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There are many reasons why overweight people might struggle to lose weight, and if you are not overweight, you might struggle to understand this. What I can say is that the fitness community hardly ever judges people. In fact, they welcome people who are trying to change their lives. This is true with the martial arts community, but what martial arts<\/a> help you lose weight?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best martial arts for people who are trying to lose weight are Brazilian jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing, and Kickboxing. Almost all martial arts communities are very non-judgemental. The martial arts itself also teaches you discipline, willpower, and self-control which in the long run, is the best way of losing weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will start it off a little bit differently and talk about why overweight people should do martial arts. Once we get through that, we will then look at the four best martial arts for overweight people to do, especially if they are trying to lose weight. So, let’s jump into it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Overweight People Should Do Martial Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Usually, with these types of posts, I just go straight ahead and start talking about the best martial arts for certain types of people to do. For this article, I will still do that, but we will start by discussing why overweight people should do martial arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martial arts is a great way to shed weight fast. You do so while learning how to defend yourself. While that is all great, the biggest benefit of doing martial arts is learning discipline, and this discipline is not forced upon you. It comes naturally, and finally, martial arts is a lot of fun, so most people who start it stick with it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my career, I have met many people who are overweight and who are just starting, and I have also met a lot of people who were overweight before starting martial arts. So, it is safe to say that I have a better understanding of what it is like for somebody who has a little bit of extra weight to try to start exercising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not easy, and a lot of people don’t understand that. However, the people I have spoken to and trained have said that martial arts, because of how it trains you and because of the discipline it installs in you, has helped so many people achieve their goals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the people that I have spoken to generally all had similar stories. They tried waking up early to go for a run, they tried the fad diets, and they tried going to the gym, where they felt really insecure about themselves. This will not happen to you at martial arts. If anything, the martial arts community is extremely welcoming and not very judgemental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Best Martial Art For Overweight people<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this section, we will talk about the 4 best martial arts for you to do to help you lose weight. So, you might be slightly surprised with our selections. We aren’t going to talk about sumo wrestling because we are writing this article with the assumption that you are in it to learn a martial art and lose weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n