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All That Jazz!

Getting Fit With Jazzercise

By Carma Haley Shoemaker

– Pressed for time? Fitness is a snap with this 30- to 45-minute class devoted solely to Jazzercise aerobics. Cardio Quick provides great calorie-burning results on the tightest of schedules.

Simply-Lite – This 60-minute class pairs moderated aerobics with exercises that are designed to improved strength, balance and flexibility using easy-to-follow movements. Whether you're a beginner, newcomer, a senior, pregnant, significantly overweight or otherwise physically restricted, you can't go wrong with this popular light version of the original Jazzercise program.

Circuit Training – Featuring a proven combination of aerobic exercise and strength training with weights, resistance tubes and balls, this Jazzercise workout covers all the fitness bases as you cross-train your way to a fit and fabulous look.

Step by Jazzercise – Jazzercise's trademark choreography is specially adapted to create an original step class that's anything but routine. The low-impact, high-intensity workout is a great way to add variety to your personal fitness training.

Personal Touch – Certified Jazzercise instructors conduct private sessions designed to improve student success, ensure exercise adherence and encourage the attainment of fitness goals.

Team Dance by Jazzercise – Team Dance is designed to introduce preteens and teens to dance, technique, physiology, nutrition and the overall benefits of exercise. Increase balance, flexibility and cardiovascular endurance through hip-hop, street jam and funk moves choreographed to today's hottest music.

Junior – Junior Jazzercise teaches things like coordination, strength and endurance, nutrition and the importance of physical fitness. Kids ages 6 to 11 experience the joy of movement as they dance their way through specially-choreographed, age-appropriate routines to today's most popular music.

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