20-Minute Step Aerobics: Two Easy Combos

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1. Warm-up: basic steps, then knees, kicks, leg backs and side legs to the corners of the step. 0:10
2. Knee repeater: step knee, step knee, march for four, practised on the floor first, then on the bench. 3:27
3. V-steps, then alternating V-steps that turn into a turn step across the bench, with an optional heel-up punch. 5:45
4. Knee repeaters and turn steps joined back to back. 8:14
5. Knee taps on the corner, then a lunge back, then kick and lunge back for the Charleston, whichever suits you. 9:34
6. Combo 1 in full: knee repeaters, turn steps and Charlestons, on one side and then the other. 10:30
7. Combo 2: march up for eight, then ten lunge-backs, keeping your whole foot on the bench and tapping back lightly. 12:43
8. Both combos together, with optional hopped lunges; keep an eye on the bench at all times. 14:45
9. Cool-down: step touches, roll down and up, shoulder rolls, then calf, chest and hamstring stretches. 18:05

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.