{"id":8528,"date":"2018-01-22T05:50:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:50:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-01-22T05:50:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:50:37","slug":"dubai-boxing-reality-tv-fighting-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/lifestyle\/health\/dubai-boxing-reality-tv-fighting-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai’s Boxing Reality Show Is Taking Applications For Season 3 And You Absolutely Definitely Should Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fighting Fit DXB is a reality tv show about UAE residents being put through their paces, in an eight-week stint; being taught how to box, and ending up in the ring at the end of the eight weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The idea of it is a little scary for some, exhilarating for others and questionable for more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As a former participant of the show, I\u00a0implore you, to apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fighting Fit DXB changed my life<\/h3>\n

In 2015, I\u00a0flippantly put my name on a list of applicants for a reality tv show – for work. My boss told me to go down and check out the auditions for a news story, so I\u00a0applied to get the inside edge on the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A few days later, I\u00a0got a call from a producer, asking me more about myself. I\u00a0was taken aback, but never one to shy away from stories, I\u00a0chatted away about my life, my struggles, my aims and my general day. I didn’t think much of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the auditions (free workout, winner! I\u00a0thought), I\u00a0got asked a bit more about myself – why did I\u00a0want to get in shape?\u00a0I\u00a0was sheepish about my weight, I had spiraled out of control with eating and drinking and thought the 10-minute walk from my house to the metro was enough exercise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before I knew it<\/h3>\n

I\u00a0was in, I’d been allocated a gym and a team, and had committed to an eight-week intensive boxing training course, and was being punched in the face for the first time in my life.<\/p>\n

It was shocking at first, being punched. I didn’t like it. I cried. I\u00a0fell over. I\u00a0curled up in a ball and begged my coach to let me stop. But the coaches, and my team didn’t let me stop. They made me keep going.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Boxing may seem violent or gruesome\u00a0<\/h3>\n

And sure, there’s the occasional nose-bleed, but it’s rewarding. It is just you, in the ring – there’s nothing to hide behind, nowhere to run, and it forces you to dig deep and find the courage, to walk forward into head-on punches and keep moving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Before I\u00a0knew it, I\u00a0was hooked\u00a0<\/h3>\n

I\u00a0was excited to get in the ring, to have my turn. To get in and have a go, throw some punches, take some punches. I became obsessed, I\u00a0loved it. All I\u00a0could talk about was boxing. I\u00a0felt alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u00a0was losing weight, getting stronger, faster and fitter. And my mental state was stronger than I’d ever felt. I learnt to block out the negative voice in my head – the one that told me to quit at the start. I\u00a0pushed myself harder than I’d ever pushed before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I was proud of my first nosebleed<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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The show allows you to rediscover yourself\u00a0<\/h3>\n

You learn so much more about what you are capable of – there were mornings I\u00a0cried because the punches hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There were mornings I\u00a0ran out of the ring and my coaches shouted at me to get back in. There were days were I literally fell over, and didn’t want to get back up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But there were also days were I\u00a0couldn’t believe how lucky I was, to get this opportunity – to run through Wadi Adventure in a competition, do a 42-flight stair-climb at Media One,\u00a0to participate in a free two-month intensive training programme, and make new friends, and got to have a whole team of people invested in my training, my fight, and my wellbeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The stairclimb at Media One was one of the toughest<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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I also lost nearly 7kg in eight weeks<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n

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Fighting Fight DXB taught me how to fight, inside and outside the ring<\/h3>\n

It taught me how to pick myself up, dust myself off, and get back in there, in boxing, in training and in life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And it will do the same for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Apply via social media using the hashtag #IcanIhaveIam<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n

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Step 1: I CAN Change . . Apply for FIGHTING FIT DUBAI Season 3 now! Simply post a photo of yourself along with the hashtag #ICanIHaveIAm . #fightingfitdxb #ICanIHaveIAm #ICan #fightigfitdubai #nomadmediatv #myjourney #inspiration #boxer #fighter #transformation #fitnesslifestyle #dubaifit #fitdubai #dubaifitfam #mydubai #dubailife #dubaigym #uaefitness #dubaifitnessmovement #uaefitnessmovement #fitspiration #tvseries #tvproduction<\/a><\/p>\n

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