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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 137and participants are chanting along with the music, encouraging each other and clapping. It was so much fun! I LOVED this class, I think it%u2019s safe to say that the treadmill Saturday dates with me are completely over. BANG is a group fitness class that incorporates high energy interval training, professional choreographed dance moves that are easy to follow, mixed martial arts, and boxing. It is an intense workout if you add the jumps, high knees, and really move your body. You also have the ability to add weighted gloves to tone your arms and that provides a more intense workout. In my opinion this is a GREAT cardio and toning workout as long as you%u2019re ok with letting yourself go. You have to be uninhibited to get the most benefit out of the workout. Each class offered is an hour in duration, and you move for that entire hour! It%u2019s as intense as you make it. My instructor%u2019s name was Amanda Strand. You couldn%u2019t help but be mesmerized by the way she moved. After our class concluded (and I wiped the sweat that was pouring out from all areas of my body) I introduced myself and told her I wanted to write about this BANG class in an article since it was not like any other class I have ever taken. Trust me I have tried enough group fitness classes to realize this style class is like nothing I have ever seen or experienced before. Turns out that Amanda is the co-creator of BANG. Her exercise background includes Advanced Instructor status with LesMills, which is about as high up in the LesMills company%u2019s ladder you can climb. In addition, Amanda has a professional theater and acting background which came in handy when designing and choreographing her BANG classes. New BANG routines are constantly being added to the classes which allow for the newest music sensations and keep the class interesting-and let%u2019s be honest there is nothing better than dancing to your favorite song you%u2019ve recently heard on the radio! let the people around me know if I fall on them that they have been forewarned of my two left feet (totally the Paralegal in me, if I fall on you, by me raising my hand, and the participants seeing my hand, they have now assumed the risk of injury I may cause to them by my lack of coordination should they choose to continue to work out near me). I cowardly rise my hand along with some other new BANG participants, and the instructor looks at us with a smile and says %u201cdon%u2019t worry just watch my feet and if you don%u2019t get it who cares just keep moving and do your own thing%u201d. Whew that was a relief, I can always resort back to my old faithful one-two step- good to know. The class starts, the music is blasting,