Les Mills is a global fitness training provider that trains exercise professionals to run a series of Les Mills branded group exercise classes. Famous the world over Les Mills classes include Body Pump, Body Jam, Body Balance, Body Attack and Body Step, to name but a few.
Becoming a qualified Les Mills instructor
The great advantage to becoming a Les Mills qualified instructor is that Les Mills is a worldwide recognised course. Thousands of gyms and health clubs across the globe offer Les Mills Body Pump classes, Body Jam classes and more. This means that being a Les Mills qualified instructor will open doors and possibly allow you to travel.
To fully understand the courses on offer with Les Mills, and the courses you might like to teach, it is perhaps best to outline each class and what it offers participants.
Becoming a Body Pump instructor
Body Pump is a group exercise class which teaches resistance training to music. Unlike traditional resistance training, lifting weights for 8 to 12 reps), Body Pump encourages resistance training for the length of a music track; working the legs to one whole track, the chest to another. This means instructors and trainers alike can increase muscle tone and get in shape.
Becoming a Body Attack instructor
Body Attack is a high energy fitness class that combines body weight exercises, including lunges, jumps, running, push ups and squats to well-known high energy music. Body Attack is a great way to burn calories and body fat whilst having fun working out in a positive and inspiring environment.
Becoming a Body Balance instructor
Body Balance is a yoga-based exercise class that tones the body and relaxes the mind. Body Balance instructors incorporate stretches found in yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates so that participants are able to tone their bodies whilst exercising to music.
Becoming a Body Step instructor
Body Step is a full body cardio workout to music that combines stepping with high energy moves like burgees, push ups and a weight plate for upper body exercises. This high energy class allows participants to burn lots of calories and enjoy exercising with others to high energy popular music.
Becoming a Body Combat instructor
Body Combat is a high energy martial arts based non-contact exercise class. Learn moves from karate, boxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, kung fu and capoeira and incorporate them into fluid moves to high energy music.
Becoming a Body Jam instructor
Body Jam is the ultimate combination of music and dance. Learn dance moves and move to popular music whilst burning lots of calories and body fat and tone the muscles of the legs, torso and arms.
Becoming a Les Mills Grit instructor
Les Mills Grit classes include Les Mills Grit Strength, Les Mills Grit Plyo and Les Mills Grit Cardio. As you can expect from the names each High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) style exercise class is based around some of fitness' key elements.
Les Mills Grit Strength is a High-Intensity Intervak Training (HIIT) workout that combines barbells, weight plates and body weight exercises over 30 minutes to build strong, lean muscles whilst listening to high energy music.
Les Mills Grit Plyo is a High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) plyometric workout that combines explosive jumping and agility exercises to build a strong, lean athletic body whilst working out to high energy music.
Les Mills Grit Cardio classes are High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) workout that combines a variety of body weight exercises to help improve fitness, speed whilst burning lots of calories in a 30 minute session to high energy music.
Other courses on offer at Les Mills
Being a dynamic training provider Les Mills is constantly looking to add new courses to its portfolio. Other popular Les Mills courses include:
- SH'Bam
- RPM
- CXWorx
- Body Vive
- Youth Training
So, whatever your taste in fitness, Les Mills offer fitness training courses to cater to most people's preferences. Les Mills courses are ideal for people already working in the fitness industry looking to add a extra string to their bow or for people looking to enter the fitness industry with an in demand style set.
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