Drumboxing puts you in that elusive flow state — the new L.A. exercise ‘blew my mind’

It’s an early Wednesday morning, and I’m about to work out — my noggin. “And it’s about getting past those mistakes and learning to move forward rather than be perfect.” The adaptability skill that Drumboxing hones can be applied in the real world, Wakefield says. Drumboxing, by comparison, “is always changing — that’s the point,” Wakefield says. But the technique, he says, “shows tremendous promise for attention, mindfulness and presence.” “My hypothesis,” Fox says, “is that Drumboxing engages a greater demand on working memory than other exercises — it’s like Simon Says meets improvisational music meets dance meets drumming meets boxing — and that’s where it provides extra brain stimulation. After class, Wakefield adds that — for all its focus on the brain, a kind of “meditation in motion” — Drumboxing shouldn’t be discounted as a cardio exercise that’s also good for agility training.