BODYSTEP™ Your Legs Will Love It, Eventually

The fast paced, explosive step workout that will leave you upbeat and ready for more. Feel alive.

Using a height-adjustable step and simple movements on, over and around the step you get huge motivation from sing-along music and approachable instructors. Cardio blocks push fat-burning systems into high gear followed by muscle-conditioning tracks that shape and tone your body.

Like all the LES MILLS™ programs, a new BODYSTEP™ class is produced every three months with new music and choreography.

What will BODYSTEP™ do for me?

• Burn lots of calories for a leaner body
• Tone and shape the body
• Raise overall fitness levels
• Improve coordination
• Improve your bone health and density
• Increase your heart and lung capacity through a full-body cardio fitness workout

Describe A Typical Class:

There are 12 tracks of music in a BODYSTEP™ class. Each track has a specific exercise focus to create a full-body workout.

1. Warmup - Warm the body with simple aerobic moves.
2. Step Warmup - Learn how to step correctly as we continue to warm the body.
3. Step Orientation - In this track, we gradually lift the intensity of the workout by increasing our range of motion and adding light propulsions.
4. Step Athletic - This is the first peak. It’s time to lift the energy and your heart rate, break a sweat and climb higher with more athletic stepping moves.
5. Mixed Strength - Time to lower the step a level. We ease back on the cardio and place bigger demands on the legs and glutes for lower body strength and toning.
6. Power Peak - Power up for the second peak. We use powerful stepping exercises and dynamic lateral movement to improve cardio and endurance fitness.
7. Step Recovery - Catch your breath with slower and more controlled stepping exercises to focus on balance and stability and on lower body toning and sculpting.
8. Party Step - Let your hair down and have fun in this "anything goes" part of the class. We use different themes and movement styles to create a party on the step.
9. Speed Step - A signature track for BODYSTEP™. Lower the step height and step faster for speed and agility training.
10. Peak - This is the third and fi nal cardio peak where you have the option to raise the height of your step. This track is a physically challenging combination of dynamic propulsive exercises and strong lower-body moves.
11. Recovery/Leg Strength/Pushups/Abdominals - Catch your breath as you work your gluteals and legs, then move to the floor for conditioning work for the upper body and abdominals.
12. Cooldown/Stretch - We stretch our worked muscles as we cool down. This completes the full-body workout.

Tips for beginners:

• Start on a lower step height.
• Do the class without using your arms. Focus on what your feet need to do.
• If you get lost in a move, continue stepping with a move that you feel comfortable with. Observe, and if you feel up to the challenge, give the move a go.
  

For more information ask your instructor or visit lesmills.com/bodystep