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Want to know? Les Mills Body Balance release 67 Tracklist

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Want to know? Or not?

Look away now if you don’t want spoilers.

Carry on reading if you would like to know which songs we’ll be working out to in Les Mills Body Balance release 67.

Les Mills Body Balance release 67 Tracklist

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Once again thanks to Simon Philp for pointing out the list. Check out his blog   – you’ll find much more Les Mills stuff here!

Now it’s your turn: What do you think of the Les Mills Body Balance release 67 tracklist? Leave a comment and share your thoughts.

If you want more spoilers you can click on the links above to see the music on Amazon. They won’t be exactly the same mixes because Les Mills often edit the tracks, and some are Les Mills cover versions and not available commercially. But it will give you a good feel for what’s on its way.

Dare you look? Les Mills Body Combat release 62 Tracklist

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Dare you look?

Do you want to know? I’m posting the tracklist for Body Combat release 62 just below.

Look away now if you don’t want spoilers.

Carry on reading if you would like to know which songs we’ll be working out to in Les Mills Body Combat release 62.

Dare you look? Les Mills Body Combat release 62 Tracklist

Click here to TWEET this tracklist.

As always thanks to Simon Philp for pointing out the list. Check out his blog   – you’ll find much more Les Mills stuff here!

Now it’s your turn: What do you think of the Les Mills Body Combat release 62 tracklist? Please leave a comment and share your thoughts.

If you want more spoilers you can click on the links above to see the music on Amazon. They won’t be exactly the same mixes because Les Mills often edit the tracks, and some are Les Mills cover versions and not available commercially. But it will give you a good feel for what’s on its way.

First thoughts on Les Mills Body Combat release 61 after Edinburgh Quarterly

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Another blistering martial arts workout descends on Edinburgh after a very short summer.

It only seems a few weeks ago I was raving about the 15th Anniversary Body Combat release. And now here’s another one.

But is it a worthy follow-up to the intensity of that last one?

Les Mills Body Combat release 61

Yes I think it is.

In a packed out studio, instructors from across Scotland sweated, grunted, groaned and shouted their way through the masterclass and education.

So here are my thoughts on the tracks.

  • A couple of upbeat warm up tracks take our heart rates up high immediately. The Muay Tai knees section felt particularly intense for a warm up.
  • We fact two lower tempo leg conditioning tracks and again feel the burn of the “Switch Lunge”
  • The song “So What” from track 4 was originally in Body Combat release 27. In the notes programme directors Dan and Rachael acknowledge that “you might remember this music from way back”. I do remember it from way back and I remember paying for it. Whilst it’s a great piece of music I’m left a little grumpy at having to pay for it again. It’s not even a different mix.
  • More “Superman Punches” in another long heavy rock Muay Thai from Airbourne.
  • Track 8 is different from the usual format and all the better for it. A relentless mix of different punches which genuinely blasts the shoulders.
  • There are Jaguar’s (the animal not the car) in what is perhaps the weirdest ever conditioning track. I works though.

Les Mills Body Combat release 61 will exhaust you. Take plenty of water to the launch classes and for goodness sake don’t forget to breathe.

Now it’s your turn:

Are you a Body Combat instructor? What do you think of Les Mills Body Combat release 61? Please leave a comment or a link to your own thoughts.

1st Impressions of Les Mills Body Balance release 66 after Edinburgh Quarterly

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I knew it wouldn’t be as hard.

Les Mills Body Balance release 66 is still a great release though.

1st Impressions of Les Mills Body Balance release 66 after Edinburgh Quarterly

In the last release we had five tracks, totalling 29 minutes, from the start of Standing Strength to the end of the Core Back track, of relentless intense work. The Balance and Hips tracks felt like extensions of Standing Strength.

The new one gives us more variety between intensity and flow. When the challenges come they are mean – the Core Abs track is relentlessly hard. As tough as anything you’ll see in CXWorx or Body Combat.

Our trainer for the Edinburgh Quarterly was Bram. He’s a lovely instructor with a beaming smile and a relaxed manner. He told us not to take things too seriously.

“It’s only an aerobics class after all,” he said.

Bram also encouraged us to search for some cheesy cues as well as serious ones. “Because people want to have fun in class as well,” he added.

Great work Bram. Just how I like it.

Bram’s education session was equally enlightening. I learned a good few nuggets to take away and use, not only in my Body Balance classes, but also my Yoga sessions.

So what sticks in my mind about Les Mills Body Balance release 66?

  • Lovely flowing arm circles in the Tai Chi remind me of some of my favourite tracks from the early days
  • A different take on the Sun Salutations with a long lead in phase where we experiment with the moves that eventually merge together into the main sequence
  • A Power Vinyasa flow feel to a tough Standing Strength track.
  • First time for Flower Pose in the Balance track. A variation of Dancer’s. This is a tricky one – remember to bend your supporting leg.
  • Two Core Abs tracks. Both of them, “OUCH!”
  • Perhaps the longest ever Twists track.

Now I’m in learning mode again it looks like we have another great release to challenge us for the next three months.

Coming soon to a club near you.

Now it’s your turn:

What do you think of Les Mills Body Balance release 66? Were you at the Quarterlies? What did you think of the presentation? Please leave a comment or post a lik to your own blog.