The Healthy Living Centre offers a wide variety of courses for all levels of experience are scheduled, offering all members something to help achieve their fitness goals. These classes and descriptions are taken directly from the Healthy Living Centre website.
Fit 4 Life
Personal trainers Ashley Hosfeld and Suzanne Rowley will lead a new and exciting program for seniors that are young at heart and looking to stay fit for life. Each week you will use body weight, light weights and circuits to increase functional fitness & quality of life. As a registrant in Fit 4 Life, choose from 3 different classes per week or come to them all. Registration is purchased as 10 or 20 session punch cards or drop in.
Class 1 Forever in Motion: Mondays at 9:00 am and Wednesdays at 11:00 am
Class 2 Walking with Weights: Mondays at 9:00 am and Wednesdays at 11:00 am
Class 3 Low Impact and Sculpt: Thursdays at 9:00 am
LUNCH TIME EXPRESS
As a registrant in Lunch Time Express, choose from 2 different classes, held twice per week or come to them all. Registration is purchased as a 20 session punch card or drop in. It gives you the flexibility to come to classes when it fits in your schedule.
Classes Include:
Strength & Core
Enjoy a total body workout and improve your muscular strength and endurance while using a variety of portable equipment and body weight exercises. This 30 minute class is suitable for all fitness levels.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:45am - 12:15pm
and also;
Cardio HIIT
This interval training workout will utilize a variety of work to rest formats as well as different portable equipment and body weight exercises to improve your overall fitness. This 30 minute class is suitable for all fitness levels and both high and low impact options will be available.
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:15pm - 12:45pm
SPIN IT
You’ll Burn Big Calories in this class, about 400-600. The intensity will vary throughout the session thanks to different body positions (i.e., standing versus sitting), pedal speed, and resistance. The instructor will tell you when to change your settings so your ride feels like it would outdoors—complete with hill climbs, sprints, and coasting. Best of all, you will learn how to ride the bike in a way that maximizes your fitness, while minimizing any risk of injury. Learn to ride right and get fit! Class is appropriate for all levels.
Thursdays 4:30 pm Starting October 3.
Strollercize
The 12 class course offers a fun, brisk-paced and challenging 60-minute class that will help to increase your cardiovascular level, as well as your muscle strength and endurance using the indoor track and circuit training techniques. Emphasis will be placed on safe postpartum movements and core/pelvic strength. All fitness levels welcome. Stroller required. No experience necessary.
Mondays and Wednesdays at 1:00 pm
Kickboxing
Kickboxing is a high intensity workout. You will learn combinations of punches, kicks, and other strikes, and train in fighter conditioning exercises. Everybody is welcome. No past boxing experience is required.
Tuesdays at 5:15 pm
Shred & Shine Boot Camp
Burn fat (not time) and discover a stronger version of yourself with this one hour mix of strength & endurance training.
Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:45 pm
Tabata
Tabata is a high-intensity interval training that consists of eight sets of fast-paced exercises designed to help you shed fat fast.
Tuesdays at 6:00 pm
Fundamentals of Yoga
An on-going class for beginners and continuing beginners - everyone welcome! This class includes pranayama (breathing practices), basic asana (postures), vinyasa (flow), tensegrity (gentle anatomical sequences), restorative yoga and medication. What is practiced each week changes to provide ongoing learning and fun.
Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 pm
Beginner Vinyasa Yoga
Bring balance to you day by slowing down the hectic pace of city life in one of our soothing flow yoga classes. These slower paced flowing classes focus on the basics of yoga, breath work and movement. Beginners and experienced yoga students alike will enjoy the lighthearted and individually challenging nature of the class. No level of experience required.
Mondays & Wednesdays at 7 am
Zumba
Zumba combines Latin and International music with the fun, effective movements at your own pace. Ditch the workout and join the PARTY! Inspired by Latin dance and music, Zumba draws from varying styles in its routines, including meringue, salsa, hi-hop, flamenco and more. Music selections include both fast and slow rhythms to help tone and sculpt the body with easy to follow dance moves. No experience necessary.
Wednesdays at 5 pm
As a student, many classes are offered at a discount or even sometimes free of charge. You can register online or at the front desk of the HLC. Your student fees help you to stay fit!