Body Training Systems (BTS) Body Attack – Les Mills

Well, this is a fitness workout for you. Through the class you will go through all the motions and work "to your own level" but basically by the time the class is over you should be completely shattered and feel like throwing up. If you don't, then you've not worked hard enough. The class starts off with an easy warm up and unless you're really unfit shouldn't stroggle here. It then builds up slowly to a peak involving star jumps, sheffles and other high intensity moves. Press ups come next and this is your rest time (it's easy on the legs - that's why). Immediately you start building back up again with running, agility excercises and interval training - ...  Read the complete review

Can you walk forward and clap, and back and clap? Are you able to run circles around the slow people in a class while literally running in circles around them? Do you like an exercise class that makes you sweat, swear, and stagger out of there? Do female instructors with permed mullets turn you on? Then Body Attack is the class for you. (NB: mulleted instructors may not be available at locations outside the Mexico City area) One of the best things about teaching English abroad is the cancelled classes, and it's especially good when it's my Tuesday morning class which gets cancelled as ...  Read the complete review

I'm almost allergic to exercise, after all those horrible years in dark, gloomy High School PE halls being forced into playing netball, or worse yet, out in the hockey pitch where I would discover just how violent some girls could be become when wielding a large, wooden stick. Needless to say, being glad to leave those days behind me, I hadn't been in a rush to become a fitness fanatic. I'd tried gyms and although I did actually tend to use the gym fairly often, I wasn't exactly the type to push myself and after a letharic attempt at a jog on the treadmills and a little shot on the rowing machine (if I was feeling adventurous), I'd often slink off back home just as unfit ...  Read the complete review

(Note: This review is for one of BTS's products: BODY ATTACK fitness class...not BTS as a whole) INTRODUCTION: The idea of going along to something called 'Body Attack' doesn't sound incredibly appealing, does it? Well, let me tell you, once you've had a go, the sense of achievement and sense of 'you've done something that is good for you', makes you feel GRRrrrreat. So, what is it?...Body Attack is a high energy, intense cardio vascular exercise programme (created by fitness company, BTS) that is run in many gyms across the UK. THE PROGRAMME: The programme is specially designed by BTS (Body Training Systems, which are part of The Les ...  Read the complete review