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Flip Fusion – what makes it different? - Flip Fusion! How do you describe it? As we say on our website, “This is where heavy strength and short cardio bursts collide in a class that works long after the workout is over.” It really is the “flip” of our fusion format! Instead of short segments of muscle work providing recovery periods between longer periods of cardio work, we reverse the emphasis. In other words, (the words on our website to be exact!), “Targeted, long-lasting muscle carving sets lead the charge, followed by shorter blasts of cardio dance to maintain intensity.” Flip Fusion is different from our Strength 60 and 45 formats in that it incorporates intense cardio blasts. It is different from our Dance Mixx, Core and Strike formats in that it incorporates muscle training throughout. Mix it up for your customers and offer this format to give their bodies a different way to burn calories, strengthen muscles, and enhance cardiorespiratory health. Since Flip Fusion combines bursts of intense cardio work with periods of strength training, this categorizes it as an interval class. In fact, it is High Intensity Interval Training (HiiT) which includes short, intense cardio bursts along with lower intensity work segments. According to the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), this maximizes calorie burn and taps into fat stores because it taps into both the aerobic and anaerobic energy systems of the body. The body burns extra calories when the heartrate spikes (due to a boost of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange) and continues to burn calories during the intense strength training (due to the need for restoring oxygen and nutrients to the muscles). Flip Fusion stands as one of our interval formats, which include Fusion, Interval Fusion, Interval Dance mix, and now Flip Fusion! Just like our other interval formats, Flip Fusion keeps the heartrate in the aerobic training state, even during the intense muscle work sections. This is due to the “cardio blasts” interspersed throughout with our high intensity dance routines. The heart rate quickly goes up to the high end of the aerobic range (the peak of the cardiac curve) which is the equivalent of “running a sprint” and enhances cardiorespiratory function. Once the heartrate is up, we allow it to recover, coming down toward the lower end of the aerobic range, while we focus on strengthening with a series of routines that target a particular muscle group. The muscle training segments of Flip Fusion involve three routines in a row that target a particular muscle group (upper body muscles, leg muscles including the gluteals, and abdominals.) This allows us to focus the strengthening efforts, using resistance and repetitions to fatigue the muscles, but avoiding muscle failure by using different routines to provide variety. You know your costumers are working their muscles well when they hold the correct position and alignment and perform the move fully and with intention (no swinging or flinging!) Because of the cardio blasts, expect to breathe deeply and sweat during the strengthening routines. Flip Fusion is not meant to replace Strength 60 or 45, although it certainly has strength training benefits. It is not meant to replace Dance Mixx, Core or Strike, although it has cardio benefits. It is meant to be presented along with ALL of the formats as part of a well-rounded, healthy exercise regimen, giving our customers options, variety and different ways to address both cardiorespiratory health and muscle strengthening. Gladwin, L.A. (Ed.). (2010), Fitness:Theory and practice the comprehensive resource for group fitness instruction (5th ed,). Sherman Oaks, CA: American and Fitness Association of America. , MS, OTR/L. Gwenda serves as a consultant to Jazzercise, Inc. for exercise physiology and safety information. She earned a BS in Occupational Therapy from University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) and a Master of Science from University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). She was the kinesiology professor for both the occupational and physical therapy programs at OUHSC and currently is a professor at UCO. Gwenda practices occupational therapy with special emphasis in the areas of biomechanics and physical disabilities rehabilitation, and teaches Jazzercise at Jazzercise Edmond Fitness Center in Oklahoma. Click Here to view other articles!