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Kicking Booty in Les Mills Body Combat

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About a year in from my first certification as a Les Mills fitness instructor and I can 100 percent say that I have absolutely loved teaching these fitness classes and it was a great decision! Les Mills was founded in New Zealand in 1968 by the Mills clan. They are the most inspiring, athletic, active and perfect family! I don’t know for sure, but I think they might be born with a six pack. The Les Mills community is amazing and it’s incredible to connect with fellow instructors from all over the globe. As a class participant, how fun is it to know that people from Africa to Australia are doing the same exact classes as you? Pretty powerful!

I started my group fitness instructing journey teaching Body Pump and love this body changing weights class, not to mention the gained strength and muscle definition! This class is truly incredible how quickly it tones and gets you in shape without hurting your body. With all the fitness fads, I fear some are a little too intense to be long-term, realistic plan. Nothing against those intense classes, I think they’re awesome, but not everyone can do them forever and they can be dangerous if you don’t properly listen to your body and push yourself too hard, too fast. Les Mills group fitness classes are great for people of all ages, in all stages of their fitness journey. They’re realistic and have many different modifications for all fitness levels. My classes typically range from 17 years to 70 years. How amazing is that?!

 

A couple weekends ago, I began the certification process for Body Combat and couldn’t be more excited. It’s such an intense class that will get you sweating within the first track, or should I say “round?” There are a total of 8 rounds and you can burn up to 740 calories in one class.
Body Combat is a martial arts workout that includes Karate, Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira and Kung Fu. You throw endless punches and kicks and basically feel like a Bad B after leaving the workout. Dare someone to look at you in the wrong way!
Our instructor, on the left, was inspiring and definitely not someone to be messed with! She fooled you by being so sweet, but we quickly learned that you didn’t want to block for her! Similarly, another classmate was a a professional boxer who wanted to officially be certified in Les Mills Body Combat. She was fierce! I was thankful to get to learn from a great teacher, and get some tips from a pro boxer. Needless to say, my form was not quite there, but hey, you have to start somewhere!

Never ever be embarrassed to start something that you feel uncomfortable with, otherwise you’ll never learn anything new! How boring would that be?If you’re in the OKC area, I don’t have a class yet but am hoping to soon and will keep you posted on Facebook! Please join me sometime! 🙂

Have you tried Les Mills fitness classes? Which is your favorite?

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  2. I just took a Les Mills combat class for the first time in 6 years. I loved Les Mills classes in a gym in London when I lived there. Now I`m in France and I was disappointed with the combat class tonight. It was dangerously fast, as could be seen on the rushed movements of the people in the class. An instructor at the same gym told me she didn´t like teaching the Les Mills Body Balance anymore because the movements have become so fast that the Asian arts aspect of harmony got left in the fast lane. I`m sad that les Mills, that I once really loved and whose classes helped me shed 28 kg, have become something that I am afraid will leave me with an injury.

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    • Hey Elizabeth, I’m sorry to hear that too! It’s of the upmost importance to keep everyone safe in group fitness classes! Hopefully your comments and concerns will be heard at your specific gym and more modifications will be shown in the class next time! Have you tried Body Pump before? XO Chloe

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