According to the rating published in Shape magazine, the top five programs include martial arts and boxing. And this is not surprising. Combat fitness has no special contraindications; both men and women of all ages (even fifty-year-olds) enjoy it. It develops strength, endurance, flexibility and coordination of movements, and has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. And for burning calories and getting rid of excess weight, it simply has no equal. In just one lesson, you can lose a couple of pounds and burn 500 to 800 calories. Even cardio training on machines, everyone’s favorite running and strength exercises do not give such an effect.