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BodyPump
BodyPump is a weight-based group-fitness program, created and distributed globally by Les Mills International. Every week 5.5 million people attend a Les Mills class in 17,500 licensed health clubs in over 100 countries.
The first BodyPump classes were created by Phillip Mills and his wife Dr Jackie Mills in December 1991 in Auckland, New Zealand. According to Dr Jackie Mills the idea was to attract men into the group fitness studio while also breaking down the stigma that women shouldn’t, or couldn’t, do weight training.
BodyPump has grown to be considered one of the world’s most popular group exercise classes. In 2015 there were over 51,000 certified instructors who take to the stage and teach BodyPump in 15,000 clubs around the world.