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Challenge yourself with circuits consisting of strength, conditioning, and plyometric exercises. This style of workout taps into all three metabolic systems to improve muscular power, strength, and endurance—plus, the clock is ticking, so you’re competing against yourself for time and reps! Class ends with mobility work for joint health.
High Intensity Interval Training pushed to the max. Monday classes involve functional and athletic training using the TRX, treadmill, bikes, kettlebells and more. Wednesday classes mirror a Crossfit type workout.
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Strength work challenging your body with a variety of equipment. Classes may include hand weights, balls, steps, disks and bands.
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Develop strength and technique to approach the bar with confidence! Led by two experienced female lifters, this class will focus on basic power and Olympic lifts as well as accessory exercises to build strength and power.
Female identifying and gender expansive individuals welcome.
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In body sculpt classes, you’ll use equipment like hand weights, resistance bands, and your body weight to sculpt and tone your muscles. With sculpting and toning exercises, you’ll develop lean muscles rather than large or bulky ones.
Pilates is a method of exercise that consists of low-impact flexibility and muscular strength and endurance movements. Pilates emphasizes proper postural alignment, core strength and muscle balance.
Mat Pilates is a strengthening and lengthening form of exercise that focuses on your core (trunk) muscles while also training your arms and legs. Mat Pilates is based on the original exercises Joseph Pilates developed to strengthen his own body as a very young man and then began teaching others.
Pop Pilates is an evolution of regular Pilates, challenging people to develop incredible core strength. It is a mat-based fusion of abdominal muscle exercises and moves which benefit your entire body, with it putting core muscles to work more than regular Pilates would.
Yogalates combines the balance, stamina, strength, flexibility, and yogic awareness of mind and body with Pilates techniques that improve posture, core strength, and stability.
Classical dance movements and positions drawn from yoga and Pilates. Using equipment, in addition to the barre, such as resistance bands, gliding disk and exercise balls.
This full body workout combines high-rep strength training and traditional barre exercises to challenge your mobility and core.
Experience the power of Soul Body’s signature method and flow that is smart, functional, more athletic yet mindful in its approach. This results-driven program brings that “boutique barre experience” to Group Fitness. Shape, tone and strengthen the body.
The perfect ending to a long day! Learn simple, safe and easy exercises to lengthen and limber the whole body.
Experience an ancient Chinese martial art with health benefits for body, mind and spirit. A meditation in motion that relieves stress, encourages relaxation and improves balance.
Tai Chi is a recommended exercise for people with arthritis because it is low-impact and can help you improve your strength, flexibility, and balance. It involved performing slow, controlled movements with an attention to your breath. It can help with chronic pain management as well as promote relaxation and mental well-being.
Are you interested in learning martial arts and self defense? If yes, then consider joining our program and attending our classes.
Our Mixed Martial Arts system incorporates techniques and methods from Boxing, Kickboxing, Wrestling, Grappling, and Karate. Our Mixed Martial Arts system strives to deliver an integrated and comprehensive ideology and framework with the goal of producing skillful, accomplished, and well-rounded students proficient in the art of self defense.
All new students must be at least 18 years old, sign a liability waiver, and purchase a white karate gi online (with a white belt) prior to beginning any class.
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A fast-paced workout on a stationary bike. You can climb, sprint and ride to incredible music in our cycling studio.
All the benefits of a cycle class condensed into a 30 minute session.
Shallow and deep water exercises that tone and improve range of motion, cardiovascular endurance and muscle strength.
Deep Water Fitness is a low impact, joint-friendly workout routine that builds strength and cardiovascular health. Participants will have fun taking part in new and exciting resistance exercises and underwater running drills with help from a floatation device.
Our Walking Group will help keep you moving and working towards better health and fitness. The group will meet outside at the Y for warmups then continue to Veterans Memorial Field where we will walk for 20-30 minutes. Class will wrap up back at the Y with stretches, mobility work, and some simple exercises. This class is outdoors and is weather dependent, however will still occur in the event of safe, yet inclement weather.
Learn the “ins and outs” of Yoga postures. The practice of yoga improves our well-being, not just physically, but on all levels: physiologically, mentally, emotional and spiritually. Yoga is to be experienced. All are welcome to join.
Experience the transformative power of moving mediation by practicing various yoga postures with a focus on creating awareness gaining strength and increasing flexibility.
Hatha for Healthy Bones focuses on balancing poses, building strength in your legs and using body weight to build bone density.
Iyengar yoga begins with standing, sitting and lying down postures and later inversions and more vigorous backbends and breathing techniques. The Iyengar method emphasizes proper alignment and builds strength, flexibility and inner peace.
Dynamic yoga focuses on flowing movements and breathwork. It is a more vigorous style of yoga than traditional hatha yoga, and it can be a great way to improve your cardiovascular health, strength, and flexibility.
This form of Hatha Yoga practice involves breath, body, and mind, with poses not as strenuous as in a traditional yoga class.
Yogalates combines the balance, stamina, strength, flexibility, and yogic awareness of mind and body with Pilates techniques that improve posture, core strength, and stability.
This is our gentlest yoga class. Designed for those who wish to find healing, recovery physically and emotionally, and to learn to release chronic tension and stress.
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