Aerobics music

Aerobics music is different from the regular music; it has a pattern of its own specially designed for aerobics dance. It is made of three big melodic phases.

It is a x32 counts musical phrase; it is based on phrases of 32 beats. The beginning of the 32 counts music is natural, then the music gradually decreases in intensity until 16 beats are counted, then rises till it reaches its peak after 32 counts when there is a slight break in the music to announce the next x32 counts phrase. You must get used to this pattern before you teach any aerobics class since the whole workout will be based on the music.

If you are a participant, it is interesting for you to know that you can understand the patterns in your workout and understand how your instructor works with the nusic. The music's tempo describes a series of waves.

Some regular music have this pattern because pop music is often aerobics music. Aerobics music is very natural; it corresponds to the rhythm of the body. If using regular music, an instructor should make sure she selects music with the same BPM (beat per minute) than the heartbeats. It is logical since the frequency of the beats you find in the aerobics music must match the heartbeats of your participants.

Count the beats in the music during ten seconds, then multiply by six, and you will know the BPM of you music; it is like taking your pulse.

Music beat varies from one piece of music to another; some tempo phases are faster or slower, depending on what you want to achieve. The general rule is: do not select a music that goes higher than 160 BPM since it is too fast to workout. In aerobics specially designed music, the BPM are written just in front of the name of the partition, on the front cover of the tape or the CD. Take it into account!

Warm Ups and Cool Downs should not go over 140BPM.

During the Cardio segment of the workout, Low Impact aerobics should use music of 130 to 145 BPM; Hi-Low Impact should follow a pattern of 130 to 160 BPM.

Slide or step music needs a lower rhythm to allow time to go up and down on the step, therefore the music should be between 118 to 124 BPM.

Muscle conditioning should use a constant music without variations of beats so that the movements can be consistent and be followed easily, so a music of 100 to 120 BPM is appropriate..

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