VIDEO: Boxing Gym Attracts Novices and Pros

When clients walk into Champion Boxing Fitness on Rockville Pike, they don't have to worry about any skills they may lack, according to the gym's management. That's because the gym caters to regular people who want to use boxing just to work out.

"I saw the workouts that boxing and kickboxing can do and produce to the members," said co-owner David Sheehi. "It was phenomenal, the results were so quickly established."

Sheehi decided to make sure Champion Boxing Fitness made that workout accessible to all.

"I kind of designed the program with real professional boxers, real professional kickboxers and real professional coaches to teach and to work with new members and clients and help them get the results that they're looking for in a fun environment," he said.

That fun environment includes “hitting bags, relieving stress," he said. 

"Most of the population is all about stress now. So this really has been a plus [for] somebody coming in who has that high[ly] stressful environment that they work in or live in, they can come in and hit the bags and then lose weight at the same time."

Melina Garcia, from Derwood, said she switched to Champion Boxing Fitness from another gym because she likes "that there are different levels."

"There are people training for matches," she said. "It inspires me to work harder."

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