How to Do Jazzercise Step Movements

Straighten your arms in front of you. Make two fists and connect them in the middle. Your arms should be somewhere between your chest and waist (it doesn't have to be exact). Step straight onto the platform with one foot and then the other. As you take the first step, bend your elbows back so that you arms are at about 90 degrees. As you take the first step off of the platform, throw your arms forward again to the original position. Do this about 10 to 20 times leading with one foot, then repeat by starting it off with the other foot.

Stand next to the platform so that your feet are parallel to the platform. Begin with your arms in the same position as the first step. Step onto the platform in a side-step motion, beginning with the foot that is closest to the platform. Once again, pull your arms back as your first foot makes its way onto the platform and then release once your second foot comes down onto the platform. Then, step off of the platform in the other direction. Your first foot on the platform should be the first off of it. Leave yourself enough room and your second foot can land next to the platform. Pull your arms back in the same manner as before. You should end in the same position as you began, except on the opposite side of the platform. Do this 20 times.

Step onto the platform the same way as in step two. Pull your arms back in the same motion as before. This time, instead of stepping onto the platform with your second foot, bend that leg up towards your body. Your knee should bend in a way that places your leg in about a 90 degree angle. Next, kick that leg out, down and to the side so that it is diagonal with your body. Once you've completed this motion, position that foot onto the ground (in the same spot as you began) and straighten your arms to the original position. Then, step off of the platform with your other foot. Repeat this 20 times and then begin from the opposition side of the platform.

Stand next to the platform so that your feet are parallel. This time, simply hop onto the platform with the foot closest to the platform. Bend the other leg slightly as you would if you were running. Then, hop off of the platform on the opposite side, as you're doing that, hop onto the platform with your other foot. Repeat this with both feet going back and forth to and from the platform. The point is that you should never have both feet either on the floor or the platform at the same time. While you're doing this, your arms should just move back and forth as they would if you were jogging. Continue this for about 30 seconds to a minute at a time.

Stand near the back of the platform with your feet again parallel. Begin my running in place as this will be a running step. Once you've run in place for a few seconds, step with the foot closest to the platform on the other side of the platform instead of directly onto it. Then, bring your foot around and over the platform. All that you're doing here is running in place with one foot and moving the other foot from one side of the platform to the other. Repeat this 20 times then position yourself on the opposite side of the platform. Repeat this so that your other foot is the one going over and back.