If you are passionate about rock and want to get in shape while having fun, you are in luck; A new sports trend has arrived from California, pound fitness or pound fit that uses rock music – although other genres in which a high drum beat is given – could be used while plyometric , isometric, Pilates and yoga postures are performed. , which are combined with exercises that occur in any aerobics class .
And that’s not all; We must add the variant ‘pound’, or ‘hit’, in English, but not to another person as happens in contact sports such as boxing , but with two drumsticks in the air or between them, as the drummers of a group of drummers do. rock, which produces greater energy expenditure . Pound fitness is a great combination of disciplines, in which the muscles are worked globally , and can be adjusted to the level of the practitioner, whether he or she has great physical resistance or is a beginner.
Origins of pound fitness and Ripstix drumsticks
Although there are several theories about the origin of the pound fit, the most widespread refers to a personal story: in 2010, a trainer who was fond of music used her drums to mentally escape a breakup with her partner but, having her stool broken, He decided to play an hour of squatting songs from Rage Against the Machine .
The next day she felt quite sore , so much so that she could barely get up from the couch and, together with Kirsten Potenza, another former university athlete colleague, they observed that the sensation even had similarities with what is experienced after practicing Pilates, so they both decided to develop an activity that combined physical exercise with the passion they felt for rock. Thus, in 2011 they began to design exercise routines, and little by little they expanded the variety, created a program called Rockout, workout , and designed special drumsticks that they called Ripstix .
A peculiarity that Ripstix drumsticks have for pound fit is that they weigh twice as much as those of drummers in musical groups, which allows the shoulders, back, pectorals, triceps, biceps and forearms to be worked with more weight. In addition, the use of Ripstix provides greater stability and balance in different movements. Two common characteristics are that they are usually made of plastic and phosphor green, so they are easier to follow when a monitor performs the movements.
