Want to make the most of your YMCA exercise experience? Sometimes the key is adding more people! Participating in group classes is a great way to make exercise more fun, build friendships, and learn creative new methods for building strength, improving your health, and getting in better shape.

The YMCA of Natrona County offers more than 60 group exercises classes each week. Barre, Group Cycling, POUND®, Dance, Yoga, Aquatic, HIIT, and P90X, are some of the many styles of group fitness classes we offer at the Y. A wide range of available class times, as well as the duration of certain classes make group sessions a diverse and flexible means for motivating our members toward a more active lifestyle.

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Aquatics:
Water Exercise: With the variety of water exercise classes we have to offer there is sure to be a class suitable for everyone. Water exercise is a great low impact workout for all fitness levels that focuses on improving strength, balance, and flexibility.

Other Programming:
Fall Prevention Program: Our Fall Prevention Program is an instructor-led group class designed to help you improve your overall strength, balance, mobility, and gait through an evidence-based practice

Monday

P90X LIVE!***
Breyanna
5:00-5:40am
Total Condition**
Marilyn
5:45-6:45am
Shallow Water Exercise**
8:00-9:00am
Deep Water Exercise**
9:00-10:00am
Senior Cardio Fit**
Linda
8:00-8:45AM
Active Older Adults *
Linda
9:00-9:45am
Downward Rebel Dance***
Beth
10:00-11:00am
Zumba AM**
Jen
11:05-11:50am
Group Cycling***
NaNá
12:10-12:50pm
Viniyoga Therapy & Meditation**
Sally
1:00-2:15pm
Burn & Build****
Bailey
5:30-6:30pm

Water Exercise**<br>
6:00-7:00pm

Zumba***
April
6:35-7:35pm
Barre Intensity****
Beth
7:45-8:45pm

Tuesday

INSANITY****
Breyanna
5:00-6:00am
Core Strength**
Katie
6:05-6:30am
HIIT & Lift****
Katie
6:30-7:15am
Shallow Water Exercise**
8:00-9:00am
Water Exercise**
9:00-10:00am
Fall Prevention Program*
Neil
7:45-8:45am
Fuel Dance****
Bailey
9:00-10:00am
BARRE above****
Rachel
10:00-11:00am
Bootcamp****
Katie
12:00-12:45pm
Bariatric Water Exercise*
6:00-7:00pm
Yoga*
6:00-7:00pm
Marilyn
POUND***
Sierra/Angel
7:30-8:15pm

Wednesday

P90X LIVE!***
Breyanna
5:00-5:40am
Total Condition/Step**
Marilyn
5:45-6:45am

Shallow Water Exercise**
8:00-9:00am

Deep Water Exercise**
9:00-10:00am
Senior Cardio Fit**
Linda
8:00-8:45am
Active Older Adults*
Linda
9:00-9:45am
Abs 30**
Linda
10:00-10:30am
Zumba AM**
Jen
11:05-11:50am
Group Cycling***
NaNá
12:10-12:50pm
Burn & Build****
Bailey
5:30-6:30pm
Open Water Exercise**
6:00-7:00pm
Zumba***
April
6:35-7:35pm

Thursday

INSANITY****
Breyanna
5:00-6:00am
Core Strength**
Katie
6:05-6:30am
HIIT & Lift****
Katie
6:30-7:15am
Shallow Water Exercise**
8:00-9:00am
Water Exercise**
9:00-10:00am
Fall Prevention Program*
Neil
7:45-8:45am
Fuel Dance****
Bailey
9:00-10:00am
Barre Intensity****
Beth
10:00-11:00am
Bootcamp****
Katie
12:00-12:45pm
Power Yoga***
Sara
4:30-5:30pm
Open Water Exercise**
6:00-7:00pm
Yoga*
Marilyn
6:00-7:00pm

POUND***<br>
Sierra/Angel<br>
7:30-8:15pm

Friday

P90X LIVE!***
Breyanna
5:00-5:40am
Walking Group*
Marilyn
5:45-6:45am
Shallow Water Exercise**
8:00-9:00am
Deep Water Exercise**
9:00-10:00am
Senior Cardio Fit**
Linda
8:00-8:45pm
Active Older Adults*
Linda
9:00-9:45am
Downward Rebel Dance***
Beth
10:00-11:00am
Zumba AM**
Jen
11:05-11:50am
Group Cycling***
NaNá
12:10-12:50pm
STRONG by Zumba****
April
6:35-7:35pm

Saturday

Group Cycling*** Mary 6:30-7:30am
Yoga* Marilyn 7:55-8:55am
Nia Dance Fitness*** Kellie 9:00-10:10am
Bootcamp**** Katie 10:15-11:00am

Announcements

No Zumba Classes May 27th-31st

Cardio

INSANITY

INSANITY will push you to new training heights with this cardio based class. The group-exercise adaptation of this workout has been designed to give participants a safe, challenging, and results-driven experience.

POUND

Become the music in this exhilarating full-body workout that combines cardio, conditioning, and strength training with Yoga and Pilates inspired movements. Using Ripstix®, lightly weighted drumsticks engineered specifically for exercising, POUND® transforms drumming into an incredibly effective way of working out.

Group Cycling

Class is held on stationary indoor bikes for low-impact, high aerobic workout. Routines vary your intensity between bouts of high cardio sprints, muscle burning hill climbs, and short spurts of active recovery. Class may include a small segment of strength and conditioning. From beginners to advanced, this class is suitable for all!

Dance

Downward Rebel Dance

Cardio- This cardio/toning dance fitness class will get your heart pumping while cutting loose and have fun! The hour will fly by as you dance to hip-hop, pop, and a variety of other genres. You may hear members who frequent this class, refer to it as: “Death by Beth”. You will surely leave re-energized from a full body workout

Zumba AM

This class brings all the fun and exciting traditional Zumba moves blended in with your old school aerobic exercises. Come grasp all that Zumba has to offer!

Fuel Dance

A combination of invigorating dance and traditional exercise (squats, lunges, planks, etc.), all in one energizing session. Set to a playlist that incorporates a variety of music genres including hip-hop, country, pop, rock, and more. Dance your way to fitness in this powerful class.

Zumba

Zumba is a fusion of Latin and International music/dance themes that create a dynamic, exciting, and based on the principle that a workout should be "FUN AND EASY TO DO." The routines feature aerobic/fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body.

Nia Dance Fitness

Combination of dance, martial arts, and healing arts. Nia Dance is a holistic fitness practice that targets body, mind, and spirit. Get in touch with your inner strength as you dance it out in a fun and mindful class.

Mind and Body

Power Yoga

Build fire from within as you connect movement with breath. This vinyasa-style yoga class blends balance, strengthening, and flexibility into a dynamic flow of challenging yoga postures set to an energizing playlist. Perfect for first timers who are building proper alignment and also for advanced yogi’s looking to take it to the next level.

Viniyoga Therapy

Viniyoga is breath centric. While moving with the breath, students stretch the body but also calm the mind. Classes may include seated breathing and meditation. On scale of 1-4 with 4 being most difficult, this class would be a 2.5 on average. Class will end pranayama and meditation.

Yoga

Non-impact class that focuses on mind and body. A traditional mindful yoga class that emphasizes flexibility, concentration, breathing and overall body control. Yoga is a great addition to any fitness routine.

Low Impact

Active Older Adults

Low-impact fitness, with strategic chair exercises. Class emphasis focuses on cardio and strength for overall functionality. Great beginner class for those just starting out, recovering from surgery, or golden agers.

Fall Prevention Program

Our Fall Prevention Program is an instructor-led group class designed to help you improve your overall strength, balance, mobility, and gait through an evidence-based practice. Build your confidence and independence to sustain a safe future.

Senior Cardio Fit

Great beginner cardio fitness. Although geared towards our active older adults population, this class can be great for those wanting to get their heart and lungs pumping without the high-impact movements of some of our higher intensity classes. Classes are geared towards basic cardio fundamental exercises with body conscious movements.

Total Condition/Step

Focus on building strength and stamina, start out your morning right. Wake up bright and early to join a class that offers variety for all fitness levels. Classes maintain a balanced focus between the importance of cardio and strengthening with overall body conditioning. Fridays - Total Condition class walks.

Strength

Abs 30

This 30 minute core-focused class will improve the strength of your mid-section in a minimal amount of time. Learn to train your core with targeting and toning tough areas like your lower abs and back. Strengthening your core can improve athletic performance, posture and balance, lowers the risk of injury, and reduces back pain.

Burn & Build

This dynamic class begins with an active warmup leading into circuit style training. Each circuit focuses on elevating the heart rate in a short cardio session, engaging all of the primary muscle groups in a moderate lifting portion, followed by a quick core workout. Class typically ends with a cooldown/stretch to release tension and help prevent muscle soreness.

HIIT & Lift

HIIT & Lift is designed around strength training but with a HIIT focus. High intensity interval training will give you the most out of your 30 minutes. You will walk away feeling strong and motivated!

Barre above/Barre Intensity

These popular classes combine attributes of Pilates, dance, and functional fitness training. Barre incorporates small, isolated movements to fatigue the muscles, large range of motion to elevate the heart rate, and sequencing that incorporates upper and lower body. This total body workout leaves you mentally strong and feeling accomplished. Upbeat instructors and music provide the fuel needed for not only an intense workout but a fun one as well!

Core Strength

Target your entire core including abdominals and back first thing in the morning with this quick and effective class.

STRONG by Zumba

This class is perfect for fitness enthusiasts and students looking for a more challenging, high intensity interval training workout. Still timed to music, the music in STRONG by ZumbaTM was crafted to drive the intensity in a challenging progression that provides a total body workout. Using your own body weight, you will gain muscular endurance, tone, and definition, and you will experience an increased after burn.

Bootcamp

Focus on elevating heart rate while mixing in fundamental body training exercises. Moderate weight training is also incorporated to maximize muscle use. This class offers many variations and is welcome to all fitness levels.

P90X LIVE!

Designed by the talented team at BeachBody, this LIVE class is designed for optimal success. A 30-minute power class that will target arms and legs having you walk out of the YMCA feeling ready to start your day. Each class is geared with a warm-up, focus section targeting arms/legs, and a cooldown to give you a full workout in a short amount of time.