Atlantis Leisure is well known in Oban for its Les Mills fitness classes, such as BodyStep, BodyPump and BodyCombat, and now one of its instructors has been chosen for the elite Les Mills UK presenter team.
Katie Galbraith joined Atlantis Leisure in 2011, teaching a variety of group fitness classes, but her main programme was BodyStep, and she soon achieved ‘elite’ instructor status. BodyStep is a fun, fast-paced workout using height-adjustable steps designed to burn fat, improve cardiovascular health and condition the muscles.
‘In 2014, I decided to take a leap of faith and go out to the home of Les Mills in Auckland, New Zealand,’ Katie said. ‘I spent 10 months working in the biggest gym in the world as an instructor. I was really lucky to be able to audition to teach classes, which is apparently very rare, and taught BodyBalance classes regularly in a couple of the Les Mills gyms. I also taught BodyStep along Mark N’uu, who is the choreographer and director of the programme.’