Aerobics is a kind of sports with music as accompaniment, physical exercise as the basic means and aerobic exercise as the basis to achieve the purpose of improving health, shaping body and entertainment. Aerobics embodies the comprehensive ability of human body in strength, flexibility, coordination, rhythm and expressive force. Since its rise in the late 1970s and early 1980s, aerobics has swept the world with its strong vitality and was introduced to China in the early 1980s. With people's pursuit of health and beauty, aerobics has become the most popular sport.

From the overall task and development of aerobics, aerobics can be divided into two categories: fitness aerobics and competitive aerobics. The main purpose of aerobics is to exercise and keep healthy, which is characterized by maintaining the metabolic process of aerobic exercise, wide adaptability, paying attention to individual differences and having fitness safety, while the main purpose of competitive aerobics is to compete, which requires high artistry, strong sense of rhythm, great difficulty and high physical quality.

The basic movements of aerobics are mainly composed of lower limb movements, upper limb movements and trunk movements.