Aerobics & Cardio

Get your heart rate up through fun exercises!

Aerobics & Cardio classes will burn calories, sculpt, shape, and increase muscle tone, all in a friendly, social environment. Group aerobics classes are among the most popular programs offered by the YMCA. Whether you're a beginner or a disciplined athlete, we have a wide variety of classes for all levels.

Dance   |   High Impact Aerobics   |   Low Impact Aerobics    |   Step Aerobics

High Impact Aerobics

Floor Aerobics

This class consists of cardio exercises. High Impact and Low Impact moves are mixed up in a choreographed routine that allows exercisers to choose their level of intensity. Instructors pull from many disciplines in creating movement patterns including athletics, dance, jazz, hip hop, and more. Aerobics is a great way to burn fat and calories, while strengthening the heart and lungs. For beginner to advanced fitness levels.
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Kickboxing

We've combined elements of boxing, martial arts, and aerobics for a high-energy class that promises excellent physical conditioning, fat burning and toning. Unlike other types of kickboxing, cardio kickboxing does not involve physical contact between competitors. Designed for beginner to advanced fitness levels.
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Step Aerobics

Step aerobics is a creative, fun, and very challenging exercise to burn fat and improve the condition of the heart and lungs. Choreographed routines are performed to music using a raised platform. Patterns of movement and directions stepping on and off the bench challenge the feet and arms. Movements are callisthenic in nature. Participants can expect to improve agility, coordination, and endurance. Classes may also include core work and resistance training. Step classes are available for beginner through advanced fitness levels, in addition to specialty classes.
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Strength & Tone

Trained instructors lead Group Strength & Toning programs to ensure that you will learn proper form and technique while achieving maximum results. In addition to Total Body workouts, classes are available that target specific muscle groups.

Total Body Sculpt

You’ll work the major muscle groups of your upper body and lower body during this total body workout—plus enjoy abdominal work stabilize and strengthen the core muscle group. The instructor will lead the class in a variety of exercises using resistance equipment, body weight, stability balls, free weights and more to keep participants engaged and challenged.
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Target Core Muscles

Most popular exercises, such as running and cycling, focus on the lower body. Not much attention is paid to the trunk, or core, of the body. Core muscles--the abdomen, chest and back—-are responsible for stabilizing the rest of the body. Having a solid core creates a foundation for all activities, and is especially important when you add a heavy load, such as weights to your workout. The YMCA instructor will lead participants through core exercises that create balance between the muscles of the abdominal and the back.
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Target Glute and Legs

These classes are focused on strengthening and toning the major muscle groups of the lower body, particularly the quadriceps, hamstrings and gluteals. The instructor will lead participants through a variety of exercises designed to improve core body balance and strength as well as shape and tone the lower body. Participants will use body weight, free weights and stability equipment throughout the session to add variety and interest to every workout.
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Weight Training for Women

When lifting weights, women require a very different workout than men. This class provides strength training exercises designed for a woman's body and creates an atmosphere that is comfortable for women looking to get stronger and tone their muscles.
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Weight Training for Teens

A great class for teens who want to lift weights in a group with a training instructor, learning proper techniques with weight machines and other resistance tools. The instructor will show you how to effectively and safely build muscle, become stronger and more fit using a variety of techniques.
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Crosstraining

Crosstraining involves a set of exercises that mix cardio and muscle-stength for a total workout. You can get your heart rate up and also build strength. An excellent way to add variety to your workout program, crosstraining classes can keep you fresh and challenged.

Crosstraining

These Crosstraining classes combine a set of cardiovascular exercises to raise your heart rate and burn calories plus resistance exercises to tone and sculpt your muscles. For example, we will blend high/low aerobics with step, toning, strengthening, and stretching. Designed to provide a fresh workout, we offer a variety of crosstraining classes, and the exercises change often. Participants select the intensity level. Programs are available for all fitness levels, beginner to advanced.
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Cycling Crosstraining

These Crosstraining classes combine a cycling workout with strength or other cardio exercises to broaden the impact on the body. High-intensity, cardiovascular intervals will burn calories and strengthen the heart and lungs. Participants will enjoy the benefits of an intense, cross training and total-body workout that strengthens the mind and body, decreases stress and hones reflexes while increasing endurance. Designed for advanced fitness levels.
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Boot Camp

Boot Camp is a high-intensity, motivational style fitness class. With the instructor acting in a "drill-sergeant" capacity, the group will go through an intense combination of cardio, strength and balance exercises. Not usually recommended for novice exercisers because of its intensity, boot camp is a rewarding fitness experience for those looking for challenge and excitement.
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Pilates & Yoga

Feeling energized, strong and connected!

Pilates

Pilates emphasizes the balanced development of the body through core strength, flexibility, and awareness in order to support efficient, graceful movement. It is one of the most popular exercise systems in the country largely because Pilates works so well for a wide range of people. Athletes and dancers love it, as do seniors, women rebounding from pregnancy, and people who at various stages of physical rehabilitation.

Core strength is the foundation of Pilates exercise. When the core muscles are strong and doing their job, as they are trained to do in Pilates, they work in tandem with the more superficial muscles of the trunk to support the spine and movement. Exercises are performed on a mat.
Classes are available for all fitness levels.

Yoga

Yoga

This class employs the most widely practiced form of yoga, Hatha. Hatha yoga refers to a set of physical exercises (known as asanas or postures), and sequences of asanas, designed to align your skin, muscles, and bones. Best for beginners, in this class students will perform poses one at a time with a "rest" in between. More experienced students will be equally challenged. Hatha yoga helps you to develop strength and flexibility, as you bring attention to breath, which helps to calm and to focus the mind.
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Ashtanga Yoga (Athletic)

This is a vigorous, athletic style of practice. Adhering to the sequences of postures as taught by Yoga Master Pattahbi Jois, Ashtanga is an intense style that will take you through a challenging series of poses that will build strength, flexibility and stamina.
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Vinyasa Yoga (Flow)

A Vinyasa class consists of breath-synchronized movements that connect to each other in order to create a flow. In contrast to the more athletic, intense style of Ashtanga, Vinyasa emphasizes the link between body movements, along with the powerful use of the breath.
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Family Yoga

This fun-filled yoga class features a delightful and engaging story from the world's wisdom traditions, emphasizing self-confidence and peace. Learn yoga poses, songs, meditation and more, as you move, breathe, relax, and share in other creative activities surrounding a weekly theme. A great way for parents and children of all ages to play together while improving health, literacy cooperation and communication!
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Prenatal Yoga

Prenatal Yoga is a way for an expecting mother to prepare her body physically for the process of giving birth, while strengthening her connection to her unborn child. This special form of Yoga empowers women by giving them the tools to help with their labor and delivery, teaching exercises that build strength, flexibility and stamina, as well as relaxation and breathing techniques that are specific to the birthing process.
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Yoga Pilates Fusion

Yoga Pilates Fusion blends Hatha Yoga and Pilates to give students more rapid and balanced development of their bodies than when either discipline is performed independently. The Fusion program emphasizes strength, balance and harmony through stretching exercizes and careful body posturing. Designed for beginner to advanced fitness levels.
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Cycling

Studio Cycling is an indoor cycling class that packs an intense cardiovascular workout. Set to pulsating music, cycling classes are led by an instructor who coaches students through cycling adventures up steep hills, over flat roads and flying downhill.

Participants manage the tension on their bikes to accomodate individual fitness levels. There's no need to worry about cars, traffic lights or pedestrians. Studio Cycling enables you to concentrate on good form (abdominals up, back neutral, elbows tucked in) so that you can build endurance.
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Cycling Crosstraining

These Crosstraining classes combine a cycling workout with strength or other cardio exercises to broaden the impact on the body. High-intensity, cardiovascular intervals will burn calories and strengthen the heart and lungs. Participants will enjoy the benefits of an intense, cross training and total-body workout that strengthens the mind and body, decreases stress and hones reflexes while increasing endurance. Designed for advanced fitness levels.
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Certification & Education

Each year the YMCA trains and certifes thousands of people to build public safety assets and healthy lifestyle resources for the community.

Leaders in Training (L.I.T.)

For Students entering Grade 10. This unique program focuses on developing self-confidence, problem solving, communication skills, valuing diversity and leadership techniques. During each session, LITs will participate in a three day adventure trip, take on our high ropes course, engage in a community service project and work together to plan and present one of camp’s daily chapels. This program is for teens that are seeking an exciting way to increase their leadership abilities. Each session is limited to 16 participants.
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Camp Counselor in Training (C.I.T.)

Mature, enthusiastic teens develop leadership skills while learning the fundamentals of working with children. During the summer, CITs explore problem solving, communication skills, program skills, and effective leadership skills. Teens who successfully complete the program are given primary consideration for staff positions at YMCA Camps for the following summer.
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Babysitter Safety Training

YMCA babysitter training teaches the basic skills of child care to teenagers, preparing students for emergency situations and providing safety skills.
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