| ASHTANGA YOGA: (intermediate/advanced) This Yoga class is a challenging workout that keeps your body moving. Postures are held for a longer period of time than traditional yoga, stimulating your heart and your muscles while still reaping the same benefits of a less vigorous practice.
BALLET STRETCH: (all levels) Combines passive and dynamic stretching with gentle resistance exercises to offer you classical ballet’s secrets to extending range of motion and developing strong yet supple muscle tone. Progressing though a series of standing, bar, mat and ball sequences, participants will discover new strategies of releasing tension and developing balanced flexibility. This class focuses on the coordination of musical phrasing and breath to move deeper into each stretch, side bend and plie.
CYCLE, CORE AND STRETCH: (all levels) This class is a hybrid of your traditional Indoor Cycling class followed by a Stretch class. The combination of cardiovascular training and stretching and breathing is perfectly well rounded and will leave you feeling invigorated and relaxed at the same time.
PILATES: (all levels) Adaptations based on the original exercises of Joseph Pilates are designed to strengthen the abdominals and back muscles, develop joint flexibility and enhance posture in a series of non-impact movements.
YOGA STRETCH: (all levels) his practice primarily targets the connective tissue of the body - ligaments, tendons and myofascia. Postures are held passively for several minutes in order to release tension to allow the joints to move through their full range.
YOGA FLOW: (all levels) Yoga is a combination of postures to strengthen the mind and body. This practice focuses on breathing techniques and relaxation. Participating in Yoga will leave you with a feeling of wellness- physically, mentally and emotionally.
CARDIOVASCULAR AND MUSCLE CONDITIONING
AQUAFIT: Working out in the water reduces stress on the joints while the resistance of the water increases intensity. This class will help increase muscular strength, endurance and flexibility. It can also improve cardio-respiratory conditioning and help decrease body fat. Meet at the pool every Wednesday and Friday at 8 am rain or shine! Aquafit is included as part of the regular group exercise annual membership.
BALLET BOOT CAMP will help you improve your co-ordination, posture, flexibility and core stability. It will expand your body awareness with one of the oldest and most unique movement disciplines. From dynamic jetes and travelling pirouettes to balance building adagio exercises, Ballet Boot Camp combines classical ballet technique with contemporary athletic fitness conditioning to give you the long, lean, sculpted physique of a dancer. This class builds cardiovascular and muscular endurance, improves balance and develops overall body awareness.
BOOT CAMP: (intermediate/advanced) This high-energy Bootcamp-style workout focuses on both cardiovascular and muscle conditioning. A variety of exercise equipment and training techniques are used to keep things fresh and interesting (bikes, Bosu Balance Trainers, Stability balls, weights, body bars, tubing, jump ropes). You will never become bored as the class changes from week to week.
CARDIO BOX: (all levels) Kick and punch your way to better fitness! This high energy class is a cross between martial arts and cardio combinations to improve strength, agility and balance. No equipment used in this class.
CARDIO LATIN DANCE: (all levels) This class is so much fun that you will not even realise that you are exercising! Cardio Latin Dance is an easy to follow, low impact class that incorporates all of your favourite Latin dance moves. It may incorporate some weight training as well.
CARDIO SCULPT: (all levels) This Hi / Low impact cardiovascular workout also has a muscular endurance component. Participants will do a total body workout. Some choreography may be included.
CORE CHALLENGE: (all levels) Increase your core stabilization, strength and balance by performing exercises using the Stability Ball and the Bosu. This is a total body conditioning class with a focus on the abdominal and back muscles. Free weights, body bars, tubing and your own body weight will be used to provide variety and challenge.
EXTREME SCULPT: (all levels) This is a total body muscle conditioning class. Exercises can be adapted to different levels. Resistance training is important for increasing strength, muscle endurance, bone density along with numerous other benefits.
RBX: (intermediate/advanced) A creative cardio boxing program that matches boxing punches with contemporary music formats. This customized workout combines high impact cardiovascular exercises and interval callisthenics with “classic” boxing techniques and drills that are challenging, motivating and
performance-driven. Boxing equipment and punching bags are used.
STABILITY BALL: (all levels) This class focuses on increasing core stabilization, strength and balance by training with the stability ball, weights, tubing and body bars. Learning to train on an unstable surface will challenge your body and develop abdominal and lower back strength as well as provide a challenging total body workout. Exercises can be adapted to different levels of difficulty.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT Joanna Young, Group Fitness Director at 416.922.1105, ext. 281 or jyoung@torontolawn.com |
