Update from Les Mills Australia: As an example under the new scheme a Club with 30 classes on the timetable would pay $23,400 per year to the PPCA (30 classes multiplied by $15) from the previous $1510 per year (30 classes multiplied by 96.8c) – representing a 1500% increase in annual fees. Les Mills has … Read more
You know every word to the scooter tracks…even though you haven’t got a clue what it means! You can hear a BC track on the radio and within 2 seconds know the next chore cue The speed of your car depends on which BC track you are listening to…you always end up breaking the speed … Read more
Permission to reproduce this article obtained from Les Mills Australia Pacific Now that closing submissions for the PPCA case have finally been heard at the Copyright Tribunal, we thought it timely to give you an update on the case and our assessment of the likely outcome. Members of the fitness industry have been subjected to a large … Read more
Advertising is now available at groupfitness.org and totallylesmills.com. If you wish to advertise with us, please enquire via the contact form below, giving us information about the nature of your advertising. Please be aware that we will not necessarily accept all advertising and that we will use some discretion when selecting advertising and we would like advertising … Read more
We hope you will find this new website layout easier to access, since we had a lot of feedback on the old site that the tracklists were too difficult to navigate. So the tracklists are now driven by a database with new search option that, as far as we know, is not available on any other tracklist site! initially it will have basic … Read more
It is finally here, the new design of groupfitness.org! The idea for the concept behind this design has been in planning for some time, and behind the scenes we have been working on these changes to integrate with our already successful forum. For those that wonder where the forum has gone, NEVER FEAR……..it is still … Read more
This time around our tracklists have been updated well in advance and for those that were missing our tracklists for the past 2 releases can now rest assured that they will hopefully not be published so late in the future. The latest tracklists for the Quarter 3 releases were updated a few weeks ago, however … Read more
This groupfitness.org ebay auction for Operation M.U.S.I.C. has now ended and has raised $177.89 for the cause. Thank you to all those who bid on the autographed Les Mills clothing and hopefully this auction has increased awareness worldwide about the predicament the fitness industry faces. Please keep supporting this cause by including a link to … Read more
Proceeds towards fighting unfair copyright fees Currently there is a huge threat to the existence of group exercise in Australia as PPCA makes a move to increase music tariffs (the royalty fee that is paid for the privilege of using music in group fitness classes). Therefore Operation M.U.S.I.C. has been an initiative created by Fitness … Read more
GENERAL STATEMENT FROM LES MILLS We have recently become aware of a number of posts on our and other online forums regarding the sale of Les Mills’ instructor resources on eBay and other similar online auction sites. The official position is this. All Les Mills instructor resources (music, videos, choreo notes) are sold on the … Read more
For those who are on Facebook, I have opened a new group called “Group Fitness” as support for this website. Since so many people use Facebook, I thought it would be a great way of keeping you all updated with what’s happening on this site and on groupfitness.org Group Fitness Facebook Group Share the love … Read more
Les Mills has entered its program video clips in a contest being run by the IDEA Health and Fitness Association. Check out the clips on the contest page and vote for your favourite. You can vote as many times as you like (once a day max) until the competition closes on June 20 and it … Read more
This wasn’t the first time I’ve met Phillip Mills, however it was the first time I’ve actually had an organised meeting with him for an informal lunch. I walked up the stairs to LMI and entered the offices. The receptionist pointed to a door which I’ve walked past many times now, indicating Phillips office. Wow, … Read more
The Sydney Super Workshop in conjunction with FILEX has become an annual destination for some of us forum members and this year proved to be the biggest of them yet! The professionalism has been raised just another notch and puts a lot of shame on my own baby launches back home. The trainers were a … Read more
When I first stepped into a BODYSTEP class at NRG Fitness Centre in early 2004, I would never have imagined myself standing outside LMI Head Office in New Zealand waiting for Mark Nu’u to pick me up. Well I was, and as Mark pulled up in his Mini Cooper Convertible I was ready to run … Read more
It has been highlighted that on the BODYBALANCE™ 35 DVD that there is a discrepancy in the Tai Chi between the masterclass on the DVD and the Focus and Feel in the education session. In the middle of the track there is a move in between doing the Wu Sequence which occurs at 2:54 minutes. … Read more
THE 8TH LES MILLS PROGRAM! Les Mills International will launch a new program beginning 1/4 1 2007. Releases 01 and 02 will be filmed on the 25 October 2006 at Les Mills World of Fitness. In February/March 2007 the program is then introduced into license studios around the planet during 2007.The first classes were trialed … Read more
This is your unofficial resource to information about the eight Les Mills programs around the globe. We have resources to the tracklists of the Les Mills programs as well as tips on where you can find further information, links and training. This site will be continually growing to continuously provide you with information on everything … Read more