There's a Class for That Trivia Quiz

Answer: Legs, bums and tums

Unsurprisingly a 'legs, bums and tums' class is designed to lose fat from and tone up the legs, bottom and stomach. Exercises performed in this class include things like squats, lunges and sit ups all designed to tone up the legs, bum and tum.

Answer: Yes

Joseph Pilates was born in Germany in 1883. The principles of his fitness method, which he called contrology, are contained in two books he published one in 1934 and one in 1945. Joseph Pilates believed that physical and mental health were connected and so the Pilates exercises are designed to improve both the mind and the body.

Answer: High Intensity Interval Training

High Intersity Interval Training or HIIT is a cardiovascular exercise which alternates short periods of intense activity with lower intensity recover periods. The most common types of exercise used in a HIIT program are running and cycling. While HIIT exercise is good for improving cardiovascular fitness it is deemed less effective for weight loss than many other exercise styles.

Answer: Exercise Bikes

Spinning, also called 'Indoor Cycling' is an exercise class using static bikes, often called 'exercise bikes'. A spinning class normally has participants in a variety of positions on the bike designed to simulate different aspects of cycling in the real world such as sprinting or climbing hills. Participants can often set different levels of resistance on the bikes meaning that people of differing abilities can take part in a class together.

Answer: Yoga

Yoga started as a spiritual discipline in ancient India. Most modern yoga classes are based on Hatha yoga and involve holding various positions or postures known as asanas combined with breathing exercises. The positions all have names usually deriving from the shape made in the position. Yoga classes are good for improving strength and flexibility.

Answer: Swimming Pool

Aquafit classes involve doing aerobic exercises whilst in water. Moving against the water provides greater resistance than moving in air and thus helps to strengthen the muscles as well as making the body work harder.

Answer: False

Although the term 'kettlebell' sounds as though it could be a musical instrument it is in fact a term used to describe a type of weight. Kettlebells consist of a weight with a single metal handle across the top, they are developed from a type of weight used by Russian farmers to weigh crops. Exercising with kettlebells involve swinging and lifting the weights in various ways to strengthen muscles.

Answer: Colombia

Zumba was created in the 1990s by the Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto Perez. It blends dance moves from various styles of dance including hip-hop, salsa and samba with more traditional exercise moves such as squats to create a dance style work out done to upbeat music.

Answer: step

The step class was developed by Gin Miller in the late 1980s. She developed the class after being told to step up and down on a milk crate to strengthen the muscles around her knee as rehab for an injury. A step class is often done to music with the timing of the stepping moves fitting to the beat of the music. Sometimes the steps are called 'Reebok steps' as this was the first major company to start manufacturing them.

Answer: Stomach

Abs is short for abdominal muscles which are the main muscles in the stomach area. An abs-blast class uses various exercises designed to tone and strengthen the abdominal muscles.