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At the Garcia Muay Thai and MMA Gym in Glen Cove, NY, we focus on not only the precise movements of Muay Thai, but also the philosophy and Muay Thai skills that can help you be more successful. This sport, like most martial arts, is steeped in tradition and imparts values. It focuses on respect, humility, courage and a spirit of strength. Those are all qualities that can help in any endeavor.

Goal setting is part of Muay Thai.

Both goal setting and commitment to those goals plays an important role in Muay Thai. In some gyms, the colored belt system, headbands or armbands are ways to track success. While traditionally, there was no belt system, since Muay Thai was created for more practical reasons, like protection. Goal setting is internalized in Muay Thai, with goals to learn a new technique or win matches.

Learning to think clearly under pressure is necessary for success.

To win in the ring, you have to use as much mental strategy as physical output. It’s all about anticipating your opponent’s move and finding a way to counter it. Anticipating problems is a skill that’s necessary no matter what your endeavor. It can help save time chasing a solution that’s a dead end. You’ll think faster and clearer, since the physical side of the sport also builds brain power and improves cognitive thinking.

You’ll learn to think differently about things.

What you used to see as a roadblock, will now become an opportunity. When you’re in the ring, you have to find ways to change the trajectory of the fight if you’re losing. That type of quick thinking also helps you look differently at problems and challenges you face daily. You’ll start to see each challenge as an opportunity you need to think about differently and turn to your favor.

• Muay Thai builds confidence. It improves your strength, stamina and posture, to give you a more confident appearance. Not only will people treat you different, since they see you as a confident person, you’ll feel more confident, too.
• If stress is slowing you down or causing you to react too emotionally to things that occur daily, not only does Muay Thai burn off stress, it helps you have more self-control.
• Developing commitment is easy with Muay Thai. That’s why it’s great for weight loss, too. It’s easy to be committed when you’re having fun, even if the workout is tough.
• Muay Thai triggers a release of neurochemicals to the brain that increases the neural pathways. It helps increase brain plasticity that boosts your thinking skills and even your IQ. That makes it a good option, no matter what your age.

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The days of the damsel in distress are gone, if they ever really were here. Today’s women have to be tough and strong. Many are going it on their own, while raising a family. They have to compete in a business world that isn’t always female friendly and face the same dangers as men from those with criminal intent. That’s one reason so many women come to my Long Island, NY gym for training. They want to reap the many Muay Thai benefits available.

Weight loss is just one of the benefits.

Who doesn’t want to look and feel their best? It’s only natural. When you practice Muay Thai, you soon learn just how effective it is as a calorie burner. You’d be hard pressed to find one that burns as many calories. Okay, cross country skiing uphill does, but it’s not as easy to find a place to do it. As long as you eat healthy and don’t fill up on junk food, you’ll watch the pounds fall off. In fact, people who come here for fun, but don’t change their eating habits a bit often lose weight. Effective Calorie-burner: Very few sports make you burn as many calories as Muay Thai.

It’s a great method of self-defense.

You don’t have to be big to overcome an attacker. You just have to know the right moves. Most of the people that attack women are really cowards, who don’t have fighting skills. If you’re armed with Muay Thai, it’s not a guarantee you’ll come out a victor, but it does dramatically improve the odds. Kicks, punches and strikes can also stun your attacker and give you time to run. There’s no shame in running to safety! It’s the smart thing to do. That’s why you don’t have to win a fight when you’re armed with Muay Thai, it gives you the skills to deter the attacker and get away. In most cases, the attacker runs.

You’ll build muscle strength and look fabulous.

The lean muscular look has always been attractive. When you workout with Muay Thai, you won’t build bulky muscles, but sinewy, strong ones. Those trim muscles give you strength. Practicing helps all areas of fitness. Not only will you get stronger, you’ll have more endurance and flexibility, too. Even if you didn’t shed one pound after you started Muay Thai, you’ll wear a smaller clothing size because you’ll have more muscle tissue. Muscle tissue weighs more than fat tissue does per cubic inch, so the more you have, the thinner you’ll look.

• Muay Thai can help build your confidence. Improving your strength and endurance improves your confidence level. When you feel fit and strong, you feel like you can take on the whole world and win.
• You’ll look more confident. Part of the reason will be because you are, but even before that, the workout will help improve your posture, which gives you a more confident appearance.
• You’ll have fun. Unlike many types of workouts, Muay Thai is fun. The time goes really quickly and you’re never bored.
• You’ll feel fabulous after a Muay Thai session. It burns off those hormones from stress and replaces them with the happy hormones that make you feel good.

People in Long Island, NY have a lot of options that are good for fitness, but Muay Thai is one that’s at the top of the list for a variety of reasons. One of the biggest reasons is that it’s fun and it keeps you coming back for more. No matter how good any workout is, if you don’t do it, it won’t help you become fitter. Enjoying yourself can boost the potential for continuing your efforts to get fit and with Muay Thai, may even have you working on other types of fitness to help improve your skills in the sport.

Muay Thai is the art of 8-limbs.

As the name implies, it uses 8-points of contact to fight; hands, knees, elbows and feet. That not only gives a multitude of options when it comes to techniques (so you’ll never run out of new things to learn), but also works all parts of the body. Depending on whether you’re doing punches, foot-thrusts, kicks or defense moves depends on whether you’re working upper body, lower body or both. It strengthens and tones all body muscles, while giving you a sinewy muscular build.

Muay Thai gives you not only a full body workout, but also works on all types of fitness.

There are many types of fitness. While most people think of strength and endurance when they think of fitness, flexibility and balance are also fitness categories that shouldn’t be ignored. It combines both aerobic and anaerobic exercise and is better than running on a treadmill. While you go at top speed at times, you also have some periods of rest, which gives it the same benefits as high intensity interval training, one of the heart healthiest ways to exercise. The movements build both strength and flexibility. Try kicking your leg in the air frequently and you’ll know why it helps to improve balance.

You’ll burn tons of calories, so losing weight comes as one of the benefits.

Just toning your body and building more muscle tissue can help you lose weight. Any type of exercise can also add to the calories burned, but a Muay Thai workout can burn up to 700 calories in just one hour. That’s huge! Of course, no matter what type of exercise you use, you can’t out-exercise a poor diet, so you still have to eat healthy to get the best results. It simply makes reaching weight loss goals easier.

• The more you practice Muay Thai the more you become aware of your body and its needs. As people become more proficient, they start to focus on other areas of health to make them even better, like healthier eating.
• Muay Thai is a stress buster. It mimics the actions humans take when the flight or fight instinct sets in, so you burn off the hormones of stress that cause changes in your body that can create health conditions.
• Muay Thai boosts mental conditioning and brain health. It not only builds discipline and self-confidence, but also improves brain functioning by increasing circulation.
• You’ll build core strength and functional fitness. Functional fitness gives you the ability to do everyday jobs and be safer from injury.

You’ll have defense against attacks using the techniques you learn that combines a variety of Muay Thai moves to use all your limbs against the aggressor and the element of surprise. Even a smaller individual can defeat and deter a much larger person, giving you time to get away. You may not ever need to use it, since you get other benefits with Muay Thai training. One of those benefits is improved posture and self-confidence, which is one of the biggest deterrents when muggers are looking for potential victims. Bullies only bully people they think they can dominate.

Muay Thai was created for mortal combat.

In Muay Thai, the body parts are used to mimic weaponry. Elbows were used like hammers to strike a blow and hands were daggers or swords. The forearms and shins were honed to a point they absorbed blows like armor and prevented them from injuring delicate organs. The legs and knees were often used like weaponry, such as staffs or axes. These skills were passed from generation to generation and used effectively in hand to hand combat. No matter what your station in life, you always had the weapons of war and were ready for invading tribes.

You’ll walk taller after training and that gives you presence.

All types of exercise improves your overall fitness and helps your posture, but learning the art of self-defense gives you extra confidence. You’ll get amazing core strength training with Muay Thai that translates to a healthier slimmer body, but one that’s slimmed with muscle tissue. While weight lifting may build bulky muscles, Muay Thai builds sinewy ones. Men will have more bulk than women, just because of hormonal differences, but both will develop amazing strength by learning to use the whole body as one for defense.

You’ll improve your fitness level while also improving your mental capacity.

The body and mind work as one, particularly in Muay Thai. You’re constantly trying to anticipate your opponents next move. That prepares you for actual use in real life because you’re always one step ahead of the mugger, bully or assailant. It teaches respect and honor, so it is not only appropriate for adults, but also for children.

You’ll shed pounds fast as you work hard to develop the skills of Muay Thai. It’s physically taxing, but will get you into shape rapidly.

You’ll improve your power of concentration. Muay Thai defense training is more than just working out or boxing. It requires total focus and trains the mind to do it in times of distress. That helps keep you calm no matter what the emergency.

You won’t feel like you’re exercising even though you’ll be getting a total body workout. Part of the reason is that you’ll be focusing more on the moves than on your exhaustion.

You’ll develop self-discipline that will carry over to other areas of your life.

If you want to maintain weight loss, you first need to make lifestyle changes. Eating healthier is one of the first changes. Eating healthier doesn’t mean dieting, but making wiser choices when it comes to food. It means learning to avoid foods that have limited benefits but are higher in calories and eat those that will provide your body with the building stones required to keep you healthy. You also need to exercise regularly and stay active. Exercise does more than just burn calories.

You’ll be boosting your metabolism with regular exercise.

When you workout on a regular basis, you do more for your body than just burn calories at that moment. You’ll be building muscle tissue. Muscle tissue requires more calories than fat tissue does, so the more muscular you are, the more calories you’ll burn 24/7. That makes it easier to both lose weight and keep it from returning. You’ll also be doing your body a favor by improving flexibility, strength and endurance.

Choose an activity that interests you and is challenging.

One of the keys to staying motivated and keep you exercising is having an activity you enjoy. Just doing jumping jacks and calisthenics can be pretty boring after a while. Riding a bike or running has its limitation, particularly in bad weather. Finding a way of exercising that doesn’t seem like exercising, but keeps you mentally focused on the activity, rather than the workout is the best method. While golf or other sports involves the mental side, those sports don’t require you to be constantly moving, so they aren’t the ideal activity. Muay Thai, MMA, kick boxing and other competitive sports keep you constantly on the move.

You’ll develop more than just muscles and focus, you’ll develop respect for yourself and others.

Honor is an important part of the program in most martial arts techniques. While your goal is to defeat the opponent, respecting that opponent plays a role, just as respecting yourself is. You’ll be building your mental abilities and body and mind connection, too. You’ll learn to make lightening fast decisions on your next move to deter an aggressor, which keeps your mind active and healthy.

You’ll burn off more than calories, you’ll burn off the hormones created by stress when you practice Muay Thai.

No matter what type of fitness training you need, flexibility, strength, balance or endurance, training for Muay Thai will provide it.

You’ll build core strength. Building core muscles helps keep weight off since these are more than just abdominal muscles, but also back muscles too, requiring many calorie too maintain.

Learning Muay Thai helps build your sense of self-confidence. You’ll walk taller and have more respect for yourself, making eating healthier an easy decision.