The intense abdominal workout solution for all levels that focus on toning and defining abdominals- helping to maintain good posture and a healthy back.
“A day in the life” an athletic based training camp that gives all participates a chance to train like a different elite athlete of various sports each class.
Align body and mind with your inner divine. Using the Universal Principles of Alignment, focus on breath, alignment, and postural awareness in this fun, heart oriented approach to yoga. Based on the Anusara System of Yoga (rooted deep in the Iyengar Tradition) develop strength, flexibility, balance, core stabilization, and body breath awareness.
Water Aerobics for fitness and wellness. Make a commitment to being fit for life without stressing the joints. This class will improve flexibility, strength, & endurance and increase circulation.
A 55 minute fusion of Ballet, Yoga and Pilates targeting all of the muscle groups while creating a well balanced, long, lean and strong body. Set to a great musical playlist that is sure to inspire.
If you want to learn something new and exotic and spend an hour of total abdominal strengthening and defining, check out Belly Dance! This core intensive class will teach the technique for 4 basic moves of belly dance that focus on different parts of the abdominals. These moves will be repeated for ultimate toning for the entire body. Try this beautiful dance while getting fit!
High Intensity Interval Training to burn calories, build strength and endurance. Start with calisthenics warm-ups and then blast through 3 rounds of exercises that range from cardio conditioning to toning with weights. Burn more, go harder and push into your next level of fitness.
Boxing intervals is an hour of intensity using actual gloves and bags. You will get the perfect combination of cardio, strength, plyometrics, jump rope skills, and flexibility all in one hour. Promises to start your day off with a burst of energy! Boxing Intervals is followed up with 15 straight minutes of total core conditioning.
For individuals with intermediate water skills, this high-intensity class is designed to shape your entire body using lap swimming and aerobic exercise in the pool. Participants must be able to complete an entire lap without stopping.
Cardio Barre focuses on isometric movements that will rebuild your muscles the right way, no matter where you are in your life. Whether you are coming off an injury, maintaining your athletic structure or taking that first step towards the new you, this practice is perfect for everyone. By targeting internal muscular development and using your own body weight, Cardio Barre combines the best of dance, yoga and pilates to give you the fastest safest results.
Cardio dance-based class on and around the Step! More than just up up down down.
A combination of aerobic conditioning and strength training for all levels that bring variety to your fitness regimen. Instructors design your workout using a combination of cardiovascular and strength training exercises.
This class will expose you to various training methods behind some of the most effective martial arts systems in the world. Drawing upon Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Savate (French Kickboxing), Kali/Silat, Western Boxing, and others, we will utilize the attribute development techniques behind these martial arts to build your strength, endurance, and self defense skills in a fun, safe and energetic class setting. This class will help you get in better shape, and learn a thing or two about protecting yourself in the process!
This intensive class will incorporate moves for lengthening and strengthening those mid-body muscles. Challenging exercises will focus on building core strength, endurance, and flexibility.
The dance class you’ve been waiting for. We are going to turn it up a notch and challenge your body and mind. This fusion of dance techniques will warm you up, lean you out and strut you straight into a new pair of skinnies. All the things you remember about a dance class from being a kid with an adult attitude.
One hour of total body sculpt using balls, bands weights body bars, and Pilates rings. Definitions is for all levels (everyone works at their own pace) and reaches deep into the body to tone and stretch every inch of it. Lots of abs with a relaxing, slow stretch after every class. Great way to get your gym workout in the Group Ex room.
Dynamic Flow is a spin on Vinyasa Yoga that teaches progressively towards peak poses. Alignment is taught through repetitive movements in addition to static holds.
A seminar style course with topics ranging from proper safe weightlifting form to nutrition and motivational techniques. Educate and dominate is designed to help our SWEAT members leave the gym feeling knowledgeable and confident, no matter what your goals. Each class we will break down an exercise and teach you from the foundation up how to properly execute the movement, ready to dominate? First you have to educate.
Join semi pro athlete Ellen for a one hour full body workout. Perfect for those with a busy schedule or gym newbie. Bootcamp integrates progressive sports science techniques including plyometrics, HIIT , and resistance training to leave you SWEATy and cause rapid fat loss. Welcoming to all levels, you’ll always be in for something new with Ellen’s bootcamp.
Unwind from your day in the creative flow! Focus will be on detoxifying poses and stretches.
Extreme at Valley Green is a challenging mix of drills, running, and resistance band training done outdoors in the gorgeous surroundings of Valley Green Park. The workout is designed and customized for different levels from walkers to fast runners, and each running interval does not exceed 1/2 a mile. In between runs, members will be performing team cardio or resistance training drills with fun music in the background. Members can decide to join for an hour or the full two hours of the class. Just bring water and a smile and join us for amazing fun!
A continuous flow of intense cardiovascular conditioning exercises designed to target individual muscle groups; strengthening, toning, and defining; working both aerobically & anaerobically.
High intensity class to burn calories and build strength by mixing in light cardio, weights and circuits. Burn more, go harder, and push into your next level of fitness.
A total body program completed in the water that combines intense cardio drills and strength training segments together, in order to short circuit your muscles.
Or High Intensity Training is a training technique in which you give all-out 100% effort through quick intense bursts of exercise followed by short sometimes active recovery periods HIT gets and keeps your heart rate upend burns more fat in less time.
House Party Fitness is a dance fitness/cardio hip-hop program using the hottest urban music from Old School to New School. Resistant bands and weights are used in combination with cardio to increase calorie burn.
A core based class that works every muscle in your body. Constantly changing, we never do the same routine ever! Using just your body weight, you will be challenged like never before. If you show up thinking we just do crunches, you are in for a huge surprise. Voted “Most Challenging Workout 2012” by Philly Fit Magazine.
This hour class will give fast results for extreme total body training with kettlebells. Enjoy the burn of the bells, gain flexibility and gain endurance through this high impact non stop class.
The latest fitness fusion of karate/kickboxing workout that combines authentic martial arts movements to energizing music. Kicks, punches blocks and footwork make this empowering workout a fierce calorie burner. Transform your body with Powerstrike. (All Levels)
A way of feeling like you are back on a team with drills skills and stretches that will help you reach your goals.
This parent-child class is a great way to introduce your baby or toddler (6 months-3 year-old) to the water in a fun, safe, and educational environment. Skills such as floating, submersion, freestyle and backstroke arm movement, kicking, and blowing bubbles are introduced with songs and games that aim to encourage confidence and skills in your young swimmer. In the reassuring arms of Mom and/or Dad, the goal of this class is to help your child gain confidence in the water.
Kick up your cardio with this leg burning, track inspired workout with sprints, hills, intervals, and light arm work that will leave you sweaty and satisfied.
A combination of aerobic conditioning and strength training for all levels that bring variety to your fitness regimen. Instructors design your workout using a combination of cardiovascular and strength training exercises.
This mind-body mat class based on Joseph Pilates Method- focuses on lengthening and strengthening the full body. Movements emphasize building strong abdominals and lower back to enhance strength, muscular symmetry, alignment, flexibility, grace and coordination. (All Levels)
Piloxing is a non-stop, cardio fusion of standing Pilates, Boxing and Dance that will push you past your limits for a sleek, sexy, and powerful you!
Combine the muscle-sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilates with the strength and flexibility of flowing yoga movements. You’ll use your body weight to perform a series of continuous, targeted moves to define every single muscle—big and small.
But there’s no time to stop and chant ommm—because you won’t pose—you’ll push it. We crank up the music, the speed, and the fun to give you an intense, yet low-impact workout that will burn crazy calories for a long, lean, beautiful physique.
A continuous flow of intense cardiovascular conditioning exercises designed to target individual muscle groups; strengthening, toning, and defining; working both aerobically & anaerobically.
A combination of yoga, core strengthening, and toning moves to help you get the heart rate up, improve balance and flexibility, and burn calories.
In this 90-minute all-levels class, the first 60 minutes will focus on Power Yoga, also known as “vinyasa” or “flow” yoga. In this active and playful practice, your instructor will guide you smoothly from one pose to the next while focusing on the breath and how the poses feel in your body. Alignment cues will be provided to help you achieve the best version of the pose for YOU. After this rigorous and sweaty flow, you will be rewarded with 30 minutes of restorative yoga by candlelight. During this very relaxing practice, our provided props are used to support the body so that you can hold poses for longer, allowing you to open your body through passive stretching. You will leave more calm, refreshed and self-aware, and you will get a terrific night’s sleep!
A blend of Ashtanga, Iyengar and Bikram styles of Hatha Yoga which build strength, stamina and total body conditioning.
For your child 3-7 years old, this is your child’s first experience in the pool without your parental assistance. The children are taught the basic skills that are the building blocks for swimming, such as blowing bubbles, stroke development, floating, and jumping off the side of the pool.
Ropes, Abs, and Weights – Jump the rope, climb it and ungulate/thrust it! Get some core and dumbbell work in-between. Work hard, but feels like you’re playing!
A combination of aerobic conditioning, strength training, and sports performance enhancement. The class is centered around the incline ramp at the Queen Village gym and participants burn their way through one hour of hill sprints, bear crawls, and various strength training exercises. Ideal for those looking to lose a few pounds, tone up, and/or increase their athletic performance.
Intervals of boxing, kickboxing (both on the floor and on the “Ft Boy”), combined with strength training exercises and cardiovascular drills make this a challenging cross training class.
This class combines cardio and strength training all in one! The format consists of high intensity bursts of cycling for a few minutes and then follows with free weight training off of the bike for a few minutes. This sequence is repeated for the duration of the class to give you a great fat burning, endurance building, and muscle toning workout all in one!
Intermediate water aerobics – Splash & Burn will get you moving with cardio intervals and butt blasting kickboard work. Participants should be able to swim a full lap without stopping.
A combination of aerobic conditioning and strength training for all levels that bring variety to your fitness regimen. Instructors design your workout using a combination of cardiovascular and strength training exercises.
Swim intervals combined with dumbbell work/fun. Meet in the pool but be ready to hop in and out for some hard work. Heart Rate heavy …endurance strong… See you in the pool.
A cross fit style class with 4 met-con style workouts including Olympic lifts. This is an intense class but packed with a team experience filled with fun. come with your goals.
Super Toning Circuit is a series of one minute resistance stations using all muscle groups, great for people who do a lot of cardio but need to add some toning. It will give you a total body workout and educate you on the use of weights, resistance bands, and body toning.
A cardio workout without comparison for Body, Mind and Spirit. Begin pedaling and let go as Philadelphia¹s Top Spinning Coaches take you on a tour de force on specially designed Schwinn Spinning stationary bikes. Sign up required 30 minutes prior to class at front desk. (All Levels)
Think Zumba on steroids. More of a workout than the average dance class, more of a party than your average boot camp. Prepare to have so much fun that you don’t even notice you’ve sweat your face clean off.
INSANITY® LIVE is challenging, group-focused athletic training, cardio conditioning, and total-body strength drills, designed for people of all levels. The moves are easy to follow—but the workout WILL challenge you, change you, and get you in the best shape of your life. So as you’re giving it your all, just when you feel like your body is about to max out on certain movements, you’re saved by the bell and it’s time for the next block of moves. Plus, moves can always be modified so you can work up to your own best level.
Suspension training is a revolutionary total-body fitness program that uses gravity against the individual’s own body weight to simultaneously develop strength, balance, flexibility and core stability.
This program provides individuals with the knowledge and conditioning necessary to compete in a triathlon. We welcome first time and experienced triathletes to build a strong swimming base.
Combine traditional kickboxing moves with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) for an unbelievable calorie burn. You’ll have a blast getting into knockout shape—learning hard-hitting combos while torching fat and carving lean muscle. In every Turbo Kick class, you’ll incorporate real kickboxing moves with proper form and technique to get totally sculpted—no bags or gloves necessary. You’ll leave every Turbo party dripping sweat and ready to conquer anything!
Designed for all fitness levels. Strengthen the muscles around those joints. Short cardio segment followed from a top to bottom body work out including balance in the pool.
Class is characterized by moderate to high fitness levels, dynamic movement, and creatively sequenced postures. Vinyasa is an open system, in which other styles are easily incorporated, usually Ashtanga and Iyengar.
Designed for all fitness levels. Cardio followed by strength training in the water!
A high-intensity full-body circuit boot camp that that will push you to your limits. You can expect body weight exercises, free weight movements, and drills designed to tone, strengthen and exhaust the body.
Don’t sit on your couch all weekend! The Weekend Warrior Class uses weights, cardio, and intense circuits to help take your fitness to the next level! So come join Weekend Warriors, and leave the couch potato behind!
An interval running and circuit class. This class will have you on the treadmills, on the track, huffing and puffing with tires and weights over your head as well as kettle bell swings to keep your heart a-pumping.
Xotic, Xtreme, Xciting – Full body toning workout using sensual dance moves on the mats, floor, chairs and the wall. Core strengthening while addressing the lower and upper body. Start the new year while getting fit and learning sultry new moves…
Learn the fundamental postures and movements that will introduce you to the practice of yoga. You will learn the basics of Ashtanga (power yoga), Iyengar (alignment and precision), and Vinyasa flow (creative sequencing). Class will move according to fitness/ ability of group. (All Levels)
Is a new spin on traditional yoga class. The poses are basic and incorporate light weights and sometimes cardio bursts , always core work included. This class is for all levels. It is a mind/body workout that will leave you feeling, worked out and stretched out.
A fun and effective class, using interval training combining fast and slow rhythms for an effective aerobic workout while at the same time targeting your legs, abs, glutes and arms.
This class is perfect for those who want to party, but put extra emphasis on toning and sculpting to define those muscles! The challenge of adding resistance by using Zumba Toning Sticks (or light weights) helps you focus on specific muscle groups, so you and your muscles stay engaged! The lightweight Zumba Toning Sticks enhances sense of rhythm an coordination while toning target zones, including arms, core, and lower body.