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?
- 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?
I love it, so relaxing, the music is great and couldn’t fault it except there were so many moves it tended to distract me a little, a bit busy, but loved it
Thanks Pat!
I absolutely love it!!! The music, the program, everything! I do miss the regular sun salutation, but it’s nice with some change! And I just loove how everyone in class starts laughing in pain at the hip opener, warms my heart every time. Also I just have to express how awesome the tai chi part is, I really have missed the “fire ball” and all the movements makes me feel like I’m living my karate kid dream.
Thanks for your thoughts Willy.
Is there an advanced variation of the tiger? I’m in Canada here and all my instructors do the knees-on-the-ground- version in both the sun sals and back tracks. I am not clear as to whether there’s any difference or progression in the pose. Thanks!
Hi – the knees on ground version is the only one shown in both our choreography notes and on the instructor masterclass video.