Posted in BodyPump on Feb 5th, 2009
Time again for a preview of what will feature in the next release. The quarterlies in Adelaide are scheduled for the 1st March and we are due to launch in the second week of March. A review will appear here … of course. In the meantime here is the Sizzler to whet your appetites: BODYPUMP® [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Jan 19th, 2009
There is much to like about BodyPump. It has inspired a generation over the past 15 years to push their bodies like never before. We can also credit the LesMills classes with making group exercise the phenomenon it is today. True, other classes like aerobics were popular in their time, but something in the order [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Dec 8th, 2008
After much anticipation the new BodyPump release 68 has arrived! Our launch class was tonight and that means it’s time to post my review so those of you yet to receive it know what to expect. As per usual I’ll post Youtube links to the music so at the very least you can get an [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Nov 3rd, 2008
It’s almost time for the quarterlies again, with Adelaide receiving the new release on the 23rd of this month. A couple of weeks later we should launch, which means a review will appear on this site in early to mid December. In the meantime here is the Sizzler to whet your appetites: Look forward to [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Sep 25th, 2008
Apologies for the delay – this review would normally have appeared almost a month ago but we’ve been on holiday. Tonight was not the launch and the instructor was almost considering dropping it from his routine. Fortunately I got it just in time and so you get the review just in time for it to [...]
Posted in BodyPump, Rick's Posts on Aug 13th, 2008
As you may remember Regan and I are currently members of Viva Fitness. The gym has many desirable attributes like offering the classes we like and a friendly attitude. However they also have a number of flaws that have changed from niggles to nuisances. The gym has invested heavily in personal training programmes, understandably, since [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Aug 3rd, 2008
Time to preview the forthcoming BodyPump release (#67). Unfortunately we will miss the launch as we will be in the UK on holiday at the time. A review will appear in due course on our return. In the meantime: BODYPUMP™ 67 is another strong and challenging release. This quarter the focus is on communicating the [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Jul 6th, 2008
Variations on this theme have been going around for a while, and I though it was my time to have a go too. You can tell the release number in the first 5 seconds of the warm-up track Every other song you hear in the supermarket makes you look around for a bar Your non [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Jun 9th, 2008
Three months have gone by and it’s that time again. This morning we were treated to the launch of BodyPump 66. As before I present my review, complete with tracklisting, for those who will have yet to experience it or are simply interested. Warmup: A nicely paced track on this release working all the usual [...]
Posted in BodyPump on May 6th, 2008
There are a number of reasons people commonly give when welching out of doing Pump. BodyPump makes women bulk up. This is utter rubbish as women only have low levels of testosterone which is the hormone that allows men to build muscle bulk. Instead Pump tends to lower bodyfat levels which makes muscles more conspicious. [...]
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