Turnstep

A glance through the results of the site polls shows that most visitors to Turnstep are fitness teachers, but exercise enthusiasts looking for new ways to add spice to their at-home workouts will love this site too. Its primary purpose is to catalogue aerobic dance steps and patterns and, on our last visit, the site offered over 15,000 and the figure is increasing all the time. The design is basic and functional, and relatively easy to navigate. The main proportion of the homepage is devoted to cataloguing the latest steps. First-time visitors should scroll to the link at the bottom left of the screen headed About the Pictures.

SPECIAL FEATURES

About the Pictures is the key to understanding the animated step descriptions. As the drawings explain point by point, the red shoe is the right foot, the yellow shoe is the left foot, and so on. Step fans will be able to look at the animations and pick up most steps quickly because the format is admirably intuitive, however anyone more than a little uncoordinated will appreciate the simple explanations.

Adaptive Aerobics offers advice for professionals on how they can make their classes more inclusive and integrate all abilities and disabilities.

Aerobics FAQ can also be read in html or downloaded as a text-heavy version. It answers basic questions such as ‘What is aerobic exercise?', ‘How do I determine my target heart rate?', ‘How do I know when I'm exercising hard enough to burn fat?', and ‘If I do lots of outer thigh exercises will that part of my body slim down first?'.