Fitness class descriptions

Advanced Cycle

This 45 minute cycle class is designed for intermediate riders looking to challenge themselves on the bike. Expect higher suggested gear ranges, more frequent sprints, longer intervals and more — ensuring a fun and challenging cardio workout. Previous indoor cycling experience is required for this class.

Cycle

This class will challenge your cardiovascular endurance with sprints, climbs, and jumps. Designed to increase your stamina, get ready for the ride of your life!

Cardio Blast

Jump start your body with this intense activity featuring cardio conditioning and body weight exercises. Covering anything from plyometrics, lunges and abdominal work, each class offers a different challenge!

Cardio Strength

Focus on your aerobic conditioning with this high energy, all cardio workout that will have you sweating, smiling and having fun! You will experience various styles of cardio such as HIIT and athletic drills that will push you to the limit.

DJ Cycle

Get ready to move with this high energy, pulse pounding, beat dropping class! Set to your favorite hits, let the beat drive you as we tackle sprints, jumps, hills, and, of course, a little dancing on the bike. Turn it up- it’s time to ride!

H.I.I.T

Be prepared to get moving with High Intensity Interval Training! Get a dose of endurance, plyometrics, strength, and balance all in one workout. Don’t be afraid to get your sweat on!

HIIT the Bags

Get ready to box with a high intensity interval style class built to get the heart pounding. Come prepared for a total body workout that focuses on plyometrics, power, and agility. This class will leave you with a burn after you HIT THOSE BAGS!

HIIT the Bikes

This 60 minute class will challenge your cardio endurance in every way! HIIT the Bikes incorporates 30 minutes of cycling to challenge your stamina, paired with 30 minutes of HIIT to finish you off. This class is designed to give you a total body workout to leave you feeling worked and revitalized!

POUND™

Channel your inner rock star with this full-body cardio jam session, inspired by drumming. Use Ripstix® to torch calories and tone while rocking out to your favorite music!

Step

Tone up your legs and glutes by moving up, over, and around the step. This class is easy to follow and fun for those looking to step up their cardio game!

Ballet Sculpt

A ballet-inspired class that involves the movements of yoga. By stretching, holding and pulsing, this class will strengthen and tone every muscle of your body!

Hip-hop

High energy dance combos to all your Hip Hop favorites! Learn the 5 elements of Hip Hop; popping, locking, breaking, bugaloo, and social dance. All levels welcome!

MixxedFit™

Workout to your top hits by mixing explosive dance moves with bursts of bootcamp toning. Choreography is repetitive and easy to follow, see you on the dance floor!

Variety dance

Explore the world and a new side of you through the many different styles of dance! From heels, vogue, salsa, dancehall and more – you’ll find something to love. Make sure to check out our “Class of the Week” posted outside the fitness programs office!

Zumba™

Lose yourself in the music while sculpting and toning at the original dance-fitness party. Zumba® classes feature exotic rhythms set to high-energy Latin and international beats.

All levels yoga

Focus on technique and alignment during each pose. Train your breathing, flexibility, and strength. Reduce stress and improve your physical and mental balance. Explore hatha, vinyasa, and yin yoga styles.

Gentle yoga

Build strength and improve posture through a series of gentle yoga poses. Relax and rid your body of mental stressors while stretching and toning all over!

Pilates

This class will bring strength, shake, balance and flexibility to every workout! Using your body as the source of power (with the help of some free weights and the magic circle) body awareness is enhanced and sweat is guaranteed!  Great for all levels.

Power Yoga

Be ready to sweat and build strength to this dynamic flow style format by pushing your physical performance in stability and power.

Vinyasa Flow

Move fluidly from one posture to the next while connecting their breath to their movements. It incorporates strength, flexibility, balance, and both physical and mental stamina.

Axe Fit

This fast paced class incorporates CrossFit style workouts such as high intensity functional training, mobility and weightlifting. Working on technique and strength with a cardio flair to get the heart rate up while building muscle!

Bootcamp

This class works in a circuit based style to get the heart rate up while lifting heavy! Be prepared to workout hard on form, strength, and some plyometrics.

Boxing

Vigorous intervals of boxing moments as well as bootcamp style HIIT movements. Bags and gloves are used and provided!

Core Power 30

Designed to tighten those abs and tone the body. This is a strong focus on the core and stability muscles that will leave you feeling powerful.

Indigelift

Indigelift is a weightlifting program at the Northern Arizona University Recreation Center. Open to all NAU student, faculty, and staff, our bi-weekly workout sessions include beginner to advanced weight training groups. Indigelift also has special sessions each month of basketball, yoga, Eskimo Native Olympic games exercises, and other activities as introductions to variations in working out. Not only are participants encouraged to have a healthy lifestyle individually but socially, coming together to help support one another.  Leading this program is Personal Trainer/Instructor Sonny Lomadofkie (Hopi/Akimel O’otham).

Jack Performance

Want to take your fitness to the next level? Join us as we lead you through an interval-based class that maximizes your metabolic rate through cardio, weight training, and plyometric movements that will have you burning calories and toning muscle. We track your progress each week so you can see your improvement over time!

Strength and Conditioning

This class will focus on your ability to lift and tone! Designed to build muscle while gaining light cardio endurance. This class incorporates strength training with a cardio burnout at the end to leave you feeling powerful and strong.

Total Body Burn

A full body workout using a combination of equipment and exercises to tone your arms, legs and core, this class gives you a workout using high volume, low weights and intense cardio intervals suited for sculpting.

TRX

A suspension training class that will challenge your entire body. Using gravity as resistance partnered with weights you’ll improve strength, balance, flexibility and core stability!

Mondays:

• Step; 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. with Megan, Exercise Suite 2 (EXS2), First Floor
• Gentle Yoga; 12:15p-1:00p with Judy, Wellness Suite 2, 2^nd floor

Tuesdays:

• All Levels Yoga; 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. with Melissa, Exercise Suite 2 (EXS2), First Floor
• Zumba; 12:15p – 1:00p, with Alice Multipurpose Gym, MPG, First Floor

Wednesdays:

• Step; 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. with Megan, Exercise Suite 2 (EXS2), First Floor

Thursdays:

• Restorative Yoga with Nidra; 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. with Judy, Wellness Suite (EXS2), First Floor
• Boxing; 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. with Victor, Multipurpose Gym (MPG), First Floor