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Participants
Start Date
January 15, 2020
Primary Completion Date
March 15, 2020
Study Completion Date
March 15, 2020
Boxing Training
The boxing training intervention will consist of three exercise sessions per week on nonconsecutive days for six weeks. Participants will be instructed to complete 10 rounds of three minutes with a one-minute resting period interspersed. Four rounds will consist of heavy bag punching (e.g. straight, jab, hook) at 60% VO2max and three rounds at 90-95% VO2max, while the remaining 3 rounds will be focused on mitt work at 60% VO2max.
Control flexibility
The control group will perform three days per week 10 minutes of dynamic articular movement, five minutes of uni pedal stance, and five minutes of stretching of the upper limbs for six weeks.
The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso
University of Texas, El Paso
OTHER