Fitness Classes - NMU Rec Sports

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Summer Fitness Session: May 19-June 27, 2025

*Classes held in the Dance Studio will move to the fitness studio beginning on Monday, June 9. 

Class Descriptions

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.

Flowing Classical Ayuryoga: This is a typical yoga class using the classic yoga flow style. The class will be interspersed with some principles of "The Science of Life" as well as stress and stress management techniques.

Happy Yoga Flow: This is a dynamic yoga sequence designed to uplift mood and promote positive emotions.  It often incorporates heart-opening poses, hip-opening poses and dynamic movements, all while focusing on breath and intention.  The goal of this class is to leave the practice feeling joyful, nurtured and uplifted! 

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. 

Morning Yoga Flow @ PEIF: Start your day off with this mindful morning practice where you have space to rejuvenate, awaken and nurture your body and mind! You can expect guided meditations, breathwork and a mix of dynamic flow as well as still yoga postures. In this class you can tune into your body and heart space with some refreshing and meditative yoga practices. 

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 Pilates:  A combination of mat pilates core work, full body compound strength exercises for all muscles with a cool down that focuses on posture and flexibility. You will use body weight, light weights and balls.

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. 

Relaxing Yin: Oftentimes, we resist what we need the most. This 60-minute guided yin yoga class will gently invite you to create awareness around this, and use this practice as a tool to release your grip and surrender into what is. In this class, we lean into the practice of stillness and through the breath, we learn to soften into the present moment. 

Vinyasa Yoga: Join Skylar for a 60-minute guided vinyasa flow where you are invited to deepen your connection with your breath and body. We will begin with an intention integration, followed by a breath-to-movement sequence that will build heat from within, followed by a mindful cool down to allow the body to receive all of the benefits of the practice. 

Restorative Yoga: Gift yourself the practice of consistent restoration - every Wednesday from 5-6pm, join Skylar as you're guided through a gentle restorative flow. This practice will hold space for you to deepen into your muscles and connective tissue, unwinding any stress and tension points throughout your body. 

Salsa (Rueda): Starting January 2025, This is a friendly introduction to social dance that challenges your musicality and your feet! Salsa is a vibrant Latin dance that can be done individually, in pairs, or as in Salsa Rueda de Casino (constantly switching pairs arranged in a circle). In this class you will learn the rhythm and steps of Salsa individually and then move on to Salsa Rueda. Please note, this class will involve some physical contact (hand to hand, hand to back) between participants and partners will be rotated. 

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.

Tai Chi/Qi Gong: Qi gong is the oldest form of tai chi. It is a practice primarily concerned with breath. Expansion, compression, and slight twists in the trunk detoxify organs and enliven the chi (life energy) through qi (breath). This class will teach introductory qi gong movements and build over time, emphasizing breath and how internal energy can be acknowledged throughout TCQG practice. The focus on five elements (earth, wood, fire, metal, and water) corresponds to maintaining or restoring health in the organs (liver, kidneys, spleen, heart, and lungs). Join us to help connect with your energy and reconnect with your body through slow, deliberate movement. Demonstrated effects of the practice include ‘down-regulation,’ soothing/relaxation from chronic stress, and relief from chronic pain. No experience is needed; just wear comfortable clothing and be open to the experience.

Vinyasa Yoga: This will be a moderate paced class that incorporates pranayama, or breath control, to move the breath and body in sync. Be ready to move, build heat and playfully find new space and capability in your body. 

Vinyasa Flow Yoga: This is a vinyasa flow with a focus on breath and mindful movement, followed by a slow, restorative cool down. Build strength and flexibility then unwind with deep stretches, leaving you refreshed and centered.

Warming Vinyasa: A faster paced class that will invite warmth, strength and power in the body and mind while connecting each breath or “pranayama” to fluid movement or “asana” . In this class you will explore the fundamentals of yoga poses, traditional yogi wisdom, breathwork. Come explore the capacity and creativity of your heart and body!

Yoga Flow @ Fit Zone: 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. 

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.