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Dare You Look? The Track List for Les Mills Body Combat release 64.

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I’ve found the Track List for Les Mills Body Combat release 64 – even before I’ve posted my review of the last one!

Dare you look? You can find the track list for Les Mills Body Combat release 64 below.

Look away now if you don’t want spoilers.

Tracks BC64

Coming to a fitness club near you in June 2015.

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 64 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.

Actually half of this release looks like it is Les Mills cover versions. You can tell by the random nature of some of the band names. For example: “The Basic Proton” and “The Proven Lab”.

But it will give you a good feel for what’s on its way.

What already? The Track List for Les Mills Body Balance release 69.

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Yes seriously! It’s out already.

I haven’t posted my review of the current Body Balance release yet. And here is the track list for Les Mills Body Balance release 69. We’ll get to see this in June.

If you don’t want spoiling DON’T READ any further. Otherwise have a look.

The Track List for Les Mills Body Balance release 69.

Great to see Stanton Lanier again. His piano music makes for a beautiful relaxation.

Now it’s your turn:

What do you think of the Les Mills Body Balance release 69 tracklist? Leave a comment and share your thoughts.

Listen on Amazon:

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 Impressions of Les Mills Body Balance release 68 after Glasgow One Live Event.

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After a long day in a giant tram shed with crowds of sweaty fitness fanatics Body Balance ended One Live in Glasgow on a beautiful high.

One Live showcased the new Les Mills releases to a combined audience of instructors and participants of thousands.

The atmosphere was electric as always and the new classes delivered by the UK Training Team with Rock Concert style PA systems. Exhaustion threatened to triumph as the Body Balance team took to the stage.

They simultaneously relaxed us and challenged us all over again.

So what’s Les Mills Body Balance release 68 like?

Les Mills Body Balance release 68

  • One of the best line ups of current chart hits I’ve seen in Body Balance. Artists like Maroon 5, Sia, Ella Henderson, Beyoncé and Chris Brown.
  • We start with double song Tai Chi Warm Up. Two gorgeous flowing sequences to warm us up for the challenges ahead.
  • On Masterchef you’ve seen deconstructed cheese cakes. Well here we have a deconstructed Sun Salutations.
  • A double song Standing Strength. Sia returns to Body Balance for the first time since release 35 and Ella Henderson’s Glow describes how we look by the end of the poses.
  • I remember Diver’s Pose from the Balance track.
  • In the last release the Core Abs was the shortest ever. I expected a long abs work out this time. It’s actually still quite short. But it works.
  • A double song Core Back track with many Bridge Poses and Side Planks.

One thing I noticed was that some moves reappeared a few times during the class. Tai Chi moves in the Standing Strength and the Tiger, practiced in the Sun Salutations and performed for real in the Core Back track.

After a fairly average number 67, Les Mills Body Balance 68 is a stunner. Great artists and songs combined with achievable but challenging moves. This is going to be a pleasure to teach.

Since One Live I’ve watched the training DVD. What an absolute pleasure to see Doctor David MacKenzie back on stage. More Doctor Dave in future please.

And now the learning begins.

What do you think?

Were you at One Live? What did you think of Les Mills Body Balance release 68? Why not share your thoughts by leaving a comment or a link to your own blog?

First Impressions of Les Mills Body Combat release 63 after Glasgow One Live Event

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One Live hit Glasgow in March to showcase the new Les Mills releases to a combined audience of instructors and participants of thousands.

Previously known as “Super Quarterlies”, or “GFX”, One Live is a joint venture between Les Mills and Reebok to fill large venues with fitness fanatics.

The atmosphere was electric as always and the new classes delivered by the UK Training Team with Rock Concert style PA systems.

One Live has a language all its own. People were there to “Smash it.” To “Crush it” and to “Kill it!”

You could use any of these words to describe Les Mills Body Combat release 63.

So what’s it like?

The programme directors have subtly changed the class.

  • The Upper Body Warm features an often used in Body Combat music sample (as far back as release 10). A red herring it leads us into a warm up with a different feel to almost any other.
  • Track 2 is basically one move repeated about a million times.
  • The song to Power 1 (Track 3) is catchy. You’ll hum it for days afterwards. And the moves rock your shoulders too.
  • We hit the floor in Track 4. What? Trust me. It works.
  • There’s a synth riff in Track 5 I’ve heard before in Body Combat. I’m usually pretty good at remembering but this one took me ages to track down. Can you remember the original? Strike a pose and think about it.
  • The Jump Kick is back. The first time it’s ever appeared in track six.
  • Hovers, side planks appear in the conditioning track.

Release 63 feels like a step up in intensity. Just subtle changes but you’ll feel the results and you’ll sweat like a tap.

And now the learning begins.

What do you think?

Were you at One Live? What did you think of Les Mills Body Combat release 63? What about that track 4? Why not share your thoughts by leaving a comment or a link to your own blog?