Introduction

Professional Routines

We are fully qualified and experienced RSA (now OCR) Exercise to Music (aerobics) instructors who ran Step Aerobics and Body Conditioning classes in villages around Essex (England, UK) for the six years from 1993 to 1999. During that time we were also members of Fitness Professionals. We would now like to pass on some of the experience gained during that time by providing here full details of our most successful exercise routines.

Each class is structured as follows:

an aerobic workout, consisting of a warm-up, the workout and a cool down;

a body conditioning section using hand weights, step straps and a floor mat;

and a final relax and stretch sequence.

(For a more detailed description, see Class Structure.)

These routines were designed for participants of any age from 18 to 80, of either sex and any fitness level. By providing low impact alternatives to any high impact moves, the routines can be adapted to be effective whether or not the client has done aerobics before. As instructors you are (or will be) trained to be able to teach high impact moves for experienced exercisers while at the same time providing low impact alternatives for beginners in the same class. It is important that each person works at a level that is appropriate for them.

Website Structure

Following this introduction, the FREE Routines page leads to individual pages describing each of the routines. The key phrases used to describe individual moves used in the routines are explained on the Dictionary of Terms page. Each move referred to in the routines is linked to the corresponding definition in the dictionary.

The page Instructor Guidance gives some advice on selecting training organisations, choosing follow-up workshops and attending larger conventions. Some advice is also given on setting up independent classes, which you may wish to continue as your preferred way of working or you may use as a means of gaining initial experience in order to be able sell yourself to an employer.

Later pages give advice on choosing equipment if you are running independent classes (Equipment Advice) and suggestions for advice you might give to your class participants (Exercise Advice and General Advice).

Finally, Off Topic includes an article describing David's experience of total hip replacement and also gives links to two other website maintained by David, one which advertises and supports a RISC OS computing magazine and one which advertises a French/English teaching and translation service.

If you find any errors in the many internal hypertext links on this site or any other presentation errors or any logical anomalies with the beat counts, numbers of repetitions or tempos specified, we would appreciate it if you would let us know at david@exercisetomusic.info. Thank you.