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Speedball is very popular, especially among young women. This up-tempo class is a bit hard, but so much fun by using the medicine ball. This guy whose head is wrapped with a white bandana is the very popular instructor, Steve!

Daily work-out has become very common among New Yorkers nowadays. Fitness clubs are New Yorker’s main places to work out and every fitness club is constantly competing with others by developing attractive programs. There are two types of trends in fitness clubs today. One is entertaining classes and the other is personal training. We will introduce those two types of trends in fitness clubs here.

"It's a show! It's about music and programming it in advance.....energy." says the most popular instructor Steve Feinberg. His class, Speedball R trains your cardiovascular and muscular endurance and is a super-hard exercise. By using a medicine ball, it helps you move your body smoothly. Additionally, such elements as boxing movement and Kung Fu movements are incorporated in developing this class and by exercising with up-tempo music, it gives you so much excitement.

Steve sometimes sings and sometimes screams during the class and that's how he attracts many participants.

"This is one of the hardest classes I've ever done but it really is fun. I feel like I am in a Rock concert." Says a woman, who participates in Steve's class every week.

Steve teaches this program (Speedball) at numerous fitness clubs and the program is offered about 20 classes per week from the Speedball Fitness team. Attractive classes lead to the popularity of a fitness club, and it also means a good career path for an instructor, as well as a good contract with high-end fitness clubs.