Fitness Classes - NMU Rec Sports

*Classes at the Fit Zone are for NMU Students only. 

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Session #2: October 23-December 8

*No classes during Thanksgiving Break, November 18-25

Class Descriptions

Zumba: Zumba® takes the "work" out of workout, by mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Once the Latin and World rhythms take over, you'll see why Fitness classes are often called exercise in disguise. Super effective? Check. Super fun? Check and check.

Barre: The perfect blend of grace and strength with a full body focus. This class fuses ballet inspired movements, pilates techniques and sculpt training through small deliberate movements, light weights and high repetition. You will enhance core stability improve muscle endurance and boost flexibility. Designed for all fitness levels this low impact workout guarantees an energizing session that will leave you feeling impowered and invigorated. Join a Barre class for a balanced and effective exercise experience that will elevate your fitness journey. 

Core and More: 50 Minute class that gets it all done!  Targets your "POWERHOUSE".  Your core will be the focus incorporating traditional core exercises, balance and low impact dynamic movements.  Great fun and great music.  This class is for anyone and everyone.  THIS is the class to start your week!!

Cycle & Strength: A high energy, beat bumping cardio ride for 45 minutes with 15 minutes of weights for strength. 

HIIT: "Need a change of pace? Join Kennedy for a class! HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), is a great way to change it up while having fun. All fitness levels welcome, it can be modified for beginners. This group fitness class will include different aerobic movements and strength training exercises. This is a high intensity for the majority of the class to increase the heart rate, but also will end with lower intensity movement. This class will be uplifting, with motivating music, and a positive atmosphere. "

Morning Mixer: Strength and Pilates, with a touch of movement, including compound exercises to maximize your efforts all done in 50 minutes.  Great music to motivate and drive you to your personal best. All levels of fitness are welcome. This class will use weights, balls, bands, gliders, and body weight. 

Mindful Movement Yoga: Join Grace for an hour of mindful and meditative movement to release the day. This class is a hybrid of gentle, restorative and yin yoga. Mindful movement is a safe beginner class to become more attuned to your physical and mental self. 

Yoga Flow: This class incorporates basic yoga and tai chi moves and is set to awesome music! Great stretching and balance round out a perfect 50 minute workout to get your energy flowing. A smile during this class is a requirement! No equipment needed. 

Pilates: A 50 minute Pilates class using calm modern music. This class incorporates Pilates exercises allowing you to work on flexibility and strengthen your abs and back muscles for functional daily activities such as hiking, horseback riding, golf, tennis, water activities and just life in general. Your posture will improve along with your muscle-mind awareness. 

Power 50:Strength training class that works all your muscle group using a variety of weights and resistance in 50 minutes. Class is set to fantastic music to PUSH YOU AND PUMP YOU UP. All levels of fitness experience are welcome, no experience with weight training required.

Yin & Meditation Yoga: Yin Yoga places emphasis on stillness, meditation, and holding poses for longer periods of time to work deeply into the body.  Yin Yoga targets deep connective tissues of our body such as our fascia, ligaments, joints, and bones, rather than our muscles, like a Power Yoga practice would. During a Yin Yoga practice, students bring their body into a posture where they feel moderate levels of sensation and allow their muscles to relax within the pose, remaining relatively still for 3-5 minutes.

Power Yoga/Vinyasa: This yoga class is designed to strengthen relax and restore you. Blending power yoga, a strong yet accessible style of yoga that focuses on connecting breath with movement while building strength in the body along with Yin Yoga, a slower and cooler floor based practice where postures are held between 1-3 minutes to target the deeper connective tissues and joints within the body. Class will begin with a creative power/vinyasa practice to warm up and energize the body and end with a yin/restorative yoga practice to restore the body and calm the mind. 

SHiNE Dance Fitness™ brings original routines to life using hit music and choreography for all-abilities. Rooted in jazz, ballet, and hip-hop, this workout gives you a creative outlet to escape from daily stress. Each class includes the perfect balance of high cardio and toning to ensure you receive a full-body workout with real results. SHiNE is a mood-lifting experience that leaves you feeling capable, confident, and connected to a supportive community.

Warming Vinyasa Flow: This class will invite warmth, strength and power in the body and mind while connecting each deep breath or "pranayama" to fluid movement or "asana". In this class you will explore the fundamentals of yoga poses, yogic wisdom and creativity from within. You will learn to explore and navigate your physical body on the mat while finding centeredness within your mind and heart.