Class Descriptions

AQUATICS, GPX & ONLINE CLASS SCHEDULE – MAY 2023

LINKS TO LIVE & RECORDED ONLINE CLASSES

Group Fitness Class Descriptions

Fitness Studio Classes

Aerobics & Core
Low and high impact cardio options, strength exercises, core on the floor, plus a good stretch.

Aerobics & Strength
Low and high impact cardio options, strength exercises, plus a good stretch.

Arthritis Mobility Essentials
This class is for anyone with arthritis and all activity levels. We’ll start with a beginning joint check and warm up, then work on stretching and range of motion, followed by strengthening, cardiovascular endurance and balance and coordination. Class wraps up with a joint check and relaxation and breathing techniques.

Beginners’ Yoga 
Learn the fundamental poses of yoga as you build strength, increase flexibility, and find focus. This challenging and dynamic class will invigorate the entire body through breath and movement. Ideal for anyone new to yoga.

Chair One Fitness & Strength
This class offers a balance of seated aerobic movement based on a dance fitness program and seated strength training in a 45-minute workout. Standing progressions are available to allow participants to challenge themselves as desired. A gentle warm-up will prepare participants to raise their heart rates with intervals of chair based cardio exercises, and build total body strength from a seated position. Class wraps up with a relaxing seated stretch. For all fitness levels and abilities.

Chair One Fitness 
A super fun chair-based dance fitness program with movements of daily living incorporated into cool dance moves. Appropriate for all levels. Chair One keeps people moving, and smiling, too!

Core Focus
Core Focus is a 30-minute workout designed to focus on your foundation. Bodyweight movements will create stability from the middle of your body, layering on balance, strength, and mobility to help you build a strong core. Challenge yourself with progressions of exercises from beginner to advanced. Participants must be comfortable getting down to the floor.

Cycling
Saddle up for a great workout to increase muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance without heavy impact on the joints. A motivating soundtrack helps you tackle hills, flats, sprints and mountains.

Everybody Step
Basic step patterns are easy to learn and deliver a perfect blend for a great cardiovascular and body weight workout.

Fortify Your Frame
This is a challenging but safe conditioning workout. Designed for all ages and fitness levels to build strength in support of injury resistance and overall functionality. The workout will target every major muscle group with a progressive approach to utilizing the powerful force of gravity.

Gentle Yoga & Meditation
Increase flexibility and focus while letting go of stress and tension that can cause body pain and mental irritation. This class combines gentle postures with easy movement, breathwork and guided meditation. Blanket or covering recommended for comfort.

Good Morning Yoga
Start your morning with a fun flow of breathwork and yoga to prepare your body and mind for the day ahead.

POUND®
Using Ripstix®, lightly weighted drumsticks specifically engineered for exercising, POUND transforms drumming into an incredibly effective way of working out with strength & cardio benefits. POUND is designed for all fitness levels.

Practical Pilates
This class on the mat incorporates movement with guided breathing and proper alignment to develop strength and endurance. Participants should be comfortable on the floor.

Reset Stretch
Ease into your evening with a thorough guided stretch to help release tired muscles and stress.

Retro Aerobics
Combines low impact cardio activity, core and strength exercises, plus a good stretch, all with fun music and camaraderie.

Seated Yoga
Smooth gentle movements while seated. Strengthen the immune system while improving balance and stamina, and increasing flexibility with gentle yoga movements.

Senior Strength
This class includes exercises to improve muscular strength and ward off age-related muscle loss as well as keep bones strong, improve mobility, prevent falls, and combat depression. Seated and standing exercises included. Open to all levels. Modifications offered.

Step
Great all-around exercise class. Modifications of your choice can make it great for most exercise levels.

Walk, Strength, Stretch

Each section of this class is fifteen minutes long,  measured perfectly to give you 2000 steps for cardio, total body strength, and a relaxing seated stretch – melding every important component of fitness in one 45 minute workout effective for all ages and fitness levels. Work at your level!

Yoga 1

Increase muscular strength, endurance, and overall flexibility, while learning relaxation techniques utilizing Hatha, Iyengar, and YogaFit postures. Yoga 1 refines the basics learned in Beginners’ Yoga.

Yoga for the Pelvic Floor

This class combines gentle postures with easy movement, breathwork and guided meditation. Additional poses focus on the health and strength of the pelvic floor. Blanket or covering recommended for comfort.

Zumba® 
This class fuses upbeat rhythms and music with easy-to-follow dance-style moves to create a fun, engaging, and dynamic workout.

Zumba Gold® 
This class is perfect for active older adults who love music and dancing but prefer lower-intensity moves. Easy to follow choreography will focus on balance, range of motion, coordination and fun. Spontaneous singing and whoo-hooing are welcome!

Water-based Classes

Aqua Bata Bing 
This is a shallow water Tabata workout in the lap lanes! This high energy program is six rounds of FUN! The intense workout is perfect for all fitness levels. Water shoes are suggested and webbed gloves would enhance your workout, but are not required. (Class participation: 10)

Aqua Blaze 
A grab bag of interval training and Tabata workouts in the river with surprise suspended moves tossed in, making your body a calorie burning machine after class. (Class participation: 10)

Aqua Bootcamp 
High intensity water fitness with travel combinations interspersed with stationary exercises, incorporating pyramid and interval training, power drills, speed bursts and kickboxing drills. Requires no coordination but lots of stamina! (Class participation: 10)

Aqua Joint Tune-up
This water fitness workout in the lap lanes provides an exercise prescription for aging and living well. It will provide a movement library that targets the needs of the aging body, including joint mobility, balance and gait through functional training. (Class participation: 10)

Aqua Step
Aquatic step adds a new challenge to every movement. Step in the water incorporates large dynamic moves that will improve your cardiovascular endurance levels and muscle strength. The water provides the perfect, safe environment for a fun, low-impact class that takes your fitness to the next level. (Class participation: 10)

Aqua Strong
For moderate to higher fitness levels. This class in the river rotates to focus on primarily upper body and core strength or lower body and core strength to develop overall tone and strength. Burn calories, reduce your risk of injury and build stronger bones. Water shoes strongly recommended. (Class participation: 10)

Aqua Volleyball
Low impact water volleyball in the lap lanes; fun for all fitness levels.

Aquatic FitScripts (fee based)
FitScripts is a physician-referred program designed to support those managing or transitioning from a medical condition or physical condition. The aquatic program addresses cardiovascular fitness, balance and range of motion in an environment that reduces impact on the joints.  Read the program description

Deep Water Blast
Grab an aqua belt and plunge into the deep water! This class provides an intense impact free workout that targets large muscle groups while improving core strength and stability (class participation 7 due to limited space).

Family Swim
Family Swim offers a safe and enjoyable environment for families to gather for swimming. Currently offered on Tuesdays, 5:00-7:00 pm; Fridays, 4:00-6:00 pm and Sunday, 12:00-2:00 pm.

Fluid Pilates 
This aquatic workout features standing Pilates choreography that includes both isolated and sequenced movements that engage the POWERHOUSE through rhythmic arm and leg patterning in the water. (Class participation: 10)

Liquid Silver
This class will cover functional fitness with cardio, strength, balance and stretching! This class moves to your beat! (Class participation: 10)

Water Gym

A gym-style workout in the river working your upper body, lower body and core. Total body training in one workout – take the plunge into Water Gym! (Class participation: 10)

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*FitScripts is a FEE-BASED group class. A physician’s referral is needed to participate in the FitScripts program, which is designed for those who want to exercise but may have chronic conditions or physical limitations. Click here for more info on FitScripts.

**Proper athletic attire and shoes are required for ALL fitness classes. For aquatic classes it is highly recommended that you wear water shoes. Hydration is essential for a safe and effective workout on the land AND in the pool.

***Schedule, classes and/or instructors are subject to change at any time without prior notice. For your safety and the consideration of others, there will be no admittance to any class five minutes after the class’s scheduled start time.

****Please use caution in the pool when crossing the river to get to the therapy pool. During classes held in the river, the current may be stronger than normal.