Exercise Specialist and owner of outdoor personal training company Exercise Sydney, John Allen, answers your burning fitness questions.
What is the difference between Body Attack and Body Pump. I want to lose 3kg, so which is better for me?
Body Attack is a 55-minute sports-inspired cardio work-out that's all about improving your speed, fitness, strength and agility by combining high-energy interval training with aerobic movements, strength and stabilisation movements.
Body Pump on the other hand is a barbell-based class aimed at working all the major muscle groups in the body by using weight-room-type exercises such as squats, presses, curls and lifts. The weight of your barbell is up to you and the class is designed to strengthen and tone your muscles — not bulk them up!
If you had to choose one class over the other for burning fat then Body Pump would be the best option. In a 13-week trial comparing Body Pump, Body Step, Body Attack, Body Combat, and RPM, subjects in the Body Pump group lost the most fat.
Personally, I would suggest signing up to both classes and alternating between the two. It's very important to keep your body guessing and even more important to keep exercise fun and interesting!
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