You've got to move it, move it

What is Body Jam? -Jaded Jill asked

I figured that I talk about it, but I never really described it. So, here it is.

It is a 55 minute cardio class set to music. You warm up, do a cardio block, do a slight cooldown, another cardio block, and a full cooldown. It is choreographed and the first half you do all the moves and keep adding to them until you go full-out at the end. Then you leave all those moves and start with new ones in the second half. A lot of times you start with hip hop and then move into latin, techno...something like that, in the second half. The songs are a lot of the popular ones. Like right now there is Get Low by Flo Rider. There was Gold Digger, Rockstar...then there are some you don't know, especially for the latin and techno. It is so much fun! The moves all stay the same for about 3 months and then they switch releases. 

The more that you go and really get the moves down, the more calories you burn because you get better and better. You can add more and more to your moves and you aren't concentrating so hard on if you are doing them right after you have gone a few times. The first couple of times you feel a little funny because you migh be a little off, but you will get the hang of it after awhile. I love it though. 

No one is watching you because they are concentrating so hard on making sure they are doing it right. They turn off the lights in our class and have a disco light and a small room light in the back for just a little light in the room. It's perfect!

For those of you that can find the classes, go! These are Les Mills classes. They are hard to find and I know only one gym in my area that offers them. There are BodyJam, BodyPump (I love both of those), BodyCombat, and a few others. Go here to check it out! Les Mills Website