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Les Mills: For a Fitter Planet

LES MILLS™ group fitness and team training programs change the lives of millions of people in 14,000 clubs across 80 countries. Our mission is to create a fitter planet, one workout at a time. Every day we challenge participants to put aside whatever else is happening, and lose themselves for an hour in one of the world’s most popular group fitness classes and team team training programs. .

From its base in Auckland, New Zealand, we renew our 13 programs every three months with new choreography, licensed music and instructor education - creating an invigorating exercise experience known around the world. Find out more about our 30-minute high-intensity interval training, LES MILLS GRIT™ series here.

With Les Mills you’re not just exercising, you’re joining in on something bigger than yourself. Gain the energy of THE GROUP EFFECT™ as one of our 90,000 certified instructors guides you through a hugely motivating workout set to amazing chart-topping music.

You’ll unleash yourself, fall in love with fitness, and change your life. You’ll sweat, you’ll shout - you may even curse us - but you’ll leave feeling exhilarated. And tomorrow you’ll come back and do it all again.

Find out more about LES MILLS™ group fitness and team training programs , or find your nearest class .

Our Culture

Les Mills is a community of like-minded people, with a culture that celebrates inspiration, energy and good health. We pride ourselves on being brave – the ones who turn up their sleeves when it comes to hard work. The ones that scream ‘hell yeah’ when the instructor barks ‘ten more’. Those who view sweat on their brows like a crown of achievement. The ones who don’t just step up, they turn it up, because they want results.

Our Values

Values are something hard to describe. You’ll get the best sense of what ours are when you take on one of our group fitness classes or team training programs. It’s in the atmosphere, in the music, and in the energy you have when you’ve finished your workout. But when we do put our values in words, we talk about One Tribe being brave and making the world a fitter planet.

Our Tribe

Behind the amazing culture of Les Mills are our people, who are on global quest to change lives. We call ourselves a Tribe, which means we’re all working towards the same goal to make the world a fitter planet. We’re brave, motivated and enthusiastic about the future of fitness. And along the way, we ensure everything we do is world-class.

Our Haka

The Les Mills Tribe are fitness warriors. We have created our own powerful warrior-call, based on a traditional Maori haka - a native tribal war dance from our indigenous New Zealand Maori people, often performed at ceremonies and as a welcome, challenge or celebration. The Les Mills haka was created by New Zealand’s leading Kapa Haka specialist (a traditional Maori performing arts group), and it holds a clear, compelling message about one Tribe working together to overcome obesity and sedentary lifestyles.