Step Aerobics
Aerobic dance has evolved since the 80s and now is attached to the step. The aerobics classes are accompanied by a platform that is going up and down the pace that aerobic exercise and music mark.
The Step is a dynamic rise and fall of a platform. Includes a wide variety of patterns or exercises that develop with the music. The Step and stair climbing exercises are not new to the field of physical training, however, implementing it in a fitness class such as aerobics is more recent.
Step class offers an aerobic workout to the intensity of a class of high-impact aerobics. It also allows people of different weight and level of training to do so at their own pace, at the same time and in the same environment. The Step also offers a combined cardiovascular work simultaneously with the conditioning benefits of a training program with load.
How to Step?
There are a number of guidelines to maintain proper posture when doing step:
* Shoulders back and relaxed, chest lifted.
* Kneeling loose avoiding hyperextension of the same.
* Avoid hyperextension of the lumbar spine.
* Avoid excessive tilting forward trunk flexion.
* When going up the step, point the center support the platform.
* Step on a platform with the entire sole.
* Coming down, heel supports the foot properly before taking the next step.
* Do not make leaps from the step to the ground, always falls gently.
Thus, the step gets boost the benefits of aerobic exercise and break the monotony of aerobics classes.