Group fitness enthusiasts get energy from each other! Join fellow members in a wide variety of classes of all types and at all levels: Boot Camp, Spinning, Power Low, Step, Kickboxing, Yoga, Zumba, Pilates, Bellydancing and much more. This is your opportunity to work hard at your favorite fitness activities, cross-train, and receive instruction from certified professionals who love to exercise the way you do!

More than 60 FREE group fitness classes each week!

Current Group Fitness Schedule


SHAKE UP YOUR FITNESS ROUTINE
WITH MORE THAN 20 EXCITING GROUP FITNESS CLASSES:

Ab Explosion: An intense class that is designed to strengthen your abs.

Bellydancing: A creative way to spice up your exercise routine and find your playful spirit! Shake, twist and shimmy in this dynamic class! Bellydance is a sensual art form that will inspire your heart and body. Class incorporates posture, muscle isolation, flexibility, and easy to follow combinations.

Body Sculpting: A total body workout using free weights for the upper body and a combination of free weights and the step for the lower body.

Boot Camp/Cardio Circuit: Enhance your strength and aerobics capacity in this new cardio circuit class.  This class will challenge everyone...from the beginner to the most athletic individual.

Cardio Explosion...a mixture of dance and traditional hi-lo moves.  You will get an unbelievable cardio workout!

Cardio Sculpt: Build strength and endurance in this cohesive, high intensity, functionally challenging interval workout consisting of cardio/step drills and muscle conditioning using weights followed by ab/core work.

Chisel: A total workout strengthening all muscles of the body.  Class utilizes dumbells.

Forever Fit: This class is designed for the older adult and combines low impact aerobics with stretching, weight training and balance work.

Hour of Power: This high intensity workout is sure to leave no muscle untouched.  Class will include cardiovascular training, weight training and stretching. This class will improve muscle tone, endurance and overall strength.

Pilates: A holistic approach to total body conditioning emphasizing the use of the mind and your breath for the execution of controlled and concentrated movements.  Pilates is for those who want a firm, yet flexibile body, whether you're out of shape or a trained athlete and can be easily modified to individual body needs. 

Power Low: Low impact, but lots of fun.  An aerobics class designed to minimize stress on the joints.

Spinning: Spinning is a stationary cycling workout that simulates the riding positions used on real road racing bikes.  Participants follow the beat of music and transform the energy from the music into powerful pedal strokes.

Step 'N Sculpt: A combination of an intense step workout with muscle conditioning utilizing free weights.

Stretch, Strengthen & Tone: A combination of weight training, stretching and abdominal work geared towards people of all fitness levels.

Turbo Kick: Kick, punch and jump for an incredible full-body workout. Learn lots of different martial arts moves.

20-20-20: 20 minutes of low impact  aerobics, 20 minutes of muscle strengthening and 20 minutes of stretching.

World Dance Jam: This is a dynamic dance class that includes a combination of NIA, Zumba, Israeli, funk, pop, African, Cajun and Indian dances. It is a fun high energy dance class. All levels are welcome and no dance experience is necessary.

Yoga: Tones the whole body and will bring you greater strength, stamina, flexibility, structural alignment, balance and, most importantly, will halp you stay relaxed.  (Private, one-on-one yoga training available for a fee.)

Yogalates: Combines the flexibility, meditative and weight loss elements of yoga with the muscle strengthening and toning of pilates. 

Zumba...a fusion of Latin and International music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, effective fitness system!  The routines feature interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body with easy to follow dance steps. Zumba is a hip swingin', body pumpin', booty shakin', fun way to get a total body workout. 

SPINNING SIGN-UP...Our spinning classes are usually at capacity.  To make sure there's a bike for you, sign up 24 hours in advance for any class.  (Members can sign up on Fridays for Sunday classes.)  Minimum age for spinning is 16.  Minimum age for all other group fitness classes is 13 at the discretion of the fitness staff.  The Spinning sign-up book is kept at the Member Relations Desk in the front lobby.  For more information, call 617-558-6417.

For more information about group fitness classes, call 617-558-6462 or email groupfitness@jccgb.org.

CHILDCARE...For your convenience while you take a group fitness class, we offer a safe, fun and active childcare room for children ages 3 months to 10 years old.  Our childcare room is located across from the main gym. 

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