Group Ex
Classes
YOGA
Strengthens posture
Improves flexibility
Builds strength
Improves balance
Develops body awareness
Reduces stress
Yoga is a practice that connects the body, breath, and mind. It uses physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation to improve overall health. The Y offers multiple styles of yoga including Yoga Flow, Slow Flow Yoga, Yin Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Chair Yoga, Strength & Restore Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, and Hatha Yoga. Find a class for you!
“I am a 74 year old woman with osteoporosis who has been taking chair yoga for over a year now. Even as a kid I could never touch my toes with my knees straight. I can now! Yoga has given me strength, flexibility, greatly improved balance ( so important for seniors ) a group of new yoga friends, confidence, and a lot of energy! Christine, our instructor, is wonderful! She has a great sense of humor, she is encouraging, and fun. The time goes by so quickly.”
Cardio Class
High-intensity interval training. Basic exercises that aim to get you up to your max heart rate-delivering maximum results! A cardiovascular exercise strategy alternating short periods of intense anaerobic movements with less intense recovery periods.
Cycle is one of the best ways to improve cardiovascular fitness while burning calories. This class is minimal impact and can accommodate all ability levels.
This class is a combination of Cycle for the first half of the class then followed by core and deeper stretches to finish.
The ultimate motivating full body workout fusing kickboxing with strength, endurance, HIIT, and Tabata style moves. The class format changes about every 3-4 weeks for fresh, ever-changing fun!
Combines the cardio fitness challenge on the bike and then moves into strength work that encompasses body weight exercises and band work.
Combines the cardio fitness challenge of Group Cycle and then moves into some deeper stretches to help increase flexibility and get a deeper release through the entire body.
This class fuses Latin rhythms and easy to follow moves to create a workout that is more fun than work. Come join the party!
Jump in for a fun and easy to follow cardio dance with strength training to tone and tighten your whole body.
This class combines intervals of step and strength exercises with TRX suspension training that uses body weight exercises to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability simultaneously to increase muscle mass and endurance.
Strength Class
A class designed to tone and strengthen all major muscle groups with weight plates, dumbbells, bands, body weight, and/or stability balls.
An upper body workout that strengthens the shoulders, triceps, biceps, upper back, and chest using dumbbells and/or bands. This class also focuses on exercises that strengthen your core. All levels are welcome.
A variety of exercises targeting the core muscles – abdominals, back, and muscles surrounding the pelvis.
All strength exercises to target legs, glutes, and core.
TRX is a form of suspension training that uses body weight exercises to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability simultaneously. It requires the use of the TRX Suspension Trainer, a tool that leverages gravity and your body weight to perform the exercises. All levels welcome.
This class combines TRX suspension training that uses body weight exercises to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability simultaneously and resistance bands to challenge the body to take your strength level up. All levels welcome.
Combining TRX suspension training that uses body weight exercises to develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability simultaneously and a deeper focus on core exercises on and off the suspension straps. All levels welcome.
Barre integrates elements of Pilates, dance, and strength. This total body workout performs small isometric movements that burn fat, sculpt muscles, and build long lean muscle tone.
Mind & Body
This class consists of foundation-building poses that will ease you into the discovery of your body’s potential by challenging the muscles and deepening the breath. You can expect to use the teacher for a visual guide and hands-on assists. Accessible to beginner students.
This class consists of foundation-building poses that will give you time to move from pose to pose in addition to challenging the muscles and deepening the breath. Accessible to beginner students.
This class works deeply into the body targeting connective tissues (ligaments, joints, bones, and fascia) rather than the muscles. Quiet and meditative, yin yoga’s organic enhancement of energetic flow will draw you inward as seated and reclined postures are held for 3-5 minutes. Accessible to beginner students with supported floor postures.
This class emphasizes the mind-body connection and moves at a pace that allows students to explore and decide how much to do. We focus on range of movement, alignment, strengthening, stretching, awareness, breathing, and relaxation. The class is appropriate for students of all ages and levels.
A relaxing style of yoga that is intended to be healing and nurturing for the body. Alleviate excess stress and tension through restorative floor poses. Increase body awareness and core stability, while fostering strength and flexibility by way of mindful warrior and balance postures.
Follows a specific sequence of poses, and will be taught traditionally, but in its shorter form. This class will flow through the same postures in the same sequence each time. However, the speed of this class, the strong encouragement to move swiftly with each breath, in addition to repeated half vinyasas is at an intermediate level. All levels are welcome.
Develops strength, flexibility, bodily relaxation, and mental concentration. The practice involves breathing, yoga poses, and meditation. All levels are welcome.
Active Older Adults
This class for active older adults includes a short warm up for mobility, followed by strength exercises using dumbbells and bands, and then concludes with deep stretching to increase flexibility and range of motion. All exercises are conducted in either a standing or seated position.
This gentle form of yoga is practiced sitting on a chair or using a chair for support during standing poses. Chair yoga increases flexibility, lung capacity, circulation, strength, improves balance, and relieves stress. The class incorporates breathing exercises, stretching, yoga postures, and final relaxation.
Designed to help seniors and older adults maintain their cardiovascular health, strength, and flexibility. Also great for beginners!
The warm water of the family pool is ideal for people with arthritis, joint, or muscle discomfort. This is an impact free, comfortable class to increase flexibility and overall health.
A great, impact free total body workout in the warmth of the family pool. This workout is designed to strengthen and tone your entire body.
Water Fitness
Shallow water exercise incorporating cardio, strength, and flexibility
The warm water of the family pool helps relax tight muscles and joints, while the exercise strengthens and stretches your whole body.
Utilizing both the deep and shallow ends of the pool, this class increases your cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
A fun, total body workout in the lap pool using floatation devices in deep water. This class enhances endurance and improves overall strength and muscle tone.
Designed specifically for those with Multiple Sclerosis, this class aids in improving range of motion while increasing strength and endurance.
Choreographed class to music that includes cardio, strength, and fun for all levels.
This shallow-water class is gentle and very low impact. It helps create fluid movements in your spine and take all weight off your joints.
Virtual Y
Virtual Y is a member benefit for all active members of the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA. It is a web-based online resource featuring live and on-demand exercise classes.
The classes are broadcast and recorded right here at the St. Cloud Area Family YMCA. They feature the same instructors you know and love from in the building – Laurie, Caryn, Cathy, and the entire crew!