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A group of Johannesburg grandmothers are showing age is no obstacle to...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEAD IN:\u003cbr/\u003e              Whether it's welter weight, or heavy weight, boxing is a high intensity sport not usually associated with pensioners, until now.\u003cbr/\u003e              A group of Johannesburg grandmothers are showing age is no obstacle to stepping into the ring. \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              STORY-LINE:\u003cbr/\u003e              Seventy-nine year old Constant Ngubane and seventy seven year old Gladys Ngwenya are best friends and neighbours, but they could be sparring partners.\u003cbr/\u003e              They're both members of the A Team gym in Johannesburg - a group of grannies who are now hitting the punch bags here twice a week.\u003cbr/\u003e              Coach Claude Maphosa takes the women through professional boxing training exercises, but they don't throw any body punches.\u003cbr/\u003e              Landing jabs and upper cuts though, isn't why the women are here.\u003cbr/\u003e              Numerous studies, including research commissioned by the American Heart Association shows aerobic exercise is beneficial in lowering blood pressure, reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.\u003cbr/\u003e              Ngubane has noticed a marked improvement in her health since she started training.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I enjoy boxing because it makes me fit. Over the years whenever I visited the clinic I had high blood pressure. Since taking up boxing, when I go to the clinic they say I don't have high blood pressure. I feel stronger since coming to gym. I feel like I have more power.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Maphosa a former mixed martial arts fighter has also observed the benefits that come from the social aspects of the training.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's successful because the ladies seem to like being taken out of their comfort zone, and getting the chance to make new friends. They socialise and enjoy each other's company. \u003cbr/\u003e              Maphosa provides free boxing training to pensioners and says he supports the aim of improving fitness and enabling a level of self-defence.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is part of a self-defence training, not to go out and fight people. It's a discipline that brings self-confidence. And if anyone tries to attack you, you'll know how to defend yourself.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Ngwenya is reassured by this, she says: \"I like boxing. It feels good knowing that if a thief or criminal were to try anything on me, I'll be ready to punch back in self-defence. So I feel much safer, thanks to Claude.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Claudia Gallon at Cape Town's Sports Science Institute stresses the value of exercise.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So the development of obesity and non-communicable diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type two diabetes is on a critical rise here in South Africa.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The Sports Science Institute of South Africa is part of the University of Cape Town which has ongoing projects looking at health, wellbeing and chronic disease.\u003cbr/\u003e              Gallon says: \"The research shows that a programme that almost marries good healthy eating and exercise is the perfect way to combat these non-communicable diseases. In terms of an exercise regime, which is very similar to your boxing exercises would be to have cardiovascular training and resistance training. When you combine those two – cardiovascular training, things like punching, running, swimming, walking versus resistance training which is body weight exercises, circuit training, machine training. Exercises like that not only builds muscle mass, but also improves the metabolic rate which means you can control that development of obesity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              There's no disputing the importance of exercise, but it is inadvisable for older people to receive or land punches to the head or body.\u003cbr/\u003e              Pre-existing conditions like aneurysms or high cholesterol could lead to fatality, or a stroke according to Medical Doctor Solly Skosana.\u003cbr/\u003e              He's performed the role of medical attendee at professional boxing matches in South Africa for 30 years.\u003cbr/\u003e              Skosana believes using pads and punch bags is safe, but he warns that elderly people need to take care when sparring. \u003cbr/\u003e              He says: \"The problem comes when you are engaged in active combat whether it be sparring which is quite mild, to extreme force being applied to that, to the head or to any part of the body, that would lead to some fatalities, bearing in mind that these people have not been checked by doctors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Skosana advises reflexes, coordination, muscular activity and eye sight need to be assessed before anyone can box, in the meantime these grandmothers are already fighting their way to fitness.\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Johannesburg, South Africa -16 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Mid of Constant Ngubane doing boxing training exercises \u003cbr/\u003e              2. Mid of Gladys Ngwenya doing boxing training exercises\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Wide of a group of women pensioners doing boxing exercises\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Mid tilt up a group of women pensioners doing boxing exercises \u003cbr/\u003e              5. Wide of top shot of boxing coach Claude Maphosa training a pensioner at the A Team Boxing Gym\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Mid of Constant Ngubane throwing cross punches into pads being held by Claude Maphosa\u003cbr/\u003e              7. SOUNDBITE: (isiZulu) Constant Ngubane, boxing granny\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I enjoy boxing because it makes me fit. Over the years whenever I visited the clinic I had high blood pressure. Since taking up boxing, when I go to the clinic they say I don't have high blood pressure. I feel stronger since coming to gym. I feel like I have more power.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Low angle of Maphosa in the boxing ring taking punches from Ngubane\u003cbr/\u003e              9. SOUNDBITE: (isiZulu): Claude Maphosa, boxing instructor\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's successful because the ladies seem to like being taken out of their comfort zone, and getting the chance to make new friends. They socialise and enjoy each other's company.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Mid of Ngubane shadow boxing in the ring \u003cbr/\u003e              11. SOUNDBITE: (isiZulu) Claude Maphosa, boxing instructor:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"This is part of a self-defence training, not to go out and fight people. It's a discipline that brings self-confidence. And if anyone tries to attack you, you'll know how to defend yourself.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Close tilt up of Ngubane punching a punch bag\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Wide of Gladys Ngwenya doing boxing exercises at the A Team gym\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (isiZulu): Gladys Ngwenya, boxing granny:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I like boxing. It feels good knowing that if a thief or criminal were to try anything on me, I'll be ready to punch back in self-defence. So I feel much safer, thanks to Claude.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Wide pan of elderly women boxing at the A Team gym \u003cbr/\u003e              Cape Town, South Africa - 27 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Wide of weight manager Claudia Gallon walking through the Newlands Sports Science Institute\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Claudia Gallon, Nutrition Manager, Newlands Sports Science Institute\u003cbr/\u003e              \"So the development of obesity and non-communicable diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type two diabetes is on a critical rise here in South Africa. The research shows that a programme that almost marries good healthy eating and exercise is the perfect way to combat these non-communicable diseases.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Johannesburg, South Africa - 16 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Close of pensioner hitting punch bag\u003cbr/\u003e              19. Wide of women seated on a bench doing ball exercise\u003cbr/\u003e              20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Claudia Gallon, Nutrition Manager, Newlands Sports Science Institute\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In terms of an exercise regime, which is very similar to your boxing exercises, would be to have cardiovascular training and resistance training. When you combine those two, cardiovascular training: things like punching, running, swimming, walking versus resistance training which is body weight exercises, circuit training, machine training. Exercise like that not only builds muscle mass, but also improves the metabolic rate which means you can control that development of obesity.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Johannesburg, South Africa - 16 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              21. Wide of medical Doctor Solly Skosana sitting in his office\u003cbr/\u003e              22. SOUNDBITE (English): Dr Solly Skosana, Medical Doctor and medical attendee at professional boxing matches:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"The problem comes when you are engaged in active combat whether it be sparring which is quite mild, to extreme force being applied to that, to the head or to any part of the body, that would lead to some fatalities, bearing in mind that these people have not been checked by doctors.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Johannesburg, South Africa - 16 November 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              23. 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