BODYBALANCE 76

DECLARATION
OUR
The Les Mills global family is made up of
17,500 fitness clubs, 130,000 instructors
OF INTENT
and millions of participants from 100 countries
As a company that leads group fitness
experiences for millions of people every
day, we walk a fine line between delivering
around the globe. cutting-edge, innovative products and ensuring
SEPARATED BY GEOGRAPHY, that accepted norms are upheld and respected.
RELIGION, RACE, COLOR AND Choosing, licensing and matching
CREED, WE ARE UNITED IN OUR choreography to the right music is a huge
challenge! We screen the music we use and
LOVE OF MOVEMENT, MUSIC AND try to avoid language and references that may
THE PURSUIT OF HEALTHY LIVING, cause offense. If we can, sometimes there will
BOTH FOR OURSELVES AND OUR be an alternative track (at the bottom of the
PLANET. track list) for you to use instead.
AT LES MILLS WE BELIEVE IN THE WE EMBRACE OPEN
DIGNITY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION WITH OUR GLOBAL
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SO DIFFERENCES OF
STRIVE TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OPINION CAN BE EXPRESSED, AND
AND FREEDOMS OF ALL. COMPROMISES REACHED.
In our choice of role models, music and From L-R: Dr Jackie Mills, Laura Birchenough, Diana Archer Mills, Kylie Gates, Corey Baird
ABOVE ALL, WE ARE PASSIONATE
movements we understand that different people Hello and welcome to BODYBALANCE 76!
ABOUT DELIVERING LIFE-CHANGING
and societies have different standards for dress, FITNESS EXPERIENCES, EVERY We choreographed this release while on holiday... can you tell?
popular culture and dance.
TIME, EVERYWHERE. It’s smooth and slow and accompanied by a lot of upbeat music – it’s really pretty lovely, even if we do say so
WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHAT IS ourselves!
CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE IN
SOME CONTEXTS CAN BE SEEN AS
INAPPROPRIATE IN OTHERS.
BLAH BE LOUD
AND HEARD
Tell us what you think of this release.
Highlights include a fast Vinyasa Sun Salutations track, guaranteed to get you very warm, a double Standing
Strength hit – both so good that we couldn’t decide which one to use so gave you both – and possibly the
hardest yet simplest Track 6 ever... you’ll love it – eventually :)
Visit lesmills.com/BLAH
Enjoy
J&D

Hey instructors! When it comes to mixing up past releases, please try to

select tracks from the most recent material to reflect current moves, music BODYBALANCE Presenters
Dr Jackie Mills (New Zealand) is the Les Mills Corey Baird (New Zealand) is a Technical Consultant for
and training principles. If you are teaching older choreography, be sure to Chief Creative Officer and co-Program Director for BODYBALANCE/BODYFLOW, CXWORX and BODYPUMP,
mix it with modern tracks and do not change the choreography; teach BODYBALANCE/BODYFLOW®. She is based in Auckland. and a Personal Trainer and Pilates Teacher based at Les
Mills Auckland.
the tracks as they were created but you can apply more modern language Diana Archer Mills (New Zealand) is co-Program Director
for BODYBALANCE/BODYFLOW and Creative Director Laura Birchenough (Australia) is a BODYBALANCE/
and terminology. for BODYCOMBAT™, BODYJAM™, BODYPUMP™ and BODYFLOW Trainer, and a BODYATTACK, BODYPUMP and
RPM™. She is based in Auckland. CXWORX Instructor. She is based in Perth.
Kylie Gates (New Zealand) is the Head Program Coach
for BODYPUMP and Creative Director for BODYATTACK™,
BODYBALANCE/BODYFLOW, BODYVIVE 3.1™,
CXWORX™ and SH’BAM™. She also teaches Yoga and is
based in Auckland.
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BORN TO MOVE: TEACHING IN THE
NEW RESEARCH ESSENCE OF BODYBALANCE
How much exercise did you do as a child? classes. The children also answered questions
How much exercise do you do now? relating to enjoyment, the music, the teacher and Six Keys to unlocking the Mind-Body Experience
Can you see a correlation between the two? how competent they felt during the class.
Stay in a Balance Frame of Mind Don’t Waste Words
Research has shown that your activity levels as a The results clearly demonstrated that BORN TO This means coming to class with a positive, People will naturally follow our movement;
child will predict how active you are as an adult.1 MOVE is a fantastic solution to getting children respectful attitude. Acknowledge that your so choose Follow-up Cues that describe the
motivated to exercise. The children in the BORN participants are on individual journeys and your feel or detail of the poses that they can not
Youth Physical Activity Guidelines recommend that TO MOVE group accumulated more moderate class will gain a more authentic mind-body see eg Arms light and long gives length to a
children and adolescents should accumulate a to vigorous physical activity over the day as a
feel. move, rather than Take your arms out to the
minimum of 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous side which they can see. Big toes and heels
whole than the children who just did their regular
Don’t Pose together gives technical detail rather than Feet
physical activity every day2, and yet statistics show PE classes. And they spent less time being together.
That super calm, faux-spiritual voice comes
that most children fall tragically short of this. A sedentary. Enjoyment levels during BORN TO across as inauthentic and ill-fitting. Your class
report from the US found that only 27% of MOVE were significantly higher when compared to is an adult space so respect your participants Question Yourself
high-school students manage to achieve the the control group which meant that their intrinsic enough to teach in your own voice, just keep Ask yourself, “What do I want my class
minimum recommendations.3 motivation scores were higher also. it calm. members to experience in each pose of this
track?”
The question is, HOW do we get our kids to move The children of today’s world spend more time Keep Cues Simple Using your own class-focused objectives will
more? The answer – we need them to WANT to staring at a screen and are less physically active Although Yoga poses are often technically give you a powerful sense of purpose and allow
exercise. than previous generations. Obesity has more than complex, your class will not hear you if you your love of BODYBALANCE to shine through!
doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents ‘talk their ears off’ with too much cueing. Use This will make your members feel more
LES MILLS BORN TO MOVE™ classes have been over the past 30 years. The obese children of the three-part process to keep it simple and included in the experience and, by planning
designed to engage and motivate children. They’re effective: objectives before each class and teaching the
today become the obese adults of tomorrow, and
fun, action packed and social. The buzz of learning a) Set up clearly using 2 to 4 Layer 1 Setup full variety and flexibility of them, you will keep
it’s of growing urgency that we find a solution to Cues. These cues should put people into it fresh and interesting.
new moves, fresh routines, plus the excitement of this global epidemic. the shape of the pose, explaining simple
being in a group will all ensure the classes instill alignment and breathing. Think of “which And if you want to further develop your
a love of fitness from an early age. They include Getting children to fall in love with movement from body part are we moving in which direction”. expertise, revise and relearn your Program
easy-to-follow exercises and games, set to age- a young age will ensure they build the healthy This helps people feel confident and Manual and your filming footage. Try a Yoga,
specific music. We know it works but we needed habits of a lifetime. As we battle to draw their comfortable. Tai Chi or Pilates class taught by an expert
some evidence. attention away from screens and get them active, b) Teach any necessary Layer 2 options then (remember, we do modify some exercises to
finding a solution to keep them engaged is the pause to look around at your members. safely fit into a Group-Fitness setting). There
A study conducted in the UK4 set out to investigate key. As this study shows, BORN TO MOVE is the are also some excellent texts, videos and DVDs
c) Layer 3 Cues are often a response to what available, such as:
whether BORN TO MOVE delivers on its promise to perfect remedy to get our children moving! we see. See the Technique Manual and
get kids moving and change their attitude towards choreography notes for a wide variety of Books:
being active. In a six-week study of 10 to 11 year 1. Childhood Physical Fitness Tests: Predictor of Adult Physical these. You might need to add another breath • Moving Towards Balance, Rodney Yee with Nina Zolotow
olds, two schools acted as a control and continued Activity Levels? Dennison, B.A., Straus, J.H.E., Mellits, D. & cue, coach deeper into the feel of the pose, (Rodale)
motivate, connect, explain a benefit of the • Journey Into Power, Baron Baptiste (Simon and Schuster)
with their regular two physical education classes a Charney, E. (1988). Pediatrics 82(3):324-330. • Dynamic Yoga, Kia Meaux (Dorling Kindersley Ltd)
week. The other two received two BORN TO MOVE 2. 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, Centers for
pose, or just be SILENT.
• Awakening the Spine, Vanda Scaravelli (Harper Collins)
classes a week. Disease Control and Prevention.
3. 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Centers for
THIS IS SBS Videos/DVDs:
• Power Tai Chi, Master Jerry Alan Johnson (Goldhill Videos)
The researchers were particularly interested in Disease Control and Prevention. S Set it up, B Breathe it up, S Silence it up! • Yoga Journals, Yoga Step by Step, Natasha Rizopoulos
how active the children were during the class, Our silence allows us to stay more IN THE MOMENT. (Natural Instincts)
4. http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/ticles/10.1186/
• Tai Chi for Health, Terrance Dunn (Healing Arts)
and how the classes affected their motivation s12889-016-3550-7.
to exercise when compared with standard PE

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