Group Fitness Classes
Make “getting fit” fun! Our HFC Members enjoy access to $10 group fitness classes—now held virtually and in-person! Each class is led by a certified instructor.
Reserve your space for in-person and virtual group fitness classes by signing into our membership portal.
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Group Fitness Classes
Dance Party
Rev up the energy in this 60-minute dance workout. Great music and easy routines make it fun for people of all level and abilities.
SilverSneakers Classic
Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement and activities for daily living. Hand-held weights, elastic tubing with handles and a SilverSneakers ball are offered for resistance. A chair is available if needed for seated or standing support.
Forever Fit
Designed for ages 55+, this low-impact class incorporates aerobics, strength training, core conditioning and stretching.
EnerChi
EnerChi is comprised of easy-to-learn, modified tai chi forms aimed at improving well-being. Low-impact movements are practiced in a slow, flowing sequence to progress strength, balance and focus. Chair support is offered to facilitate standing stability and seated exercise options.
Step & Sculpt
Get a full-body strength and cardio conditioning workout using the step! Ramp up your heart rate through basic step moves and use circuit-based, bodyweight strength movements to build full-body strength—abs included!
Barbell Strength
Get your morning and week started right. This class incorporates barbells and free weights into a more traditional strength-based workout. Available to all levels of fitness.
SilverSneakers Yoga (Virtual)
Move your whole body through a complete series of seated and standing yoga poses. Chair support is offered to safely perform a variety of seated and standing postures designed to increase flexibility, balance and range of movement. Restorative breathing exercises and final relaxation will promote stress reduction and mental clarity.
Yoga Sculpt
A blend of Vinyasa Yoga and strength training class utilizes weights to create resistance and add intensity to each pose. A fun and challenging workout, Yoga Sculpt is great for anyone looking to strengthen their current yoga and fitness abilities.
Yoga
Classes are designed for all ages and fitness levels. Exercises focus on traditional yoga poses, breathing techniques and relaxation to increase flexibility, strengthen muscles and improves balance while creating body awareness.
Very Gentle Mat Yoga
Gentle yoga provides light stretching and flexibility enhancing movements, especially in weak or injured joints. Ideal for those new to yoga, suffering from chronic back pain or wanting a less intense yoga practice.
AquaFUNctional
A variety of shallow and deep swim classes are designed to improve activities of daily living and enhance sports performance.
Aqua Fusion
Combines cardio intervals with fitness and strength training.
Aqua Action
Class combines stretching, deep and shallow water cardio and toning.
Morning Walk
Find community, motivation and accountability to get moving! Use a treadmill, visit a local park (while remaining socially distant) or walk around your own neighborhood.
Total Body Conditioning (TBC)
Total Body Conditioning is a cross between calorie-blasting boot camp and a more traditional strength training class. This workout uses repetitive movements and body weight and weighted exercises to build strength, core exercises and cardio for a full-body workout.
Aqua Early Birds
Class combines intervals with deep water cardio and toning.
Aqua Fit-N-Stretch
Combinations utilize water resistance to tone muscles and stretch in both deep and shallow water.
Oula Dance (Virtual)
Oula is a high-energy, calorie burning, crazy-fun dance workout to Top 40 hits. Classes are one epic hour of sweat, joy and total inspiration! OULA is Dancemania for the Soul.
Power Barz Express
Power Barz Express is a fun strength training class that utilizes weights. The full body workout utilizes repetitions to increase muscle endurance.
Aqua Fusion
Class combines cardio intervals with fitness and strength training.
Cycle/Cycle Express
High-energy and invigorating, each indoor cycling class focuses on one of three different workouts: endurance, strength or interval. Regular cycle class is 60 minutes in length; Cycle Express is 45 minutes.
Dance Party
Rev up the energy in this 60-minute dance workout. Great music and easy routines make it fun for people of all level and abilities.
Forever Fit
Designed for ages 55+, this low-impact class incorporates aerobics, strength training, core conditioning and stretching.
Gentle Yoga
Gentle yoga provides light stretching and flexibility enhancing movements, especially in weak or injured joints. Ideal for those new to yoga, suffering from chronic back pain or wanting a less intense yoga practice.
Intro to Yoga
A great class for beginners and those looking to start slowly. Learn the fundamental poses and build a foundation for a strong yoga practices. This class is great for beginners.
Morning Yoga for Flexibility and Balance
Start your day with the basic principles of yoga; breathe and movement to create strength starting from within. Morning yoga will help you feel balanced through alignment and flow for your body and centering techniques for your mind and spirit.
Oula
Oula is a high-energy, calorie burning, crazy-fun dance workout to Top 40 hits. Classes are one epic hour of sweat, joy and total inspiration! OULA is Dancemania for the Soul.
Power Barz
Power Barz is a fun strength training class that utilizes studio barbells. The full body workout utilizes repetitions to increase muscle endurance.
Power Yoga
Classes are designed for all ages and fitness levels. Exercises focus on traditional yoga poses, breathing techniques and relaxation to increase flexibility, strengthen muscles and improves balance while creating body awareness.
Restorative Mat Class
Realign and rebalance your body in this mindful movement class that combines traditional Pilates mat exercises with contemporary restorative concepts. Using various props and bolsters, we will stretch tight muscles, strengthen weak areas, and develop a strong and supple core, leaving you feeling longer, stronger, balanced and rejuvenated.
Restorative Movement
Learning where your very own skeleton aligns with "ideal alignment" and where/how your movement is coming from (or not!) can be immensely profound and restorative, in all aspects of your life, whether you're a hard-core athlete, a gentle yoga fan, or somewhere in-between.
SilverSneakers Yoga
Move your whole body through a complete series of seated and standing yoga poses. Chair support is offered to safely perform a variety of seated and standing postures designed to increase flexibility, balance and range of movement. Restorative breathing exercises and final relaxation will promote stress reduction and mental clarity.
Studio Strength
Get your morning and week started right. This class incorporates barbells and free weights into a more traditional strength-based workout. Available to all levels of fitness.
Tabata
A high intensity interval training (HIIT) class, this workout takes you through timed cardio intervals (20 seconds active/10 seconds rest) repeated for 8 rounds without break. Just 4 minutes of Tabata interval training can do more to boost aerobic and anaerobic capacity than a whole hour of endurance training.
Total Body Conditioning I
A cross between calorie-blasting boot camp and a more traditional strength training class, Total Body Conditioning I uses higher reps, heavier weights, faster cardio and more challenging core exercises.
Total Body Conditioning II
Utilizing weights, jump ropes, BOSU balls and more, this workout focuses on strength training at a slower pace, with extra emphasis on developing core strength.
