After a quarter of a century hanging around gyms and health clubs, I decided it was time to check out step aerobics.
Part of the impetus may have been that at my current club I can see the classes, and saw that there was a wide cross section of people taking the classes, including people like me.
I also thought a class, and I'm primarily a solo workout guy, might make my aerobics workouts more regular.
Step aerobics classes have an instructor leading you through a choreographed routine of stepping up and stepping down a step.
This step is a raised platform and they come in different shapes although rectangular seems most common.
Steps come in different heights and the higher the step the harder it is.
I've also seen classes that worked in other types of exercise like weight lifting (body sculpting) and jumping rope.
This is a great class for getting your heart racing and your lungs gasping for air.
Mine was quite a workout, even though it was a basic class.
Classes range from beginner to advanced.
Unlike other aerobics classes I've done, this one had more men in it, although it was still primarily women.
I'm a klutz and it showed in the class.
I'm not very coordinated, and I felt it but I didn't feel out of place.
About 1/3 of the participants were klutzes like me, and I was much better by the end of my first class.
Most people who try step aerobics classes enjoy them.
I'm not in a hurry to take another but come winter I may try to do a couple a week as my outdoor exercise will be curtailed.
Overall, I give the class a thumbs up, primarily because it was fun and most people seem to agree.