Adults/Students - Fitness

Programs held at 570 York Street

Teen Conditioning Program
For kids 12-15 years of age to enable them to access the Wellness Centre. They will receive a Teen Weights Trainers card after they have completed the program

Salsa Babies
Dance back into shape with the best little partner of all – your baby!
With the little ones snuggled into baby carriers, new moms learn basic steps to popular Latin Dances, while babies bounce along to the Salsa beat.Salsa Babies offers a great workout, a chance to socialize with other parents, and an opportunity to introduce one’s child to music and movement. Not to mention, it’s perfect for people who have always wanted to learn to dance, but could never convince their partner to take lessons!
Classes are appropriate for babies approximately 6-8 weeks of age and up, as long as you are comfortable supporting your baby in a carrier for the duration of the class. All levels of fitness and dance experience are welcome. What you need: a bottle of water, a pair of indoor shoes, and a baby carrier.

Pre-Natal Yoga
For mothers-to-be from their 14th week of pregnancy on (2nd and 3rd trimester). This gentle practice addresses the unique needs of the mother during each stage of pregnancy, while developing awareness of her breathing, strength and flexibility to prepare for childbirth. Please consult your doctor prior to beginning any yoga class during pregnancy.

Yoga & Baby (age 0-9 months)
For post-partum mothers and newborn to pre-crawling babies. The babies will enjoy infant poses that support healthy sleep, digestion and overall well-being while Mom moves through a gentle practice to stretch tired muscles and regain strength after birth. 

Yoga & Tot (age 9 months – 3 years)
For babies on the move! Once they begin to crawl, stand and walk, babies need room to roam and the freedom to explore their new abilities. Learn poses for parent and child to do together, and also enjoy some personal time to practice while the babies explore their own movement in a safe environment.

Parents & Babies Cardio time( newborn – 6 months)
A designated time for a parent to make some time for themselves in the Wellness Centre while accompanied by their infant (0-6months).  Children must be safety secured in an infant car seat.      

Y Healthy Eating Club
This club meets weekly with the purpose of helping club members  optimize  their health through healthy eating and lifestyle activities.  A self-organizing group, club members determine and implement activities towards this purpose.  A Y staff member animates the process. 

PILATES 3D
PhysicalMind Standing Pilates ® and contemporary mat exercises together teach you to move from your center with strength and power. Pilates 3D will help you create core stability, better balance and flexibility through all planes of movement plus, Standing Pilates offers many very effective bone strengthening exercises you don’t get in other Pilates classes. Feel stronger and stand taller. This fun and progressive program is open to both beginner and intermediate participants.

PILATES MAT FLOW (Low to moderate intensity)
Designed to increase your body awareness, functional movement, stability, postural realignment and flexibility through simple yet effective workouts. Through a series of core, back, leg and arm exercises you will feel yourself get stronger each week and gain a new awareness of strength through your core.

MINDFULNESS (Low intensity)
Mindfulness is all about learning to stay connected to the current moment and increasing your awareness. Participants will learn different meditation techniques, all of which can have powerful influences on your life and health if adopted as a regular practice.

TRE (Tension Releasing Exercises) (Low intensity)
Whether you are feeling stressed, overwhelmed by demands, experience tension headaches, or are easily frustrated, your muscles are tense when you have these symptoms. Muscle tension keeps the body and mind tensed up, the very opposite of relaxation. Stress symptoms, whether physical or mental, are directly or indirectly responsible for up to 80% of all visits to physicians. As part of physical and mental health, the body and mind need to relax. A daily practice of relaxation gives you a muscle memory of relaxation so that you can readily access it under stress once you have practiced it several times. This allows you to be less impacted by stressors and cope more effectively with them.

As part of their mind/body series, your YMCA is sponsoring Tension Release Exercises (TRE) as one means of developing a daily practice of relaxation. Classes are open and available Wednesdays at 5:15 in the J.D. Irving Room and Saturdays at 10:00 am in the Jones Room.   No need to sign up. Your Y membership is all you need to participate. Come as often as you like. For more information contact Joan Wright at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Programs Held at 605 Cliffe Street – Willie O’Ree Place

Teen Fitcamp (Grades 6+)
Exercising with a group is both motivating and fun while being coached to focus on movement and encouraged to keep going! Taking part in this program will have many benefits that range from improved self esteem, able to focus better, have more energy & feel good. Improving your overall health with exercise like being a part of TFC can be a great way to take control of your life.

Yoga
A style of yoga that is called Vinyasa flow is moving the body from one posture (asana) to the next, linking both the breath with the body, meditation in motion.  This class will increase your energy, calm your mind, strengthen your body and will leave you feeling stronger, longer, open and ready to take on whatever lies ahead of you in your day!

Be Active Live Well- (8 week registered Y program)
This class is designed for 55+ years young that have had experience with using strength machines. You will be guided each class at your fitness level with simple & safe instructions for a complete full body workout. Your full body workout includes cardiovascular, strength and flexibility exercises. Participating in this class on a regular basis you will notice that you will have more energy and daily tasks will be done with greater ease.  Join the Be Active, Live well Club to experience better quality of life.  

Get Fit For Active Living
Diabetes Strategy (GFAL-D) exercise and education program is an eight-week course designed to help people aged 55 and older with pre-diabetes or Type 2 diabetes better manage their disease. The project is funded through a grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada – Diabetes Strategy.

Vit -X Training
Start your day off right with some vitamin X (exercise) training. This early morning workout will kick start your day with a lot of motivation and a variety of challenging exercises. You will learn new and different skills and improve your overall athletic performance. This class will definitely give you the RDA (recommended daily amount) of vitamin X.

Fitness Conditioning Challenge
This class is a series of exercises where the trainee moves from one to the next with minimal rest, repeating the sequence for a number of repetitions, or "circuits." The advantage to FCC is that you complete a full body workout quickly. This class also benefits the cardiovascular system due to the minimal rest per set. If you want results and need motivation then join in the FCC group training class!

Cardio & Core
This class provides a 30 minute cardio program with a variety of interval training, followed by 30 minutes of core strengthening and full body stretching.