Les Mills Music Body Attack

[Desiderato Chouinard]

Adeceptively hard track! Similar to track 4 it has 4 short and intense rounds. The 12 fast triceps are a kicker! I like the leg raises as they really get into the butt and we do enough squats and lunges in the rest of body attack!

I like the ladder run combination with the 360 turn but think this track could have stepped it up a bit difficulty wise, especially compared to the last few agility tracks, such as something to make the step-knees more intense. But great song to singalong to!

For Pump, Combat, CX and Sh'Bam, I use the 'Cardio' workout, and then later rename it to the relevant Les Mills workout. This works for me, as it gives me all the useful metrics including HR, calories and time. It also gives some useless metrics such as elevation (but I choose to ignore this, it doesn't bother me to have this information in there).

I think the question is how do you measure the essence of a body pump session? As a "cardio activity", it's an hour in HRZ 1/2/3, mildly aerobic and zero anaerobic, yet my limbs are dropping off with lactic burn!!! I don't think there is a good activity measure for this. The answers here let us record the activity like a diary event, but they don't help us measure the true activity.

You're so right! I'm new to Garmin and enjoying it but so disappointed about this. I do loads of Les mills and CrossFit-type classes and Garmin just can't handle them at all..! Really disappointing. I should have done better research, I thought they were better at this stuff but this is basic..

I teach the classes and get a little annoyed I can't track them properly. HR doesn't really help. In the case of pump, it's lifting to a big degree, but extremely different than a normal lifting session and should be accounted for properly within Connect so the overall training metrics would be more correct. Especially when being combined with the typical running, biking and swimming. I'm sure the body battery, training effect and so on isn't correct after recording the class as cardio.

I'll also hold small pump weights or use my own weighted gloves during combat (don't knock it till you try it) for a little endurance in the back and shoulders. And I'm pretty sure that doesn't get accounted for properly under cardio.

I like everything else about my Fenix, well mostly, but still wonder about trying a watch that incorporates LM into their activities. Honestly, it wouldn't be hard for them to add in the activities. Having gone to LM Live the other week, 7hrs of classes really didn't have the effect in Connect it should if it could have been recorded properly. And thus it drags down your overall metrics because it doesn't show the work you put in.

Module training, much like in recent days, was a 2 day course but back in 2011 we did not receive our media 2 weeks before training like trainees do now, we received our music kits and our training manuals on day one of our training. We were also given a track to learn which we had to start scripting in the first day. But unlike training in recent times, we did not have to present our track on the first day.

The module was a quiet one by standards back in those days. A normal module back then would have no less than 15 trainees, my module had 9. There were a good mix of trainees with varying instructing experience and fitness levels. The training was held at Living Well in the Sydney Hilton and started at 8am sharp. We all met in the waiting area of the gym and did our introductions. A brief overview of what the weekend would entail was presented to us by our trainer along with getting our DVD kit, manual and track allocation and then it was off to the studio to do a master class with our trainer instructing to us trainees and the gym participants.

The rest of day one is a bit of a blur, it has been over 5 years after all, but the first day consisted of learning about the history and the 5 key elements of Body Attack (back then it was Choreography, Technique, Coaching, Connection and Fitness Magic. I believe the fifth key element is now called Performance), spending over 2 hours perfecting our technique by literally standing in front of the mirror doing jacks, kicks, knee lifts, plyometric lunges, gallops etc until our body lines were sharper than swords, doing a fitness test consisting of the beep test, sit and reach test, push-up test and sit-up test and studying and scripting our track so that we could get assistance before performing it for the first time the next morning.

After a long first day, we were finally given the all clear to leave at about 6pm. I went home and had a long hot bath and got my leg re-taped for the next day as it was really starting to throb. Then I went over my DVD and choreo notes and scripted like mad. I was adamant that I was going to coach like a master to mask my failing fibula!

Day 2 commenced early once again and basically as soon as we arrived we had to do our first track presentation. Our presentation was video recorded by our trainer so that we could watch it afterwards and actually see why we were being given the feedback we were getting. This was incredibly useful as we could see exactly what our trainer had seen and we could use the visual and audio to work on our technique in the mirror and fix up our coaching.

The day continued with more learning, focusing on connection and fitness magic, more scripting and technique fixing time, the Body Attack Challenge (kinda like a 45 minute tabata circuit with the current track 4 and 9 thrown in to really make you wanna spew) and then finally the second presentation of our track. Once we were done, we were given some time to just chill as our trainer spoke to us one by one to give us our results. Back then, there were 3 outcomes, Pass, Withheld, Resit. I got a pass! These days, there are only 2 outcomes, Pass and Resit. Finally at 6pm again we were given the ok to go home so we all exchanged details, said our goodbyes and went home.

This is a high energy cardio kickboxing style workout. It is designed to be a party with lots of energy and fun. It is modified kickboxing with elements of dance as well. The music is key to the workout and includes lots of top chart hits with a club feel. It is a fast paced workout. Form is important if you want to see sculpting changes in your body, but the main focus is high calorie burn and tons of fun. The hour should not feel like a workout, it should be a party.

Is one class better than another? No. They all burn mega calories and get you moving. You need to try them all (several times!) to decide which one(s) are for you. I teach all of them and love all of them for different reasons.

Lisa Osborne, an Aussie now living in New Zealand, lovingly puts together each release of BODYATTACK, and is a former World Aerobics Champion herself. Her passion, inspiration and energy is the heart and soul of this program.

Since I started BODYATTACK, the program has shifted and tightened up its focus in with its roots now firmly planted in the sports-inspired arena. Gone are the days of the old school aerobics, and in is functional training, but its heart remains: high energy moves, high energy music, and an intoxicatingly addictive group fitness program.

From BODYATTACK 83, the warm up started becoming more full body, including body weight strength training, and from BODYATTACK 87, the strength based tracks switched focus: Upper Body Conditioning (track 5) became Athletic Strength, combining Lower and Upper Body in to one track, and Lower Body Conditioning and Core (10 and 11) changing just to a longer and more challenging core track.

Track 9, Power, is the finale, the final push. It is explosive, massive and powerful, and is designed to take you to your limit. Burpees, tuck jumps, circuit training: whatever the training, it is big, bold, and meant to leave you breathless. And maybe needing a bucket if you really did it well.

The class wraps up with that ever-important core track, and of course, a cooldown. But for more of a stretch, and to help with recovery, mobility, strength and mental balance, its always good to have a program like BODYBALANCE in your schedule too.

The revolutionary weight training workout using barbells with adjustable weights, set to motivating music. Body Pump is a simple, athletic based workout that strengthens, tones and defines every major muscle group in your body. Ideal for beginners right through to experienced exercisers.

A high energy cardio workout on a stationary bike to motivating music, ideal for all fitness levels. You will get unparalleled fitness results as your instructor coaches you through flat roads, hills, intervals, and more.

An hour format designed especially for our beginners, seniors, pre and post natal members, as well as those who just want a nice slow stretch. Providing the basics of breath, alignment and the benefits of Yoga, while demystifying the 5,000 year old practice, this class offers the necessary instruction allowing all to feel successful. Bring a towel and prepare to relax and rejuvenate.

Energizing, no impact class for all fitness levels where muscle sculpting is combined with the core training benefits of Pilates and the strength and flexibility of yoga. The speed of the movements is increased for a true cardio benefit also! Come redefine your body.

This 60 Minute class is a Barbell Program containing eight separate muscle-group specific "tracks" along with an opening warm up track and closing cool-down track. Classes are performed to music using free weights-plates, barbells and an aerobic step. Participants choose their weights based on the exercise and their personal goals. Major muscle groups are worked via series of compound and isolation-based exercises including squats, presses, and dead lifts. The focus is towards muscle endurance and strengthening.

Sports-inspired cardio workout designed for building strength and stamina. This high-energy interval training class combines athletic aerobic movements with strength and stabilization exercises. Body Attack is high impact aerobics set to music and is safe for all ages.

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