Please help me pick an exercise class

[Iggi999]

Exercise class virgin here - only have experience of bouncing around to a Rosemary Conley Dvd now and then. Need something that would be a low-impact type of thing, dodgy knee if I jump.
Local leisure centre has 3 I could go to tomorrow, can someone help me decode what they actually mean?

1. Body attack - high energy interval training.
2. Body pump - muscular strength endurance with weights.
3. Body combat - blend of combat sports.
4. Tums, bums, thighs - conditioning class for toning those areas.

This may as well be in Russian for all it means to me - please help me out!

Pump is fantastic. I couldn't move after my first one as I put too many weights on.It's very good though as you build muscle and can burn more fat. You have either hand weights or long weight lifter weights and do squats, lunges to music. Very hard word, but do-able with low weights.

Combat is good too. Aerobic / dancy / martial arts. Lots of kicking and punching too.

Tums & bums is fairly easy IMO. You get to lie down during the crunch part so good if you are knackered by then . If your knee is dodgy it would be ideal, pump and combat involve a lot of bouncing or weight on the knees.

I've never done attack but that's only because it clashes with the dc's bedtime at our gym.

Hey Meglet, thanks for that, very useful!
(Feeling guilty that am actually looking for a class that clashes with my DCs bedtime!)
Think I'll start with the bums/tums one, can then work my way up

I find body attack extremely hard core, its mainly based on running drills, prob wouldnt be best for you if you have a dodgy knee. I love combat and do a class of that no problem but attack leaves me absolutely exhausted. If your gym does zumba have a try of that - loads of fun!

Body Pump is wonderful and doesn't require any leaping around and/or coordination. I found Combat really hard work and Step was just fucking embarrassing. Everyone else went left, I went right, they went forwards, I went backwards, I just about tied my legs in knots! Body Balance was a bit "oh get a fuckin' job you hippy!"

I'd think you'd be safest with Bums and Tums class as the 'gentlest' intro. Body Pump would be OK too - but speak to the person about starting weights and go for minimum to start with. Combat...not sure - bit like Boxercise maybe? Which again was a bit more co-ordination but not too bad - quite fun.