A-Step


  • Start Position:
    • Stand facing a horizontally positioned step platform, near its right end.
    • Keep the feet in a comfortable starting position and maintain an upright posture.
    • Select a platform height appropriate for your fitness level and experience.
  • Description:
    • The A-Step is a traveling step aerobics movement performed from one end of a horizontal platform to the other. The participant steps diagonally toward the center of the platform and then diagonally backward to the opposite end, creating a pattern resembling the letter "A". The same foot leads both the upward and downward movements.
  • Sequence:
    1. Starting at the right end of the platform, step diagonally up toward the center with the left foot.
    2. Bring the right foot onto the platform beside the left foot.
    3. Step diagonally backward and to the left onto the floor with the left foot.
    4. Bring the right foot down beside the left foot, finishing at the left end of the platform.
    5. From the left end, step diagonally up toward the center with the right foot.
    6. Bring the left foot onto the platform beside the right foot.
    7. Step diagonally backward and to the right onto the floor with the right foot.
    8. Bring the left foot down beside the right foot, finishing at the right end of the platform.
  • Notes:
    • The A-Step follows a diagonal pattern resembling the letter "A".
    • The movement travels from one end of the horizontal platform to the other.
    • Always use the same foot to lead both the step up and the step down.
    • When traveling left, lead with the left foot. When traveling right, lead with the right foot.
    • Place the entire foot securely on the platform and maintain control when stepping down.
    • A knee lift may be incorporated as a variation when appropriate.