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[Kayleen]

LesMills On Demand Review Is it worth the money? Are the workouts any good? I share my brutally honest opinion in my latest blog post #homeworkout #lesmills #lesmillsondemand #workoutreview #workoutreviews #healthcoach

Les Mills, the fitness brand started way back in 1968 with four-time olympian Les Mills started his first gym in New Zealand, Auckland. But it was Phillip Mills and his wife Jackie that turned the brand into the phenomenon that it is today, being specifically known for its group exercise classes that are driven by the beat of the music and become iconic with the Les Mills workouts and formats.

I can see that this was introduced in the name of safety and they do have a focus in the coaching on good form. But years of limiting what is a fairly natural movement is a disservice to the human body and as I have evolved as a coach, mobility work and strength through a bigger and natural range of functional movements is something that I am a big supporter of now.

I only stopped teaching the programmes because I moved away from teaching in clubs and opened my own fitness studio and the programme licences are just beyond the affordability of smaller boutique types studios such as the one I was creating.

I was intrigued to see if the on-demand portal could deliver the same high-energy Les mills experience in your own home and get to relive some of my early fitness years to see if I did indeed still enjoy it as much as I remember doing.

I like that they have broken up the formats so that if you are short on time you can do either an upper body, a lower body or a metabolic blast in their range of 30, 45, and 55-minute formats. Having the time and so went in for the full 55-minute session.

I have to admit, I completely loved the workout experience, the music, the moves, it just really took me right back to my early years of teaching group exercise. Maybe it was a little bit of nostalgia, but I walked away from the workout with a smile on my face, and the trembling muscles that comes with an intense workout. I really feel that the Les Mills programs always deliver a feel good experience no matter your fitness goals or which program you choose to follow.

That was always something that I loved about these sessions, the pump in the muscles and the feeling of having really pushed yourself. I also had to really drop my weight from what I thought I would be able to do because of the high rep range. I found it really hard, even though I am someone who trains regularly.

Next on my try list was Grit. I did the 30 minute grit strength session as I was short on time. Les Mills grit is the 30-minute high-intensity interval training exercise programme series where the energy is high, even if the workout is short.

Again I like that they have adapted to offer 30, 45 and 55 minute options. I was actually feeling a little under the weather, and also short on time so I opted for the 30-minute session and still managed to work up a sweat without leaving myself completely exhausted. I definitely want to try and get the full version in once I am feeling 100% and to give it my everything.

Despite not knowing the names of the ballet moves (i presume these would come over time) I actually quite enjoyed this session. You can really feel a different type of intensity with the moves and routines. An intensity that lets you know that you are using more of the smaller more stabilising muscles that you may not normally use in many traditional fitness moves.

This is one of their newer programmes and I feel its intention is to compete with the likes of Zumba. Though I really like that it does include a lot of different dance styles such as rave, pop, commercial, Old school and jazz.

This review could get seriously long if I was to review in full every single programme on there. There is such a huge variety of workouts available and a monumental library of workouts to choose from.

I supplemented plates with dumbells and used the resistance bands I already had. I do only have an Olympic lifting bar which was a bit too heavy for me to use the bar for the chest track (even without any plates on) and so I just supplement with my dumbbells.

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