We have three Group Fitness Rooms where we offer over 50 weekly exercise classes designed for all fitness levels.
Group Fitness classes are for ages 12 and up. 12 year old’s must be accompanied by a parent.
New to our 2020 Group Fitness Schedule!
FIT – Tuesdays at 8:30AM in the Main Hall
A multi-disciplinary workout designed to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, flexibility and body composition with the use of weights, balls resistance bands and more! Varying intensity levels with plenty of modifications make this workout appropriate for anyone
Barefoot Body Conditioning – Monday and Wednesdays at 7:15PM in the Main Hall
Build strength, balance and agility from the ground up in this shoes optional total body conditioning class.
Please welcome our new Group Fitness Instructors!
Carla Hackett – Zumba Instructor
Join Carla on Monday and Wednesday nights at 6:30pm for Zumba!
Jethe Custer – Zumba Instructor
Join Jethe in our Saturday 10:00AM Zumba class.
Beth Starchok
Join Beth for our newest class, Barefoot Body Conditioning on Mondays and Wednesday evenings at 7:15PM.
Events
Groove for a Cause
Friday, January 31
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Body Groove with Georgette Vougias to benefit https://www.lymedisease.org/
Cost: $5
Preregister in the Business Office.
GROUP FITNESS
Session: January 2 – February 29 (8 weeks)
Members: Free
Non-Members $60
Print out our current Group Fitness Schedule here: Group Fitness Schedule
Print out our current Spin Class Schedule here: Spin Schedule
Print out our Active Adult Schedule here: Active Adult Schedule
The following classes are an extra fee.
ZUMBA
January 2 – February 29 (8 weeks)
Members: $24
Non-Members $48
Print out our current Zumba schedule here: Zumba Schedule
BABY BOOMER BOOT CAMP
January 2 – February 27 (9 weeks)
Thursdays at 8:30AM
Members: $41
Non-Members $82
LUNCHTIME LINE DANCE
Thursdays at 12:15PM in the Main Hall
January 2 – February 27
Members: Free
Non-Members: $18 for the entire session.
MIND BODY YOGA
Saturdays from 8:30AM – 9:45AM
Jan 25
Feb 1, 8, 22, 29
With gentle yoga & mindfulness, instructor Georgette Vougias, will help us to let go of the stress and tension that creates pain and irritation in the body and mind and increase our flexibility and focus.
No previous yoga experience needed.
Members: $25
Non-Members: $50
THE RIDICULOUS RELAY
Our Mon Valley YMCA is holding the Ridiculous Relay on Wednesday, April 1.
We invite members and nonmembers to race as a team in this relay race from
6:00PM-8:00PM.
Team members are encouraged to attend group cycle classes on their own or with their team mates with the goal of, on race day, accumulating the most miles on their bike,
relay style. We encourage you to get fit with spin in the 12 weeks proceeding the race in our group cycle classes!
COST: $10 per team
Registration begins December 2, 2019.
To register, stop in the Business Office to fill out a registration form.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
$ = Extra fee
++ = Especially designed for beginners and seniors.
++ Arthritis ~ a class designed to decrease joint stress and increase strength, energy and stamina
$ Baby Boomer Boot Camp – Intervals of endurance, compound strength training, and a yoga cool down.
Barefoot Body Conditioning – Build strength, balance and agility from the ground up in this shoes optional total body conditioning class.
Basic Training ~ Indoor boot camp style class. *This class is not held the 3rd week of week of each month.
Breathe ~ A YOGA class with Qi Gong to warm up the muscles, facilitating the stretch. Pilates is also incorporated to strengthen the abdominals and lower back, which stabilize the spin through the poses.
Cardio Kick ~ Burn an average of 375 calories. Target your arms, shoulders, abs, thighs and butt in one workout.
++ SilverSneakers® Circuit ~ Combine fun with fitness to increase your cardiovascular and muscular endurance power with a standing circuit workout. Upper body strength work with hand-held weights, elastic tubing with handles, and a SilverSneakers ball is alternated with low-impact aerobic choreography. A chair is used for standing support, stretching, and relaxation exercises.
Core Strength ~ Build support for the spine by strengthening the abdominal muscles and lower back while improving balance, agility, coordination and posture.
++ SilverSneakers® Classic ~ Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement and activities for daily living. Hand-held weights, elastic tubing with handles and a SilverSneakers ball are offered for resistance. A chair is available if needed for seated or standing support.
++Easy Rider ~ A group cycle class designed for beginners and those needing less intensity in their workouts.
++ Experience ~ for moderately active older adults who regularly exercise one to two days a week. Helps increase flexibility, joint stability, dynamic balance, coordination, agility, reaction time, muscular strength and cardiovascular endurance.
FIT – A multi-disciplinary workout designed to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, flexibility and body composition with the use of weights, balls resistance bands and more! Varying intensity levels with plenty of modifications make this workout appropriate for anyone
Pump ~ Major muscle groups are worked through a series of compound and isolation based exercised including squats, presses and dead lifts with a focus on muscle endurance.
++ Senior Swing ~Swing your way into feeling good and being healthy with this low impact cardio class. Participants will get their feet moving to lively music based around such dances as Swing, Cha Cha, Salsa and mambo.
Spin ~ A group cycle class designed to motivate participant to increase endurance and burn calories.
Step ~ Utilizes thigh, hips and buttocks muscles making it a great calorie burner.
Step & Sculpt ~ sculpt your core, legs, glutes and upper body with regressions and progressions that make the class accessible and effective for everyone.
Strength ~ A 35 minute strength training class emphasizing proper posture, position form and technique. A great intro to the proper use of free weights. Ends with a 4 minute TABATA (high intensity interval training) workout to increase calorie burn and stretch to relax the muscles and calm the mind.
Strut ~ Music inspires the moves in this dance-based, easy to follow cardio workout. Let yourself be carried away with all different styles of music.
Tai Chi ~ Ideal class for all levels to aid recovery from an illness or injury, as well as stress reduction and mental rejuvenation.
Total Body Training ~ A basic format for targeting the entire body. Build lean muscle, strength and endurance and rev the metabolism.
++ Walk off the Pounds ~ Anyone can do these moves, from simple marches to basic side steps and kickbacks. Join your friends for this easy to follow workout.
++ SilverSneakers® Yoga ~ SilverSneakers Yoga will move your whole body through a complete series of seated and standing yoga poses. Chair support is offered to safely perform a variety of seated and standing postures designed to increase flexibility, balance and range of movement. Restorative breathing exercises and final relaxation will promote stress reduction and mental clarity.
TRANSFORM LIVE ~ Using a step to ramp up your calorie burn, this 30-minute, music-driven, high-intensity cardio-conditioning class will sculpt your core, legs, glutes, and upper body through the use of a step.
Don’t worry, this isn’t old-school step aerobics—it’s functional fitness that’s fun! The level of intensity is up to you. You can follow the beat of the music. You can slow the class down. You can speed the class up. Plus, in addition to the flexibility with tempo. Transform LIVE offers regressions and progressions that make the class accessible and effective for everyone.
$ Yoga & Meditation ~ This class will explore the healing and self-discovery that can happen through the use of the core yogic practices of breath work, poses, systematic relaxation and
meditation.
$ Zumba ~ Combines Latin rhythms with cardiovascular exercise to create an aerobic routine that is fun and easy to follow.
