CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

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ABS & STRETCH This half hour class gives you exactly what it says it does, and abdominal workout and a sweet cool-down stretch.  The perfect to end your workout.

ATHLETIC TRAINING  This program is designed to increase the endurance,  muscular strength, speed, stamina and flexibility of participants.  This is a combination class consisting of aerobic activity, kickboxing, plyometric training and more.  

BAM! (Ball And More!) (All levels)    This is a low impact aerobic class that combines strength training and stability work to provide a well-rounded workout suitable for all fitness levels.  Weights, bands and balls will be used.

CARDIO DANCE FUSION  Get ready to sweat in a heart pumping, calorie burning hour of energizing music and dance!  Come check out this new high energy cardio salsa/hiphop class with Corey Mariuz (former choreographer with Dancing With The Stars Canada).  All levels, be there, you won't want to miss it!

THE FIRM (All levels)  This class will help you achieve important health and fitness goals!  The fat-blasting, body-shaping workouts combine low-impact, low intensity aerobic exercise and strength training to deliver maximum results in minimum time.  If you are new to this class, you can use 1-2 lb hand weights or no weights at all.  Choreography is simple, with some options to intensify movement.

PILATES STRETCH & FLOW (All levels, but must be actively mobile)   Pronounced puh-lah-tees, The Pilates Method aligns the body; builds long, lean muscles; and develops core abdominal strength. It is a series of controlled movements engaging your body and mind.  It builds strength without excess bulk, creating a sleek, toned body.  It teaches body awareness, good posture and easy, graceful movement. Pilates improves flexibility, agility and economy of motion. It can even help alleviate back pain. 

EXTREME PILATES We’ve up-ed the ante on mat-based pilates. By incorporating the BOSU, stability balls, hand weights and body bars the same fluid movements are performed with a slightly faster pace, creating more challenge. The goal is still the same – muscle length and strength – we now just go after the prize aggressively. Expect a little more sweat, a little more burn and quicker results.

MILLION DOLLAR KNOCKOUT  Putting up your dukes is not just for the dudes, not in this class. Here you’ll learn traditional boxing principles and training targeted specifically for women and you’ll learn them from a woman. Bye-bye boys club.

POWER BARBELL (All levels)  This class begins with a quick warm-up and then, using a bar, in which you are able to add or remove weights to it, as well as using dumbbells, bands, the ball and body bars, the instructor will help you to sculpt your entire body.  If you are new to this class, you can use 1-2 lb hand weights or no weights at all.  This is an non-choreographed class, in which the instructor will give options to the beginner and to the advanced participant.

RETRO ROBICS Remember Jane Fonda's Workout?  This is a non-stop, heart-pumping traditional high and low impact aerobics class.

SMASH IT! Sweat it out!  Boost your Metabolism by doing a combination of Aerobic and Strength Training.  This is a Hard-Core Interval-Training class! 

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ADVANCED This class is strictly for advanced steppers who are looking for inspiration, motivation, and cutting-edge choreography.

STEP & SCULPT Intervals of intermediate cardio stepping and muscle conditioning make this class a total body workout.

STEP VITALITY (All levels) Do you have the energy? Start with basic (yet high intensity) combinations on the step, add some floor plyometrics, and then finish your workout with specific conditioning for the upper body. The perfect combination of cardio and strength. 

TAI CHI (All levels)  Tai Chi Ch'uan has been a living tradition of fitness and health for hundreds of years. Graceful in movement, slow in tempo and fluid in natural postures, Tai Chi has been practiced for centuries by men and women of all ages and fitness levels. Tai Chi is meditation in motion.  Tai Chi emphasizes balance, posture, breathing techniques, concentration and complete relaxation.

TURBO KICK is an addictive workout that combines shadow boxing, kickboxing, sports drills, dancing, yoga, and simple dance moves in a fun atmosphere. It is an interval based class that allows participants of any fitness level to participate and custom tailor their workout.

YOGAFIT  Join Rita for a low-impact cardiovascular workout from a mind-body perspective  blending Yoga, pilates and rythmic movement with the traditional grapevines and step touches.  A great way to integrate mobility and stability into your routine, and have fun doing it.  Great for all levels -- no shoes required.

YOGA  The word Yoga means "union" and has origins in India dating over 5,000 years.  This union of a person's mind, body and spirit is brought into balance through a total system of health and fitness.  All of this is accomplished through special breathing and relaxation techniques accompanying a series of yoga poses or postures and their intermediate transitions.  Reduce stress and anxiety, develop enhanced flexibility, strength, and more energy and achieve an overall sense of well-being, likely associated with increased circulation and improved concentration.  Results are, of course, individual and dependent upon personal ambition and efforts. 

• BEGINNER YOGA  The hardest part of a yoga practice can be quieting the mind to listen to our own bodies.  Get a great workout and care for your mind, too as basic principles of yoga are taught.  Practise at your own pace as you strengthen and stretch muscles, while learning how our minds and bodies work.  This class helps to develop creativity, focus, and coordinated, healthy bodies; a lifelong foundation for well-being.
  

• HATHA YOGA
  

• POWER YOGA (Advanced Yoga Participants Only)  Power yoga is essentially yoga with brawn and it is likely to appeal to those who are relatvely fit and want to burn a certain number of calories during their Yoga routine.  It is a discipline that combines stretching, strength training, and meditative breathing. Many of the poses (also called postures or their Sanskrit name, asanas) resemble basic calisthenics -- push-ups and handstands, toe touches and side bends -- but the key to power yoga's sweat-producing, muscle-building power is the pace. Instead of pausing between poses as you would in traditional yoga, each move flows into the next, making it an intense aerobic workout.  Power Yoga heats the body internally while building strength. It increases cardiovascular endurance, enhances balance and coordination and calms the mind.
  

• RESTORATIVE YOGA (All levels, but must be actively mobile) This class is for those times when you feel weak, fatigued, or stressed from your daily activities. The poses are especially beneficial for the times before, during, and after major life events: death of a loved one, change of job or residence, marriage, divorce, major holidays, and vacations. In addition, you can practice the poses when ill, or recovering from illness or injury.
  

• SLOW FLOW YOGA (Beginner to Iintermediate) Uplift and ground yourself by experiencing this gentle flow of poses connected with mindful breath.  The connection of mind and movement facilitate harmony and relaxation leaving you feeling more energized, calm and focused to deal with the daily challenges of life with more balance and clarity.
  

• VINYASA YOGA (Intermediate  to Advanced)  Linking breath and movement, experience the invigorating, focused and powerful connection of mind, body, movement and breath.  This refreshing and energizing yoga practice releases stress and negativity, while promoting strength, confidence and positivity.
  

• YOGA BASICS (All levels)  The hardest part of a yoga practice can be quieting the mind to listen to our own bodies.  Get a great workout and care for your mind, too as basic principles of yoga are taught.  Practise at your own pace as you strengthen and stretch muscles, while learning how our minds and bodies work.  This class helps to develop creativity, focus, and coordinated, healthy bodies; a lifelong foundation for well-being.
  

Mind/Body (All levels, but must be actively mobile).  Hatha yoga is a balance of mind, body and self exploration.  The class includes controlled meditation through breath as well as poses for stretch, strength and release.  Each class closes with a period of guided relaxation to destress. Participation is suitable for all levels.

Intermediate This class is designed to prepare the participant to experience poses that require more instruction and time to teach. One or two intermediate poses will be selected, and ample time allowed to teach them safely.  Any level of experience is welcome and everyone will be allowed to experience their own level of success. The class is more interactive as we learn together.

ZUM-BEAT is a dance fusion class, which combines mainly Latin and International music with other kinds of dance, such as Belly Dancing or Hip Hop.  The class will have everyone smiling and sweating at the same time!  All levels.  Coming in December ZUM-BEAT LOW is a Latin inspired dance aerobics class geared to seniors, people with physical limitations, and beginners to Zumba style workouts, who require more attention to instruction. This class features a slower paced, low impact, and fun exercise program.

AQUAFITNESS  Our Aquafitness Program provides many levels of intensity from those in need of a more gentle form of exercise to rehabilitate a chronic source of pain or to those looking to improve their cardio endurance, we have it all.  Aquafitness combines all components of fitness into one class.  For instance, your abdominals are constantly working throughout the class, no crunches required.  Multiple muscles can be worked at the same time.  Look forward to improving all aspects of health similar to what you would receive through land based physical activities while the body and its joints are "cushioned" by the water.  Water is a great place to take your first steps to health and fitness and a great cross training tool for those who are already active, because the workout can be adapted to your particular needs.  TAKE THE PLUNGE!

• AQUA ARTHRITIS For those who require a gentle workout, light cardio with emphasis on range of motion.
  

• AQUA BASIX A low to medium intensity and fun orientated class ideal for beginners, seniors, and those recovering from injury. 
  

• AQUA BOOT CAMP Utilizing drills, circuits, and obstacle courses, in an interval-training format, will deliver a fun, exhilarating and power packed workout.
  

• AQUA KICKBOX Jabs, crosses, hooks, upper cuts and kicks all in an aquatic environment.  You will increase strength and reshape the body by using the water’s resistance.  Challenging for all fitness levels.
  

• ABSOLUTE POWER  Conditioning and balance exercises to help strengthen and tone the abdominal area.  Some equipment may be used.  
  

• CARDIO SPLASH  A medium to high intensity cardiovascular class, incorporating equipment to improve muscular strength and endurance.  This class is ideal for those wanting to improve general fitness, in a fun aquatic environment.
  

• HYDRO SCULPT Get the defined look you want in your arms, legs and abs with the use of dumbbells, noodles and the natural resistance of the water.  Add some cardiovascular components to the class for a total body workout.
  

• LIQUID INTERVALS  Multi-level, interval training format combines alternating cycles of cardio and resistance training.
  

• MONDAY MADNESS  After the weekend, here is your chance to burn some of those unwanted calories with Monday Madness.
  

 

• PILATES H2O Build core strength and flexibility with focused breathing that improves posture and muscle balance.  Embark on a liquid mind body journey.
  

• WET STEP  It’s step in the water!!! This class is a medium-high intensity workout that will boost your heart rate & improve your endurance.
  

• STEP & SCULPT  An interval training format mixing cardio along with strength training using the wet steps and water weights.
  

• MIND, WATER & SOUL  Embark on a liquid, mind-body journey, to build core strength & improve flexibility using a mix of Yoga, Pilates and other stretches.  Focus is on breath, body alignment & muscle balance.  A wonderful stress reliever.
  

• T.G.I.F.  Thank Goodness It’s Friday – a cardio workout with a little mix of everything