A - Z Guide

What is Body Step?

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

Every three months, Les Mills releases a new BODYSTEP class with fresh choreography and music.

BODYSTEP is a simple, athletic and fun workout using an adjustable step platform to step up and down to uplifting music. Some of the benefits you can expect to achieve in this class are toning
for the lower body, increased cardio fitness and coordination, and upper and lower body conditioning for functional strength.

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

1. Warmup
This is where we warm the body with simple aerobic moves.

2. Step Warmup
Think of this track as ‘Step School’. This is where we 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 movement and adding light propulsions.

4. Step Athletic
This is the first peak, or high point in the class. It’s time to lift the energy and your heart rate, break a sweat and climb higher with more athletic stepping exercises to improve cardio fitness.

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
It’s time to power up, and hit the second peak. We use powerful stepping exercises and dynamic lateral movement to improve cardio and endurance fitness.

7. Step Recovery
This is where we catch our breath with slower and more controlled stepping exercises to work on our balance and stability. We also focus on lower body toning and sculpting.

8. Party Step
Let your hair down, smile and have fun in this ‘anything goes’ approach to stepping. We use different themes and movement styles to create a party on a step.

9. Speed Step
A signature track for BODYSTEP. We lower the step height, and move our feet faster for speed and agility training.

10. Peak
This is the third and final 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 b lower moves. You’ll be encouraged to give it all you’ve got, and then feel rewarded as you make it to the end.

11. Recovery/Pushups/Abdominals
In this track we catch our breath, 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.
Like all the Les Mills programs, a new BODYSTEP class is released every three months with new music and choreography.

Source: Les Mills website (www.lesmills.com)