This year seems to be flying. BodyCombat 59 is still going down a treat 3 – 4 weeks after launch and already someone has kindly posted the music listing for BodyCombat 60 ( hope it’s right ). Still so fresh I’ve just posted the everything BodyCombat 59 post. The Big 6 and 0 is finally here and I am looking forward to seeing what Rach and Dan are going to pull out the bag for this milestone. The last 2 releases have been fantastic how can they top them?

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been buzzing with various comments and photographs about the upcoming release and I for one can’t wait till the quarterly workshops.

I have 2 surprises in this blog post about the new release, yes 2.

1. We have bonus tracks……what??? About time, this is a great step forward.
2. We have a new move in the shape of a punch, 10 guesses to what that is ;)?

The first BodyCombat 60 review I found doesn’t mention anything about the bonus tracks or any new moves which I find surprising unless it’s asked not to in a NDA? Anyway onto the tracks.

 Track Listing

• Track 1a – Upper body warmup –  Hit me with your best shot (BassLouder Remix Edit) – Neon Ninja
• Track 1b – Lower body warmup – Roar (Bass Rayders Remix Edit) – Hot Cherry
  
• Track 2 – Combat 1 – Black or White (Combat Remix) – The Treat Ring
• Track 3 – Power training 1 – Fly Away – Deer Between
• Track 4 – Combat 2 – Emergency(Clockwork Remix) – Steve Aoki feat. Lil Jon, Chiddy Ban
• Track 5 – Power training 2 – Rise Again (Sy and Unknown Remix) – Breeze v Lost Witness
• Track 6 – Combat 3 – What’s Love (Kandy Man Remix Edit) – Ste Ingham and Nick Stitz
• Track 7 – Muay Thai – Kryptonite – Proof Luke 
  
• Track 8 – Power training 3 –  Sunshine On a Cloudy Day (Eufeion Remix)
  
• Track 9 – Conditioning – You’re the Best – Blazed Calm
  
• Track 10 – Cool down – Now We are Free – Lisa Kelly

Bonus Tracks

• Track 1a – Upper body warmup – Every Rose Has its thorn – Nick Stitz
• Track 1b – Lower body warmup – Roar (Bass Rayders Remix Edit) – Hot Cherry

I believe this is the first time BodyCombat has had bonus tracks. Is Les Mills testing the water, will we see future releases having such options?

The track listings of the Les Mills programmes are slowly hitting the net. Yesterday I posted up the BodyCombat 60 listing, today it’s time for BodyPump 90.  Lunge track, yeah the doms are gonna stay the night Enjoy.

• Track 1 – Warmup – You Wake me – Avicii
• Track 2 – Squats - What Now – Rihanna
• Track 3 – Chest - Conquistador – Thirty Seconds to Mars
• Track 4 – Back - Promises – Nero
• Track 5 – Triceps - Walk of Shame – P!nk
• Track 6 – Biceps - Miss Jackson – Panic! at the Disco feat. Loco
• Track 7 – Lunges - Stay the Night – Zedd feat. Hayley Williams
• Track 8 – Shoulders - Thumbs Up (For Rock N Roll) Kill The Noise Remix – Kill the Noise and Feed Me
• Track 9 – Core - Something I need – OneRepublic
• Track 10 – Cooldown – How you Remind Me – Nickelback

Alternative Tracks

• Track 5 – Triceps - Put Your Hands Up – Stevie V feat. III Youth
• Track 6 – Biceps - Everybody Bring It – Ronnie Fi’nesse

Yesterday we had BodyCombat 60 track listing, today I’ve already posted BodyPump 90 track listing. Well, here is another treat CXWorx 15.

CXWorx 14 done and dusted. 14 has to be my favourite release since I qualified on CXWorx 6.  What a release it was.  Track 4 will be on my mixes for a long time.

• Track 1 – Warmup - Counting stars – OneRepublic
  
• Track 2 – Core Strength 1 -Spectrum (Deniz Koyu Remix) – Zedd feat. Matthew Koma
  
• Track 3 – Standing Strength 1 - A light that never comes – Lifting Chain
• Track 4 – Standing Strength 2 - Acapella – Karmin
  
• Track 5 – Core Strength 2 - Hello – Stafford Brothers – feat. Lil Wayne, Christina Milian
  
• Track 6 – Core Strength 3 - Hold On, We’re going Home – Drake feat. Majid Jordan
  

Bonus Tracks

• Track 2 – Core Strength 1 – Not Too Late (Maor Levi Remix) – Amba Shepherd, Tom Swoon
• Track 3 – Standing Strength 1 - The Phoenix – Fall Out Boy
• Track 5 – Core Strength 2 - Get Loose (Tiesto Remix) – Showtek & Noisecontrolers

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Les Mills track listings so far

• BodyCombat 60
• BodyPump 90
• CXWorx 15

Now it’s on to RPM.  Again some really great tunes in this next release. Track 9 will bring an awesome finish to the release.  You may recognise it from the film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone starring Steve Carell, fantastic film?

1. Pack ride - Pumping Blood – NoNoNo
2. Pace - The Spark – Afrojack feat. Spree Wilson
3. Hills - Maria (I like it Loud) (RIO Remix) – Scooter
4. Mixed terrain - Cheating – John Newman
5. Intervals - Try It Again – The Hives
6. Speed work - Dear Boy – Avicii
7. Mountain climb - Toca’s Miracle(Original Mix) – Nick Stitz & BassLouder
8. Ride home - Shot at The Night – The Killers
9. Stretch -  On the Top of the World – Imagine Dragons

This will be the final track listing I’m going to post for the next quarter of Les Mills releases.  If you’ve missed the others:

• BodyCombat 60
• BodyPump 90
• CXWorx 15
• RPM 63

I enjoyed doing BodyAttack 84 at GFX will be interesting to see how 85 compares. Onto the music:

• Track 1 – Warm up - Greenlight – DJ Sting
• Track 2 - Mixed Impact - Crash and Burn – Achy B
• Track 3 - Aerobic – Roar – MC Bumble
• Track 4 - Plyometric - I Came Here to Party – Penny Turbo
• Track 5 - Upper body conditioning - Waterfalls – Timomatic
• Track 6 -Running - Applause (kris McTwain Remix) – Sweat Box
• Track 7 - Agility - The Roof is on Fire – Elite Edge
• Track 8 - Interval - I Surrender (Hixxy Mix) – Cadence
• Track 9 - Power - Summer Night in July – Incline Upon
• Track 10 - Lower Body conditioning - We are one – Krewella
• Track 11 - Core conditioning - Everybody – Justice Crew
• Track 12 - Cooldown -  Celebration – Jupiter Project

As requested BodyJam 69 track listing

Tracks

1. Jumper (Original Mix ) – Hardwell & W&W
2. BaDINGA! – TWRK
3. Party Monster – Krewella
4. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
5. Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
6. Pantsdown( Club Mix) – The Partysquad & Mitchell Niemeyer
7. Wild for the Night – A$AP Rocky feat. Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam
8. All of the Lights(Interlude) – Kanye West
9. All of the Lights – Kanye West feat. Almost Everybody
10. Wizard – Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway
11. Ladi Dadi (Tommy Trash Remix) – Steve Aoki feat. Wynter Gordon
12. We like to Party – Showtek
13.  Do what you want – Lady Gaga feat. R Kelly

Bonus Tracks

• Bonus 14 – Cannonball – Showtek & Justin Prime
• Bonus 15 – Born to Rage – Dada Life
• Alternative Recovery : OMG – Usher feat. Will I Am.

BodyCombat 60 is here, where has all the time gone?  Seems like it wasn’t so long ago when I qualified on BodyCombat 44.  Quite a big milestone for Les Mills. Anyone who has been doing BodyCombat for a couple of years will notice that Rach and Dan have taken the group exercise programme to new levels.

The BodyCombat 60 tracklisting can be found here.  I didn’t post any sizzlers this time round as again they were very slow to hit the net and really wasn’t worth it.

Initial overall thoughts

BodyCombat 59 instructor education DVD was done on the road, well this release was back in the homeland of Auckland city in New Zealand. It’s good to see that the stage format appears to have resumed the normal service of consistency , shame about the clothing really.  The shorts look alright but the tops are not my cup of tea, not for the money they want. I’d prefer to spend my hard earned money on something that’s a)cheaper b)better built c)looks better -> Body Combat Clothing – Alternatives.

This release  for me was a grower.  Learning the tracks and watching the dvd didn’t really spark anything until I started teaching it. This is where it hit me, and hit me hard.  This release just doesn’t stop, everytime I have taught it I have been blowing air out of holes I didn’t know existed.  I’m still not sure about the new move, the superman punch, it just seems thrown in. Everyone I have spoken to about the superman punch hasn’t given it any praise.  BodyCombat 60, a milestone, 15 years, I was expecting the matrix kick and/or the thunder kick.  Will they be back in BodyCombat 61 or even BodyCombat 62, who knows, but it would be good if they were :).

Anyway onto the tracks

Track 1a – Upper body warmup –  Hit me with your best shot (BassLouder Remix Edit) – Neon Ninja

Not wasting any time you’re thrown straight in with a nice boxing combination of double upper adding on a jab cross jab.  I think the decoy switch and the weave really bring out this warmup.  The squats to lunges I think is a great way to breakup the choreography.   A fun track with lots of lyrics to hook into.

Track 1b – Lower body warmup – Roar (Bass Rayders Remix Edit) – Hot Cherry

I really do like this cover/remix of Roar, lots of build ups with a happy feeling to it. Carrying on with the triple knee from the offset.  Bit of a mental sweat going on with the knee, kick, knee but instantly increases the heart rate.  I am a fan of the round house set-up and the fact that we have 10 round house kicks to teach and check technique makes this lower body warmup a keeper.

I was blown away with the height of the roundhouse kick from Brian blew everyone on the stage away.  If I could kick that height I think I’d show it off too.

Track 2 – Combat 1 – Black or White (Combat Remix) – The Treat Ring

I think this has to be the shortest track 2 ever? I’ll speak to the guru Roger and find out  Track throws you straight into the deep end and really creates the pace the rest of the release is going at.   Carrying over a bit of the mental sweat from the lower body warm up with the Knee, front kick, like it. Where on earth did the plyo push and push kick come from?  It’s been a while since we’ve seen the side shuffle a kick and then a back fist. I never noticed until it was pointed out to me that on the back fist you hear glass smash,  nice little hook there. Before you know it, it’s over…

Track 3 – Power training 1 – Fly Away – Deer Between

“Annilation of the shoulders”, I’ve heard that somewhere before, BodyCombat 59? Uppercuts, jab crosses wow.  So in BodyCombat 59 we had 32  repetitive uppercuts each side this time they’ve pushed it out and changed it to hooks, must have taken ages to think of that one.  When it goes to the 4 hooks and the combos I teach it as level 1 hook, level 2 hook etc etc and seems to work better than just saying 4 hooks.  Participant or instructor, try it, make every hook harder than the previous and watch the work out go up a couple of levels.

Track 4 – Combat 2 – Emergency(Clockwork Remix) – Steve Aoki feat. Lil Jon, Chiddy Ban

So BodyCombat 59 track 6 has become the basis of this track 4.  Absolute butt burner. The double knee side kick is a good one.  I regularly mix in Fire from BodyCombat 47 which is the basis   Nothing complicated about this track apart from gritting the teeth and getting on with it.

Track 5 – Power training 2 – Rise Again (Sy and Unknown Remix) – Breeze v Lost Witness

Our mid way point of this release.  A real high energy track with choreography to go with it.  The jump jabs is the calm before the storm.  The full combination of jab,cross, hook, upper, hook and jacks gives you the option to really push through.  Hitting off the beat isn’t anything new and is a nice addition.  It’s been a while since we’ve had a proper “fun” track 5, lets hope one comes along soon :).

Track 6 – Combat 3 – What’s Love (Kandy Man Remix Edit) – Ste Ingham and Nick Stitz

Following what seems to be the theme behind this release, it’s fast and it’s over before you know it.  Bringing the decoy switch from the warm up and adding in the knife strike is a great way to break up the boxing combinations between the tracks. Track 4 brought back a previous combination and well the head body head jab follows suit.

Track 7 – Muay Thai – Kryptonite – Proof Luke

This track isn’t for the faint hearted. Knees knees and more knees.  I can see why the “new move” aka the “superman punch” is in this track but doesn’t feel right.  I’ve even seen some instructors change it to a jumping descend elbow so participants get more from the track.  It is a tough one especially if you put 100% into the combinations.  This track will be used again in a future mix as there is no escape.  As an instructor I try to push participants a little harder with layers on the knees and usually they take the challenge.

Being quite a high cardio track it’s worth to check technique especially on the knees, heel up, toe down :).

Track 8 – Power training 3 –  Sunshine On a Cloudy Day (Eufeion Remix)

Nothing really sticks out about this track and is probably the chink in the armor of this release.  The lyrics can easily be hooked into while you throw quite a boring combination.  The uppercuts of 16 to 8 feel like they’ve been thrown in just to add something to the track.   With this in mind it’s all about the work out and if you push yourself on each uppercut then your shoulders will start to scream at you.

Track 9 – Conditioning – You’re the Best – Blazed Calm

The first half of this conditioning class you’d think you were in a CxWorx class.  Yeah you should feel that burn but it’s a bit boring.  Second round with the press-ups really finishes off the shoulders. Yeah an ok track 9, nothing to write home.

Track 10 – Cool down – Now We are Free – Lisa Kelly

What can we say about a cool down?  First off, a cover and not a good one of a classic Hans Zimmer, really?   Does the job cools us down, throw in a sword combination for the fun of it and we’re done.

Bonus Tracks

Track 1a – Upper body warmup – Every Rose Has its thorn – Nick Stitz

Track 1b – Lower body warmup – Roar (Bass Rayders Remix Edit) – Hot Cherry

I’m not sure why they added another track for the upper body warm up since the choreography doesn’t change? When I first saw the BodyCombat 60 track listing and saw bonus tracks I thought we were in for a treat with swap able tracks, I thought wrong.  Les Mills please……

What Next?

Well lets look at the facts that Rach and Dan have been throwing in a lot of new moves from BodyCombat 50 through to BodyCombat 60 and they’ve been one hit wonders.  Will we see these moves again any time soon?   I recall the social reaction to the matrix kick, hard but loved, I personally don’t think we will see them in the next year?  Was the sword in the cool down a preview into the next release will the sword be back?  Roger and I will probably be chatting about this release so please check out his group fitness over coffee podcast.

Got launch pictures/videos you want to share?

Every release after my thoughts have been made public I do a post on “Everything BodyCombat release?”.  These can all be found : http://www.siphilp.co.uk/tag/everything-body-combat.  If you’d like to share something in the Everything BodyCombat 60 then please get in touch.

Give Feedback

If you have any thoughts about BodyCombat 60 and you’d like to share then please feel free to comment or get in touch. If you didn’t already know you can also give feedback to Les Mills in relation to any programme/release. Are you an instructor? Heard of the BLAH (be loud and heard)? http://www.lesmills.com/blah Are you a participant? You can let Les Mills know about your experiences with after class. http://www.lesmills.com/global/classes/after-class-surveys.aspx . Whether or not this information is used correctly or at all is another question? I’d love to see all the data collated and analyse it. Les Mills you could do so much with this data please say you’re using it.

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The track listings of the Les Mills programmes are slowly hitting the net. First one to come out of the wood work is BodyPump 91. What did you think of the tracks from BodyPump 90?

Update:  Thanks for info anonymous person for alternative track 9.

The Tracks

• Track 1 – Warmup – Ten Feet Tall – Wrabel
• Track 2 – Squats – Somebody Told Me – The Killers
• Track 3 – Chest – Goodness Gracious – Ellie Goulding
• Track 4 – Back – Beautiful Life (Remix) – Armin Van Buuren
• Track 5 – Triceps – Hey Brother – Avicii
• Track 6 – Biceps – Bad Company – Five Finger Death Punch
• Track 7 – Lunges – Find You – Zedd
• Track 8 – Shoulders – Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat (Remix) – Fatboy Slim
• Track 9 – Core – Trumpets – Jason Derulo
• Track 10 – Cooldown – Burning Bridges – OneRepublic

Alternative Track

• Track 9 – Core – Hold On – Colbie Caillat

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Here it finally is a small collection of blog posts,tweets,images and videos related to BodyCombat 60 by Les Mills. If you’d like to be on a future Everything BodyCombat or this one please don’t hesitate to get in touch via my contact page, comment below or grab me on twitter.

Posts

• BodyCombat 60 track listing
• BodyCombat 60 thoughts
• BodyCombat 60 filming
• BodyCombat 60 launch night by LM Art Photography
• Falkirk Fitness launch night
• Glen Stollery’s filming post

Images

Taken by Jenna Beth Morgan on Instagram

Taken by Gemma1899 on Instagram

Taken by Reene D on Instagram

Taken by Kerry Jones on Instagram

Taken by John on Instagram

Taken by Haidee Leung on Instagram

YouTube Clips

Body Combat 60 preview @ Les Mills “This Is ONE”

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcdAjw6LDgA

BodyCombat 60 Track 1 – Judy King & GGX Team

From one of my favorite master trainers Judy King. Please Les Mills get her back on a future DVD

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYHv38RSFSY

Tweets

Body Combat 60 is awesome. Track 7 = awesome #runningman #combat #lesmills #fitterplanet #teamawesome… http://t.co/GaS0wBXZzX

— David Coulthard (@DavidCoulthard) July 15, 2014

Loving the new body combat 60 release .

— markyg (@markgardner73) July 26, 2014

Body combat 60 ❤️ new favourite!

— Olivia Culverhouse (@LivCulverhouse) July 29, 2014

Body Combat release 60 is freaking awesome. Try it if u love #lesmills.

 

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Having just posted up the latest Les Mills BodyPump 91 track listing and the Everything BodyCombat 60 what a better way to start a Wednesday morning than the track listing of BodyCombat 61.  Again thank you Ben for the information. Will we be seeing a carry over of the switch lunge and the questionable superman punch? Will we see a new move or the rebirth of a previous move such as the matrix kick or the lightning kick?

Looking at the tracks I am entirely not sure about track 3, every breath you take?  I am presuming this will be a dance remix of some sort, can anyone clarify?  I’ll update any of the information below should I need to.

 Track Listing

• Track 1a – Upper body warmup –  Wrecking Ball (MaLu Project Remix Edit) – Pop Pistols
• Track 1b – Lower body warmup – Beautiful Monster (Damn-R Remix) – Mick Lion
  
• Track 2 – Combat 1 – Shot Me Down ft. Skylar Grey – Up Despair
• Track 3 – Power training 1 – Every Breath You Take – Praying Hunk 
• Track 4 – Combat 2 – So What! (M Edit) – Independence Days
• Track 5 – Power training 2 – Stairway To Heaven (Original Mix) –  Modulate & Petruccio
• Track 6 – Combat 3 – Get Low – Dillon Francis & DJ Snake
• Track 7 – Muay Thai – Ready To Rock – Airbourne
  
• Track 8 – Power training 3 –  Like a Rainbow (Sy & Unknow Remix) – Recon & Demand 
  
• Track 9 – Conditioning – Watch Out For This (Bumaye)  – Since Ten
  
• Track 10 – Cool down – Heart of a Warrior – Dizzee Rascal

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Music for all the programmes has finally come out of the woodwork and expect most to be posted here. BodyCombat 61, BodyPump 91 already done, time for BodyAttack 86

Track listing

• Track 1 – Warm up – Happy (Nick Skitz & Technoposse Remix)  – B.R.O 
• Track 2 – Mixed Impact – A Billion Lights - Outside Edge
• Track 3 – Aerobic –  Timber (M3L0CR4Z3 Remix) – Stereo Slam 
• Track 4 – Plyometric –  Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Calvin Harris Remix) –  Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr feat. Beardyman 
• Track 5 – Upper body conditioning – Satisfaction (Radio Edit)  – Superclass 
• Track 6 -Running – Counting Stars – Wishing Loud
• Track 7 – Agility – Booyah Progression – Loud
• Track 8 – Interval –  Show Me Heaven – The Poetry
• Track 9 – Power – Dark Horse (Hard Dance Alliance Mix) - Kerrie Scene 
• Track 10 – Lower Body conditioning – If I Lose Myself – OneRepublic 
• Track 11 – Core conditioning –  Dibby Dibby Sound (Radio Edit) – DJ Fresh and Jay Fay feat. Ms Dynamite
• Track 12 – Cooldown –   Rather Be (All About She Remix) – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

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For some of the other Les Mills programmes for this quarter please check out : track listings.

Track listing

1. Pack ride – Just Say Yes – Snow Patrol
2. Pace – Take Me Home – Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha
3. Hills – Get Ready (Steve Aoki Extended) – 2 Unlimited
4. Mixed terrain – Hurricane – The Fray
5. Intervals – Alone Together (Krewella Remix) – Fall Out Boy
6. Speed work – Face To Face (Rudee Remix) – ATB feat. Stanfour
7. Mountain climb – Black Velvet (DJ Gollum vs Jan Wayne Remix) – Gorgeous X Jan Wayne
8. Ride home – Peace – O.A.R
9. Stretch –  Rather Be – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne

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If you’ve missed it I’ve posted BodyCombat 61 track listing, BodyPump 91 track listing and BodyAttack 86 track listing well, here’s CXWorx 16.

Track listing

• Track 1 – Warmup – Like A Drum Guy  – Guy Sebastian
  
• Track 2 – Core Strength 1 – Let’s Get Ridiculous – Redfoo
  
• Track 3 – Standing Strength 1 – Keep Your Hands Off My Girl – End Young
• Track 4 – Standing Strength 2 – Turn Down For What – DJ Snake & Lil Jon
  
• Track 5 – Core Strength 2 – Revolution (Panic City Remix) – Diplo feat. Faustix & Imanos and Kai
  
• Track 6 – Core Strength 3 – Take Me Home – Cash Cash feat. Bebe Rexha
  

Bonus Tracks

• Track 1 – Warmup – Make The World Move – Christina Aguilera feat. CeeLo Green
• Track 4 – Standing Strength 2 – Video Wars – Aero
• Track 6 – Core Strength 3 – What You Wanted – OneRepublic

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BodyCombat 60 and CXWorx 15 are going down a treat.   Doing these back to back certainly adds to the day.  BodyCombat 60 brings a major release so I thought it was time to look at alternatives to the Les Mills/Reebok range. Not a fan of Reebok adding ££££ just for the word Les Mills and a programme name, nicer things out there :).

Alternative BodyCombat Shorts

Venum Lyoto Machida Tatsu King Fight Shorts – Black

How sexy do these look?  I’d happily spend £45 on these. Next pay day these are getting bought.

Want to buy a pair? Fire over to Amazon and treat yourself.

Venum Lyoto Machida Tatsu King Fight Shorts – White

If the above colours are for you but you like the design then check out these guys

Want to buy a pair? Fire over to Amazon and treat yourself.

Boxsense Muay Thai Kick Boxing Shorts

Only 25 notes.

Want to buy a pair? Fire over to Amazon and treat yourself.

 Jeff Monson Signature Series MMA Shorts

Very nice. £45 from Amazon.

Alternative BodyCombat Tops

Bad Boy Team UK Walk in T-shirt

For only £21, bargain.

Venum Limited Edition Blast T-shirt

Very nice t-shirt for £25.

Venum Muay Thai Garuda T-shirt

£25 well spent.

Code of Silence Call to Arms 2 T-Shirt

For £18 this would look great on any instructor or participant.

There you have it 4 new pairs of shorts and 4 tops that will make you stand out without breaking the bank.

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The plan was to write and publish this after the workshop but it was a very long day, so from memory it’s going to be short and sharp post. Yesterday saw me travel through to David Lloyds in Glasgow for my quarterly workshop for BodyCombat 61 and CXWorx 16. We’ve had the tracklisting a while and the sizzlers were late hitting the net which didn’t matter as they didn’t give much away.

David Lloyds Glasgow

The masterclass was taken by Justin followed by 30 minutes of “education”.  What can I say about this release?  The tracks that have stuck in my head are track 2, track 7, track 8 and track 9.  The release just doesn’t stop and by no means easy.

The lunge switch is back again thrown in with an Esquiva. Track 2 is a cracker on the legs, track 7 to put it bluntly isn’t that great.   The superman in different levels just kills the track, jump knees thrown in for fun?  Track 8, seems to go on and on, can see instructors having alot of fun with this while pushing participants through different levels absolute, shoulder blaster.  Not really a fan of this conditioning track. When Justin was setting up, the dreaded thought of the Komodo dragon and walking alligator push-up from BodyCombat 44 came into my head (lead balloon from memory).  Fortunately it wasn’t, we work the shoulders and core and we’re done.

If you’ve still to do your workshops take alot of water as you’re going to need it, prepare mentally for a full body workout that will make you feel like you’ve been hit by a bus.

I look forward to teaching the release and having a chat with Roger over coffee.  Music and dvds should arrive tomorrow so the learning begins.  If you’re like me and fancy some new clothing for this release check out -> BodyCombat Clothing Alternatives.

Have you done the release yet? What are your initial thoughts on BodyCombat 61?

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So BodyCombat 60 was the 15 ish year mark for the programme. Participants have asked how things have changed over time. To show this I taught a warm-up from around the 40 mark and they were quite surprised to see the difference from 20 or so releases ago to now.To highlight these changes and to show where BodyCombat has come from and to where it is now I have found various “warm-up” tracks jumping through from the first ever release.

Lets have a look through the ages where you can see and even hear a difference with final thoughts at the end.  Would like to thank my good friend Roger who I bombarded with questions so I could try and get facts right :).

BodyCombat 1

Who are these people you see before you? You’re currently look at Gabby and Natha Leivas the trainers that started this Les Mills journey.

Can you remember my heart will go on by Celine Dion? Well this was the first track used as a warm-up in BodyCombat.

BodyCombat 16

Nessaja by Scooter.

BodyCombat 23

Stuck On You (Club Version) – Mark Oh

BodyCombat 29

Thank You (Radio Edit) Flexter
Smells Like Teen Spirit (Vol 2 The Floor Mix) The Warp Brothers

BodyCombat 33

Think about the way (Radio edit) – Frisco v Ice MC
Mundian To Bach Ke (Motivo Hi-Lectro Radio Edit)

BodyCombat 36

Walking In Memphis – Master Blaster
James Bond Theme – Moby

BodyCombat 40

Layla (Caribbean Mix) – DJ U-Hey & DJ Minagawa
Hot n Cold – Katy Perry

BodyCombat 50

More (B&W Edit) – Spice Club
Rolling in the deep (Technoposse Remix) – Fizzy Deejay

BodyCombat 60

One of my favorite master trainers in the below video Judy King. I hope she’s back filming a master class soon or even LMUK getting her across for a Scottish GFX?

Hit me with your best shot (BassLouder Remix Edit) – Neon Ninja
Roar (Bass Rayders Remix Edit) – Hot Cherry

Thoughts?

If you watched even a part of all the above videos you’ll notice that in the start there was quite alot of added music effects and that the pace started very slow. Over time music effects disappeared (have re-appeared now and again but not consistent like before) and the intensity of the warm-up has grown. Is it just me or do the effects add some fun to the tracks, well and some cheese?

So quite alot has changed over the last 15 years and well lets face it, it has to otherwise it would just eventually get boring however, one thing has remained constant, technique. With the basic understandings of each move past or present is the grounding for any safe BodyCombat class. Doing it right can prevent extra stress on joints that’s not needed, deter injury and allows us to work in levels alot easier.

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The track listings of the Les Mills programmes are slowly hitting the net. First one to come out of the wood work is BodyPump 92. What did you think of the tracks from BodyPump 91?

The Tracks

• Track 1 – Warmup – All We Need Is Love – Ricki-Lee
• Track 2 – Squats – GO! – Autoerotique vs Marc Noir
• Track 3 – Chest – The Phoenix – Fall Out Boy
• Track 4 – Back – letting Go  – (LTN Radio Edit)  – BT Fractal & JES
• Track 5 – Triceps – Problem – Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
• Track 6 – Biceps – Come With Me Now – KONGOS
• Track 7 – Lunges – NRG – Guiltless Happy
• Track 8 – Shoulders – Ping Pong  (Radio Edit) – Armin Van Buuren
• Track 9 – Core – Fancy - Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX
• Track 10 – Cooldown – Chandelier – Sia

Alternative Track

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Update : BodyCombat 62 track listing

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BodyPump 92 was first track list to be published, now it’s time for BodyCombat. BodyCombat 61 is currently in full swing and the track listing for the music of BodyCombat 62 turns up out the blue.  I am really liking the remix of Dark Horse for track 4.  Is very quick and I can’t imagine what the choreography is going to be like….

Track Listing

• Track 1a – Upper body warmup – Someone Like You (Kris McTwain Radio Edit) – N-Finity
• Track 1b – Lower body warmup – Home Alone (Invader! Remix Edit) – Vanilla Kiss
• Track 2 – Combat 1 – Famous Last Words – The Wrapper
• Track 3 – Power training 1 – Give A Little Love – Al Storm & Euphony
• Track 4 – Combat 2 – Dark Horse (Hard Dance Alliance Mix) – Kerrie Scene
• Track 5 – Power training 2 – Crash – Al Storm
• Track 6 – Combat 3 – Y.A.L.A. – M.I.A
• Track 7 – Muay Thai – Let The Beat Go (Single) – S3RL feat. Johnny
• Track 8 – Power training 3 – Power Of Love – Absolutely Elegant
• Track 9 – Conditioning – 3 Kingz (Single) – Major G.A.U.G.E feat. Hunger & Qwote
• Track 10 – Cool down – I Was Here – Beyoncè

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If you’ve missed it I’ve posted BodyCombat 62 track listing and BodyPump 92 track listing well, here’s CXWorx 17.  I will update the bonus tracks as the information becomes available to subscribe if you don’t want to miss it :).

Track listing

• Track 1 – Warmup – Come Get It Bae – Pharrell Williams
  
• Track 2 – Core Strength 1 – Rockin’ N’ Rollin’ – Trivial Lead
  
• Track 3 – Standing Strength 1 – Never Seen Runaway (Lost Soul & Genjo Mix) – Jay Kill & The Hustle Standard
• Track 4 – Standing Strength 2 – Work – Ciara feat. Missy Elliott
  
• Track 5 – Core Strength 2 – Satisfy – Nero
  
• Track 6 – Core Strength 3 – F For You – Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige
  

Bonus Tracks

• Track TBC
• Track TBC
• Track TBC

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Music for all the programmes has finally come out of the woodwork and expect most to be posted here. BodyPump 92, BodyCombat 62, CXWorx 17 already done, time for BodyAttack 87.

Track listing

• Track 1 – Don’t You Want Me – Happy Zone
• Track 2 – Fancy  – The Hydro Drawer
• Track 3 – Warrior (Nick Skitz & Technoposse Remix Edit) – Big Booty Bootleggerz
• Track 4 – Weekend 2014 (Potatoheadz Radio Edit) – Bad Habit Boys
• Track 5 – Loco – Joel Fletcher & Seany B
• Track 6 – Good Vibrations (X-Cess! Remix Edit) – Botoxx & Tom Belmond
• Track 7 – Make It Bounce (Joey Riot & DJ Kurt Remix) – Sy & Unknown
• Track 8 – Shine Your Light (Basslovers United Edit) – Bass-T & Friends
• Track 9 – Rock The Party – Nick Skitz & Raverockerz feat. Brooklyn Bounce
• Track 10 – When It Ends It Starts Again (Radio Edit) – ATB feat. Sean Ryan
• Track 11 – Que – Sera

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