much better.

Maybe just losing a few pounds would make you feel better. And what if, at the same time, you could gain strength in your muscles, and learn punching and kicking skills that would boost your self-confidence in powerful ways.

What if there was a way to lose body fat that was also fun and totally worked your entire body? A total body workout that truly targeted all of your major muscle groups so that your workout was balanced.

What if knowing how to physically command your body to move in powerful and strong ways to keep you safe, was easy to learn?

You can make workout choices that are better for you and your well-being, physically, mentally and emotionally…

…if this applies to you, then read on, as the following information can help you make powerful changes in your life.

You Can Feel Stronger and More Fit on a Daily Basis

…and wouldn’t your life be different…

Isn’t that what everyone is looking for anyway? A strong body, strong mind, full of life and fully energized? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to feel like you could actually go outside and “play” again? And feel safe to boot!

When you stop feeling tired all the time, you will feel so much better every day because your body feels good. Working out also releases toxins in the body (and the mind) so that your thoughts are much more positive. The level of happiness and contentment in your life rises dramatically when you have energy, and you are clearing out toxins that make you feel sluggish. This transfers to a better quality of life for you.

You Can Strengthen Your Body and, at the Same Time, Tone, Trim & Tighten

If you feel weak, tired and overweight, why wouldn’t you want to get stronger, feel healthier, and lose excess body fat? More strength in your muscles allows you to do more physically. This, in turn, gives you a mental boost of confidence, knowing you can accomplish so much more because your body moves when and where you want it to!

Too much body fat is unhealthy. If you look up current statistics on our overweight population and the number of diseases and illnesses that being overweight can develop, it might shock you.

Some body fat is healthy, but in excess it can lead to disease in the body. You can lose this excess, and at the same time get very strong through working out. Your muscles will get more toned and you can even achieve a more “cut” look as the muscles develop in strength and your body trims down.

Gain Self-Confidence While Getting Fit!

Who doesn't want to feel emotionally and mentally strong and powerful? True confidence is doing what you really want to do with the belief in yourself and your abilities. You have no doubt that you can accomplish whatever you are seeking.

You know you can work through challenges with mental strength and the emotional wherewithal to stand up to those who might make you wrong.

You have assurance in yourself, which gives you the ability to be assertive. Powerful punching and kicking skills will boost your self-confidence like nothing else can.

Wouldn’t you like to lose at least SOME fear of being out alone?

Having confidence you gained from learning to strike with power will lessen your fear of others. When your life is threatened with harm, you want to be able to defend yourself. Learning strong punching and kicking skills will give you the confidence that helps ensure potential challengers stay away from you. And this will keep you safer. As you continue with your workouts, you will gradually develop this power.

And when you can go outside and feel safe by yourself, wouldn’t your life be different? Think of the avenues that could open up for you.

Need a Stress-Buster in Your Life?

Many of us understand that most “work” environments help create stress. Stress is responsible for a laundry-list of ailments to the human body and mind. There are several ways to relieve this stress. What if you could relieve stress, and, at the same time, be working on your fitness goals? Doesn’t it make sense to conserve time?

What if you were actually able to physically release that stress (while at the same time, having fun). Yes, what if there was a way to get immediate results? And, through a workout that releases so much more stress than, let’s say…just running, or just biking (although those are both wonderful exercise modalities).

If you just want to have a good time and feel good for the rest of the day, this powerful stress releasing workout will get you there fast!

How can you accomplish all this?

By joining HUNDREDS of others who have achieved results in our aerobic kickboxing classes. Workout with KickAeroBix™—A PROFESSIONAL FITNESS KICKBOXING WORKOUT

KickAeroBix™ is a fitness (cardio/aerobic) workout designed to energize, invigorate, strengthen, tone, & power-up your body, utilizing music as an enlivening motivator to get you moving!

Easy and simplified movements will get your heart pumping, your body burning calories, and boost your endorphins, for an effective workout that’s exciting, fun and empowering!

This total body workout is a sports-specific workout, thereby making repetition key to reaching your goals. Repetition also makes it easier for you to understand what you are doing, and enough time to correct your form.

Women, men and even children love this workout! It's simplicity makes it appropriate for all levels, as intensity is based upon what you wish to achieve for that day. You can tone it down or power it up. You rule!

Professionally-trained instructors will take you through a safe warm-up, continue with bagwork, and finish with a conditioning and cool-down phase

Why are professionally-trained instructors important to you?

They know how to take you through the workout safely, while still getting the results you are looking for in your workouts. The risk of injury drops dramatically when your instructors are professionally-trained, and understand proper form, and how to teach it.

Why is a Proper Warm-up Important?

The muscles and body need preparation for the workout ahead. You need to raise your body’s temperature slowly and gradually, utilizing movements that will engage the same muscles you will be using to strike the heavy bags. You need to steadily raise your heart rate, and your body needs to acclimate to the space around you.

Tendons and ligaments need warming up too so that they are more supple and will react more smoothly when taking on the load the muscles are creating. The warmer your muscles are, the better they can move and lengthen. The better they can move and lengthen, the more power you can develop.

How Will Proper Form Benefit You?

Our instructors are trained to teach you proper form when hitting the heavy bags so that you can achieve more power. With proper form, your joints and muscles will be safe from injury. As you begin to develop more power, your confidence will rise dramatically. You will amaze yourself at the amount of power you can generate.

Achieving powerful strikes will come with proper knowledge of good form for each component. Understanding how your body moves and how to correct your form will place you on the road to finding that awesome striking power that will boost your self-confidence to new levels never before experienced.

What is the Importance of Proper Conditioning and Cool-down?

The conditioning phase of the workout is to give you added benefit to your core muscles, upper body strength and lower body strength. Your instructor will guide you through this phase of the workout so that you can achieve the benefits you desire. The ability to utilize your core properly will help ensure that your lower back is as safe as possible during your workouts, and throughout your entire day.

After working out, your body is hot, and your muscles are tight from the contractions in striking the bags. It is critical to stretch your muscles to release built-up toxins, and lengthen your muscles for more flexibility. The best time to stretch is always after your have worked out and the muscles are still warm.

KickAeroBix™ is a TRUE Total Body Workout

This means it works all major muscle groups in your body.

The major muscle groups are divided into lower body and upper body, with your core muscles incorporating several muscles in the center of your body.

Upper body includes your chest muscles, back muscles, biceps, triceps, and shoulder muscles.

Lower body includes the quads (thigh muscles), hamstrings (back of the upper leg), calves, and glutes (buttock muscles).

Core muscles include the transversus abdominis, pelvic floor muscles, internal/external obliques, illiopsoas muscle, erector spinae, multifidus, and other supporting internal muscles, including the diaphragm.

Yes, it’s a LOT of muscle groups! And you really need to work them all to make them strong and keep your body balanced.

How can you benefit from a total body workout?

Feeling strong in your entire body will give you a better quality of life because you are able to do so much more during the day, and even into your evening. You just feel better and more content and happy throughout your day—every day, knowing you can climb those stairs and not get winded–or walk on the beach and not feel exhausted, or get involved in other sports-specific activities and have the energy!

Your life will change dramatically when you are fit and healthy. Maybe you’ll even go outside and “play” with friends, your kids, maybe get others involved in a fitness routine together, or do your first triathlon…the possibilities are endless.

And then there is the balance…it’s all about making sure your entire musculature is getting strong. Imbalances in the muscles create an environment for injury. You can avoid injury by engaging all the major muscles groups and making each area strong. KickAeroBix™ engages every major muscle group in your body.

Strengthening your joints and muscles is critical for your overall health

Why is joint strength important? Joints are your body’s connectors. When our bodies begin to break down, the joints are usually the areas that get injured first. The ligaments (connect bone to bone), the tendons (connect muscle to bone), and the lubricating properties between the bones (sinovial fluid), all have a direct link to the strength of your muscles.

You will have higher “joint integrity” when the muscles are worked. This means the joints will get stronger to support your body in the way you want it to move. Your body creates more sinovial fluid when you move your body consistently, as when one exercises. If you had no sinovial fluid in your joints, your bones would be rubbing each other. Yes, this would be painful. Avoid weak joints by strengthening your muscles.

Build endurance & stamina in your muscles and cardio-respiratory system

What is the difference between endurance and stamina? Endurance is the ability of the muscles to continue weight-bearing movement for extended periods of time. Stamina is the ability of the heart to keep up with your workout intensity.

Why would you want this?

If you like to have fun, if you have to climb stairs daily, if you like to play with your kids, if you like competitive sports, if you love doing things outdoors including gardening, if you have to walk a distance to your work or your car, you’d love to go out dancing, or if you just like to shop for extended periods of time, then having good endurance in your muscles and strong stamina will make all these activities so much easier and fun to do.

By working in an aerobic capacity, you will be strengthening your heart. You will make your blood flow to your brain, and your body will be removing toxins through sweat, and other functions of detoxification. Staying properly hydrated by drinking plenty of water will also help to detoxify your body for increased health.

A strong healthy heart makes you feel energized! Don’t we all want to have the energy we had as young kids? What do young kids do? They move their bodies all the time. You too can regain some of that energy. Moving your body more intensely, and regularly, will begin the process of energizing.

Having strong stamina and endurance will get you through each day with much more energy, and you’ll gradually be able to intensify your workouts for faster results.

When you are punching and kicking, all your muscles work in unison. Add proper breathing and strong core work, and you’re on the road to a totally fit body!

Elevate heart rate/lung capacity

Elevating heart rate during aerobic activity will increase the strength of your heart. After all, it is a muscle! It needs working out too. This means you will have more energy throughout your day, whether your workouts are in the morning or evening. As you are able to breath in more air (lung capacity increases), you will be able to add more intensity to your workouts. More intensity means more calorie burn. If weight loss is one of your goals, you want to be able to increase your intensity as you continue with your workouts. Over time, you will be burning many more calories.

Tone and define all the major muscles

The process of punching and kicking the heavy bags will make your muscles move and contract with each repetition you do. This contraction is actually strengthening the muscles you are working. As you strengthen each muscle, you are making that muscle more defined. It is getting more shapely. Your muscles will not grow huge, as this is not weight-lifting. And if you are female, there is not enough testosterone in the female body to make huge muscles anyway. Your muscles will become more toned and get that “cut” & defined look you see in someone who appears more fit.

Learn to punch & kick with awesome power

By engaging the muscles with each repetition, you must contract the muscles. As you create force on impact with the heavy bags, you are making the muscles stronger and creating more power. As your body gets accustomed to the workout, you will begin to work smarter when punching and kicking. Working smarter means less effort is required to get more power!

For those looking for some self-defense skills, this is the very basis of self-defense, and it will raise your confidence in your ability to defend yourself. You will be learning the basics of physical self-protection/defense skills by learning power punching and kicking.

Learn proper balance

The process of kicking develops balance within as you must contract the core muscles to maintain proper balance. Not only are you on one leg, but you are also extending that leg out, and you are creating force as your foot strikes the heavy bag.

Great balance will help keep you upright when you are thrown slightly off by daily events in your life. Nobody likes to fall down unexpectedly. With great balance, you lessen the possibility of losing it!

And remember, you can start out kicking very low. High kicks are for fun, for show, for point-contact fighting, and are good for improving flexibility, along with stretching. High kicks are not mandatory in this workout.

Burn up to 800 calories in one workout!

Yes, this is a phenomenal number of calories to burn in one workout, but it does happen. Of course, the more you weigh, the more you burn. A person weighing 185 lbs will burn more calories than a person weighing 115. But the person weighing 185 will also require more caloric intake throughout the day to maintain energy reserves.

If your concern is losing body fat, then the simple equation you must remember is: calories in = calories out. If you take in more than you burn throughout the entire day, you will gain excess body fat. If you take in less than you burn, you will lose body fat. There are other factors that affect fat loss, but this is the basic equation.

So, what about your goals…

Whatever they may be, if they include getting more fit, losing excess body fat, feeling healthier, getting stronger, having more confidence, developing power, or just having fun and meeting new friends in your workouts, then KickAeroBix™ is for you.

Even if you haven’t exercised in a long time…

…you can do this!

Today is always a good day to start! Whatever your fitness level (we all have one, even if you’re just exercising your hands with the remote…), you will begin to strengthen from where you are currently. We give options so that you can customize the workout to suit your needs and goals.

KickAeroBix™ is the Longest-Running Fitness Kickboxing Workout in Santa Cruz County

KickAeroBix™ has been around since 1996. MINORSAN started the heavy bags revolution in Santa Cruz County. We have trained numerous other instructors who are teaching their own versions of aerobic kickboxing in the community.

So Why Should You Even Care…

What makes this workout an excellent choice for you? Experience. Through our experience in developing this workout we have learned a tremendous amount about how human bodies function during workouts, how they move best, how to avoid injury for your safety, how to motivate individuals, and how to make your workouts the best possible experience each and every time you arrive to workout in class.

Our experience has made us keenly aware of participants’ needs. We focus on what you want to get out of your workouts, so that YOU benefit. And, yes, we have fun too…but then, shouldn’t we?

As martial artists for 42 and 34 years respectively, we are aware of how humans can generate power thru learning proper form. We received our Full Professorship Black Belt Certifications from one of the most prominent martial arts grandmasters in U.S. history, GrandMaster and Founder of LimaLama Arts of Self-Defense, Mr. Tino Tuiolosega.

Our combined training in 9 styles of martial arts includes Western Boxing, Shito-Ryu Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Chi Gung, Shaolin Kung Fu, Wing Chun, Aikido, American Kenpo Karate, and LimaLama. Our studies began in 1964, and 1972, respectively.

We worked out and taught 10 to 12 hours per day, 5 days per week, the longest training in any system or style we studied) under his direct tutelage of. (Yes, he was in our studio or we were at his home all day long…)

Our studies have also taken us into the fitness world where we learned more about form for safety during aerobic-type workouts and resistance training workouts. We continue to advance our studies, including fitness training, with our number one priority being the safety of participants. Our focus is providing results-oriented programs and classes to you.

Why a Fitness Lifestyle is Important To Us

It allows us freedom to feel energized, healthy, strong, safe and keep a positive attitude about life. This means that challenges that come our way are much easier to deal with. We tend to look for good ways of taking care of these challenges that, actually, everybody faces.

And we enjoy working with people so much that offering daily classes keeps us communicating with women, men and children every day.

…and Why It Should Be Important To You…

A fitness lifestyle allows you to have fun, feel energized, have excitement in your life, release stress, laugh often and experience personal victories.

A fitness lifestyle is a healthy lifestyle and includes proper eating habits as well as quality food, daily exercise, adequate rest, fun and humor, quality relationships, and doing what you love, especially if it makes you a living!

The daily exercise part will be adequately covered with the KickAeroBix™ workouts in your weekly schedule. You will be increasing the health of your physical body, as well as the health of your mind, as working out removes toxins through the process of sweating.

Remember, blood feeds your brain too! As you clear up toxins, your mind clears up too, thereby making your thoughts and mental capacities stronger. You will make better choices. You will be happier. You will make other positive changes in your life when you can think clearly.

KickAeroBix™ is a safe, fun, exciting, heart-pumping, energy-boosting, punch-n-kickin’ workout!

Join hundreds of others who are saying it’s “X-actly what I needed.”

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Regardless of your body type, body size, or physical condition...

…you can do this

Whether your body type is large or small, short or tall, everyone can get fit. If your energy level is low, then you, more than anyone else, need to work out. Because we give you options, you can customize each workout to suits your needs for that day. You will become more flexible as your body gets used to the workouts.

Even those with previous injuries still benefit from KickAeroBix™ workouts and continue to modify the workouts until their injuries heal. You will always have the freedom to customize any portion or segment of your workouts.

KickAeroBix™  Workouts Provide These Benefits~

With time so essential in your busy life, it makes sense to find a workout that gives multiple benefits:

Cardio-respiratory conditioning...

...to elevate heart rate/lung capacity, build stamina & endurance.

• By working in an aerobic capacity, you will be strengthening your heart and elevating heart rate for the strength of your heart and a lower resting heart rate.

• If you want more energy throughout your day and into the evenings, you need to have cardio-respiratory conditioning.

• More intensity means more calorie burn. As you are able to breath in more air, you will be able to add more intensity to your workouts. For optimal weight loss, you want to be able to increase your intensity as you continue with your workouts. Over time, you will be burning many more calories.

• The more you sweat, the more your body will release toxins. And that means greater, more vibrant health for you!

Weight and bodyfat loss

• Burn hundreds of calories in one workout! And we’re not talking 200-300 calories here. You can burn up to 800 calories in one workout, depending in large part on how much you currently weigh. The more body weight you have to move, the more energy is required, therefore the more calories you will burn (and the more calories you are required to eat throughout the day to have the energy to burn!)

• This is one powerful way to raise your metabolism–working out and eating to support your workouts!

Tone & define muscles

• KickAeroBix™ combines aerobic and anaerobic exercises in one workout so that it is more effective for those wanting to lose body fat. With proper eating habits, this workout will help you tone and define those muscles so you feel good. When the fat burns off, guess what? Yep, your muscles will shine through!

• Want that lean, cut look? You can achieve the results you want with KickAeroBix™, as it is considered an intermediate workout. It is not totally aerobic and is not totally anaerobic. You need both aerobic and anaerobic work to lose body fat the most effectively and efficiently. The more body fat you lose, the more your muscles will show definition. The more lean your muscles become, the higher your metabolism will get.

Healthy less-stressed lifestyle

• A healthy lifestyle includes working out on an almost daily basis. Three or four times per week is adequate for most individuals to stay healthy and see results.

• KickAeroBix™ is offered at various times throughout the week. You can even workout ever day if you’d like!

• Remember that your thoughts are what makes you happy. How you think and what you think will affect your level of contentment and happiness in your daily life. By working out, you will clear out toxins, relieve stress, and feel so much better!

True total body workout

• All your major muscle groups will be affected in this workout. This is truly an upper and lower body workout, utilizing your center (core) muscles too.

• What better way to get fit than with a workout that does them all? Plus makes your heart work out too!

Strengthen joints & muscles

• Loading the muscles through kickboxing movement will ensure you are working your joints at the same time. With the compound movements of KickAeroBix™ you will ensure that joints are exercised too.

• When you force the muscles to move, your body creates sinovial fluid to lubricate the joints. The joints must adapt to the increased load from the work of the muscles. This adaptation makes the joints (tendons/ligaments) stronger, denser, thicker and more adaptable.

Learn to punch & kick with power

• Your physical safety will get a boost from the confidence you gain by learning to punch and kick with power!

• With continued training, you will get very strong (and you might even surprise yourself)!

Balance, coordination  & flexibility

• Your body learns better balance when you challenge it to balance.

• By learning to move through the air with punching and kicking movements, your body will get better at balancing itself.

• Performing multiple movements ensures you are working coordination between the different muscles groups and between your body and your mind.

• By lengthening your muscles and stretching at the end of the workout, you will be come more flexible.

...and fun, fun, fun!

• What can we say? Fun is the name of this game. You will have fun with others in class, meeting new friends, getting yourself fit with awesome music, and moving your body in new and different ways that will not only get you fit and healthy, but will also allow you new freedoms.

These above benefits…

…are all a part of the KickAeroBix™ workout. You can achieve results within a relatively short period of time. We recommend that you begin with two classes per week, and increase it as your time (and increased energy!) permits.

Comments from a VERY Satisfied Member:

“A year ago I was dreading my 40th birthday. The reason for my lack of enthusiasm was the 30 pounds that had crept up on me over the past five years or so. I realized that I needed to do something to improve my health. I knew I wanted to do something that I could stick with and make a part of my life style.

I expressed my interest and concerns to a friend at work who I knew was a devoted runner. My friend's advice was simple; just start. So I did. Starting in May 2006 I got up every morning and ran, by August I was bored and frustrated. My friend the devoted runner suggested that I mix my workouts and invited me to a KickAeroBix™ class at Minorsan.

I knew when I walked through the doors at Minorsan that I was in the right place. Dio and Clara were and are wonderful to me. For the first time as a woman at a training facility I wasn't self conscious about my appearance. Everybody was there to get in shape or better yet to stay in shape. I had so much fun and felt so comfortable I joined right after my first class.

After my first eight sessions I began to see results. My clothes weren't quite as tight and I was feeling better then I had in the past three years. Over the next several months I worked out a minimum of four days a week and a maximum of six days. By December 2006 I had lost 9 inches overall and 20 pounds. By February 2007 I had lost 13 inches and 30 pounds.

In February I started working with Dio to improve my skills. I have continued to lose weight and I look forward to each class.

I think the most powerful thing that I learned from Minorsan and KickAeroBix™ is that success is not a solo performance. I know that I wouldn't be the person I am today if I didn't have MINORSAN in my life.”

         -Wende Fletcher, Santa Cruz, CA, May 2007 

What Would All These Changes be Worth to You…

Get strong and healthy…improve heart health…tone, trim and tighten your muscles and strengthen them…become more flexible, and improve the quality of your life.

How would your life be different if you felt good every day, knowing you were doing the right thing for your health and your fitness? What would abundant energy feel like to you? Not to mention the changes you’d begin to see in your appearance.

What would self-confidence look like to you? Can you walk with your shoulders back, chest open, standing tall, feeling oh-so-good about the changes you are making? How would your life change if you were no longer embarrassed about yourself and your image?

What about your safety? Who wouldn’t feel more confident being outside, night or day, knowing if you had to take care of yourself, your strikes would have a powerful impact?

How much are you willing to give yourself to get your heart in healthy condition, have better balance and flexibility, lose excess body fat, gain daily energy reserves, strengthen all joints and muscles, get a lean musculature, and just feel great?

You can make all of these positive changes in your life…

…what is it worth?…what will you do to accomplish this...

By Enrolling in This Program, Here’s What You'll Get:

• a 30-minute one-on-one session (you can combine this session with a friend for a duo session)

• bag gloves (professional quality made for those who are just beginning to train their hands and wrists for punching power)

• hand wraps (professional boxing hand wraps (180” in length) that will fit the contours of your hands perfectly, while giving you a snug and comfortable fit

• unlimited workouts each week from a diverse schedule of classes

What more could you be waiting for...

If you still have unanswered questions, contact us here.

You may also call us at 831.458.0900.

Sincerely,

Clara E. Minor & Dio P. Santiago
Master Trainers

P.S. How much is it worth to you to stay in your same old routine of doing nothing for yourself. Isn’t it time…? You CAN make the positive changes we talk about. You will only receive those benefits when you begin. Start today!

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