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Group Fitness

Group Exercise Class Descriptions

20-20-20

Maximize your workout with 20 minutes of cardio, 20 minutes of strength and 20 minutes of core/flexibility for a very efficient and total body workout. All levels welcome.

Ampd UP

Be the envy of everyone’s eye with our 30 minute upper body only class that will tone and tighten your arms, back, shoulders and chest as well as improve posture.

Aqua Zumba

Known as the Zumba “pool party,” Aqua Zumba integrates the Zumba formula and philosophy with traditional aqua fitness disciplines, blends it all together into a safe, challenging, water-based workout that’s cardio-conditioning, body-toning, and most of all, exhilarating!

Ashtanga Yoga

Ashtanga, often referred to as “Power Yoga”, is a physically challenging yoga that builds strength, flexibility, and stamina. This format is appropriate for intermediate and advanced participants.

Ballet Sculpt

Train like a Trina Ballerina, “and BEYOND”! This Ballet Barre inspired class, will sculpt, strengthen and elongate all of your major muscle groups. All levels welcome no dance experience necessary. Format may employ a multitude of training tools/techniques such as the Ballet Barre, light weights, and body bars.

Barefoot Bootcamp

This fusion of Pilates Core Work & Yoga Flow is designed to restore your posture by activating and strengthening the core muscles, decompression of the spine, improvement to the flexibility of your hips and shoulders along with an improved sense of
balance/body awareness. This Mind/Body challenge will end with Shivasana (relaxation/meditation). Beginners are welcome.

BeMoved

A new dance fitness experience designed by Sherry Zunker. Classes begin with easy-to-follow therapeutic movements that integrate the upper and lower body. The warm up flows into dance styles inspired by a wide variety of musical genres. Each week focuses on a different musical and dance style such as Bollywood, jazz, Latin and disco. It is designed to inspire participants to embrace dance as a lifelong leans to health joy, and fulfillment.

Beyond the Beat

Not your typical dance class! Beyond The Beat incorporates drum sticks for an added upper body workout with fun, nonstop easy to follow dance choreography while creating your own rhythms with the sticks. World music with the emphasis on percussion instruments will take this workout “Beyond The Beat”.

Body 360


This format centers around the ballast/swiss ball and incorporates light weights, pilates rings and xerrings for a challenging series of exercises. Lateral flexion and rotation on the ball along with balance and stability work will transform the look and feel of your core as well as sculpt your physique from head to toe.

Bootcamp $

Be better at life, not better at being in a health club! Get stronger in the movements that make up your daily life. Be more active, more energetic, more confident, and less prone to injury. Bootcamp provides a fresh perspective on fitness and will prepare you with proper form and understanding before adding intensity.

Cardio Mix

Cardio Mix combines several cardio formats such as step, hi/lo, plyometrics and sports conditioning drills for a fat-burning workout.

Cardio Sport Step

This 45-minute cardio format fuses all the best segments of Step, FitKick and FitSport. Easy to follow basic choreography allows you to master the movements of traditional boxing, step and sports related disciplines. A combination of high intensity drills, such as plyometrics, is partnered with low intensity moves for a total body workout.

Chisel

Reshape your body with this non – stop, fast paced workout that focuses on compound exercises performed with lighter weights and higher repetitions.

Contact Boxing

An advanced workout for the experienced participants. The pro boxing ring will be used as participants work on defensive and offensive skills. Wraps are a must, bag gloves provided.

Core Yoga

Core Yoga is taught in a flow style and focuses on using postures to build strength and balance in the back muscles, the abdominals and the glutes.

Critical Mass


This total body resistence workout is designed to build muscular strength, increase bone density and maintain lean body mass with the emphasis on full range of motion exercises done with heavier weights and less repetition.

Cycle Cross

Add some cross training to your cycling workout with 5 – 10 minutes of non stop upper body work with exercise tubing. Build strength and endurance in your back, chest, shoulders, biceps and triceps for a leaner look while increasing your posture on the bike.

FitCore

30 minutes of concentrated abdominal and lower back work. Plan your workout accordingly to put this quick class on the front or back end of your workout routine.

FitFour

This high intensity class brings a boost to your heart rate and keep you burning calories for hours. With 4 stations, the class will bring together plyometrics, heavy lifting, resistance training and cardiovascular drills to test endurance and speed.

FitKick

A cardiovascular class using techniques from boxing and kickboxing. This is a great class for students who want to train like a professional boxer but, without the bodily contact.

FitSport

FitSport is a challenging cardiovascular and muscle strength conditioning class, which is effective and time efficient. Expect short, high-intensity cardiovascular segments utilizing sports specific drills followed by compound muscle strength exercises challenging all the major muscles of the body. This class is appropriate for all fitness levels.

FitStrength

FitFlex is a muscular strength endurance class that will challange all the major muscles of the body. In this one hour format, you will perform compound movement partterns that will improve your over-all strength, muscle endurance, body composition, and flexibility. This class, which utilizes the variable weighted barbell, is for everyone. It will complement your current weight training program or for those just getting started it will serve as an introduction to resistance training.

Floorplay

No nap time here! This fusion class brings together elements of core strength/stability with planks and bridges while integrating pilates principles through a cool flow stretch. The fluidity of moving from one exercise to the next will slightly elevate the heart rate, burn calories and increase flexibility.

Formula 94

This torch burning format, performed barefoot in a 94 degree studio, combines the influences of yoga, pilates and sculpting. The use of light to moderate hand weights will help you incinerate body fat as you define your body from head to toe. (Signature)

Forrest Yoga
Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga is a class that focuses on the postures of physical well-being designed to balance body, mind and spirit. You can expect to learn simple breathing exercises, the basic yoga poses, light meditation, relaxation techniques to become more comfortable with yoga. This class is appropriate for all levels.

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