step aerobics

[ step uh-roh-biks ]

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. aerobic exercises and dance movements performed by stepping up onto and down from a rectangular block.

Word History and Origins

Origin of step aerobics¹

1990–95

Example Sentences

Big-box gyms, the Thighmaster and step aerobics dominated the American fitness landscape when personal trainer Barry Jay and two investor partners, John and Rachel Mumford, leased a small storefront at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Holloway Drive in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times

Big-box gyms, the Thighmaster and step aerobics dominated the American fitness landscape when personal trainer Barry Jay and two investor partners leased a small storefront at the corner of La Cienega Boulevard and Holloway Drive in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times

Its corresponding choreography — directing dancers to stomp, “slide to the left, slide to the right. Criss cross,” and “cha cha real smooth” — was originally created for his nephew’s step aerobics class at Bally Total Fitness, Casper said, and the track was sold out of a trunk.

From Los Angeles Times

While an undergrad at Mount St. Mary’s in the early 1990s, she happened to teach step aerobics to several players from the then-Bullets, who were brought to campus by former owner Abe Pollin.

From Washington Post

If it’s too high, stand on something stable, such as a plyometric box or a step aerobics bench, to reach it.

From Washington Post