Group Exercise Classes

The Albany Y offers fitness classes for all abilities and interests. From kickboxing to senior aerobics, you’ll find a group class that’s fun, supportive and keeps you moving!

CARDIO

Get your heart pumping! Step Challenge, Senior Aerobics, Boot Camp, and Kickboxing are just a few of our many classes aimed at body conditioning through cardio!

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Cardio Dance: A dance aerobics class for those who want great music and movement basics.
Kickboxing: Kick and punch your way to a better body and a better you! Expect to sweat as you work through combinations that sculpt your muscles, challenge your heart and reduce your stress level.
Healthy Heart: This class is designed for adults who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. Safe and supportive class for all levels of fitness. RNs are present and available throughout the class.
Senior Aerobics: A great dance based aerobic work out for the active older adult. Additional strength training with weights and elastic resistance helps build bone density and provides stretch/stress release for the joints.

STRENGTH

Improve and increase your strength, balance, and agility in Strength & Conditioning, Total Body Conditioning, and Senior Strength, or any other of our strength-based fitness classes. Start today!

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Boot Camp: A challenging class with cardiovascular drills, sprints and resistance training.
Core Circuit: 45 minutes of focusing on Core Strength that leads to increased overall strength. Body weight exercises and flexibility will also be incorporated.
Kickboxing: A high energy workout using martial arts kicks, blocks and shadow boxing drills. Fun and challenging!
Total Body Conditioning: A full body workout designed to strengthen and tone the upper and lower body using an assortment of fitness equipment.

MIND & BODY

Strengthen your core muscles and concentrate on improving balance, flexibility, relaxation and breathing techniques. Yoga, Pilates, and Tai Chi are just the beginning!

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Pilates: Achieve balance of mind and body with mat exercises. Strengthen and stabilize your core and back, develop coordination and improve posture all while sculpting long, efficient muscles. Roller and Therapeutic Pilates classes also offered!
Tai Chi: Wu-style Tai Chi is an exercise method with many health benefits. This class will cover warm-ups, gentle stretching, the 24 movement simplified form and basic Chi-Gung exercises.
Yoga: Build strength and flexibility while reducing stress and tension. A typical class includes standing poses, twists, core work, balancing poses, forward bends, backbends, inversions and restorative poses. Both Iyengar and Vinyasa yoga styles offered.

DANCE

Ready to hit the dance floor? Dancing is a full-body workout that’s good for your heart, increases strength, and helps with balance and coordination. Try our Zumba, Cardio Dance, Nia, Bombay Jam, and World Beat classes!

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Cardio Dance: A dance aerobics class for those who want great music and movement basics.
NIA Dance: NIA Dance is a joy-filled movement practice that combines dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts all set to fantastic music. NIA delivers a balanced cardio, strengthening and toning workout that is fun and inspiring using simple and easy steps.
World Beat Dance: Workout to the rhythms of the world.
ZUMBA®: Combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves and combinations that allow the participants to dance away both worries and calories and move towards increased health and well being.