This class is designed for individuals who want to learn how to swim or improve their basic knowledge of all swim strokes. Instruction is given on freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and backstroke.

Must be able to comfortably swim 25 yards. This physical activity class combines out of the water exercises (squats, pushups, running), swimming, and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to give you a versatile workout that blasts all the major muscle groups. Please have something you are comfortable running in and swimming in, and you may want to consider having goggles and/or a swim cap as well.

Tabata is a high intensity interval workout that follows a specific format: 20 seconds of high intensity exercise to 10 seconds of rest, for 8 times. This class is super fun, and each class session is varied to keep it exciting. Students are shown multiple ways to do an exercise so those who are beginners and those who are advanced can enjoy the class.

In this course, students use equipment like kettlebells, dumbbells, and weights to integrate functional fitness exercises with high-intensity training.

This course involves learning exercises that strengthen the muscles to improve balance. Students engage in simple yoga poses and balance breath work and work towards strength training exercises that require proper balance techniques.

This course involves learning exercises that improve the ability of a joint and muscle group to maintain stability and flexibility during a particular movement. Students complete a series of stretches as well as strength training exercises that improves flexibility and movement.

This class allows students to be physically active through various games like kickball, dodgeball, and bocce ball. This class is a must have for anyone who enjoys games of all kinds! A new game is introduced, taught, and played each week so that students learn how to work as a team in various forms.

This physical activity course offers an intermediate level physical conditioning that combines high–energy cardio respiratory activity with military style physical training to improve muscular endurance, cardio respiratory fitness, flexibility and body composition.

Learning the skill of strength training by using a wide variety of equipment and techniques. The class is structured for any ability level from a beginner, someone who has never lifted free weights before, or the athlete who has a regular weigh-lifting program.

In this course students complete several different aerobic and anaerobic exercises but only for the duration of one minute.

This course is designed to slowly wake up the body and mind by doing a series of stretches and non-strenuous exercises. Students engage in both aerobic and anaerobic exercises where they focus on strengthening muscles and increasing stamina.

This class is designed to give beginner through advanced runners workouts to help them improve their time and increase their running distance. Students receive daily workouts including tempo runs, distance runs, speed runs, and a few days of cross training.

This PA course focuses on core strength and full body fitness. Pilates trains the body as an integrated whole. This workout promotes strength and balanced muscle development as well as flexibility and increased range of motion in the joints.

This course offers participants the opportunity to learn how to handle themselves when threatened or when facing a potentially harmful situation that may require a physical altercation. Learning martial arts and self-defense not only helps you protect yourself when needed, it also builds confidence, a sense of well-being when you know what to do when threatened, and it helps you protect others. Participants LEARN, PRACTICE, and DEMONSTRATE various strikes, holds, and maneuvers that can potentially save their lives when threatened while receiving a good workout.

This class is a great cardiovascular workout. Pedal through hill climbs, sprints, and many other challenging drills and exercises to increase lower body muscle tone.

This class is designed to incorporate all the major muscle groups while increasing heartrate through mixed aerobic exercises including high intensity intervals.

This physical activity course is high intensity interval training, a technique in which you give all out one hundred percent effort through quick intense bursts of exercise, followed short sometimes active recovery periods. This type of training gets and keeps your heart rate up and aids in burning more fat/calories in less time.

This course offers participants the opportunity to improve their cardio endurance and build core strength through a variety of exercises. The course includes a wide range of total body moves using various equipment that train the body in ways that focuses on core stability. This workout is challenging and always changing. Modifications are taught for people of all fitness levels.

Warrior Workout is a combination of most of the class formats offered on our aerobics class schedule. This is a unique way to try before you commit per say. Each day is a different type of workout to keep things fresh and keep your body continually stimulated and engaged.

This class focuses on toning the entire body through strength and resistance exercises using various types of equipment and training methods. All muscle groups are used in each class. It is perfect for those who are new to strength training, but can also be modified for the more advanced participants.

Kickboxing is a fitness program designed to improve muscle tone and cardiovascular endurance through constant motion and repetition using martial arts techniques. Students learn a variety of techniques and some martial arts applications, as well as self-defense techniques.

This class focuses on strengthening core muscles with exercises focusing on the abdominis, obliques, and lower back for the first part of the class. The last half of the class gives the body stretch and aids in muscle recovery and release.

Functional fitness using dumbbells, kettlebells, and body weight movements. High intensity interval training mixed with longer workouts makes every class different.

This class focuses on improving tennis form through individual and group instruction. The class also teaches students the rules and scoring involved in the sport.

A FUN class that is a combination of the elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. In this easy to learn game a paddle is used to hit a perforated plastic ball over a net. Pickleball creates a fun atmosphere to experience light-hearted competition as well as team work.

This hands-on course explores multiple aspects of well-being—psychological, social, physical, environmental, and more. Students learn about and engage with evidence-based strategies for improving well-being with a variety of instructors and then create and implement their own personalized well-being plan with practical tools they can use after the course ends.

Relaxation is defined as the state of being free from tension and anxiety. Students are taught different techniques of relaxation that help reduce stress. Some of these include stretching, breathing techniques, nature walks, and an introduction to the fitness center that will allow students to be comfortable in a exercise setting.

Students in the course perform the same routine each class period with explanation and learning techniques given for each segment: 1. Being still & slow breathing, 2. Solitude: reading, prayer, journaling, practicing thankfulness. 3. Light stretching and 4. Learning to be present.

This class provides the foundation for students to develop life-long positive habits and skills to rejuvenate and quiet the mind. Asanas (poses) and their modifications are demonstrated with the use of various props for support, particularly helping those recovering from injury, experiencing unsteadiness, and/or stiffness. The history and philosophy of yoga is ntroduced and discussed each week. This class rotates weekly between standing and seated poses, gentle back bends, introductory supported inversions, and twists. Reclined pranayama practice (extension/expansion of the breath) is introduced.

A faster pace than Beginner Iyengar Yoga, this class introduces students to the 8-limbs of yoga and helps develop positive habits to rejuvenate and quiet the mind. Physical asanas (postures) and their modifications are demonstrated with the use of various props for support, particularly helping those recovering from injury, experiencing unsteadiness, and/or stiffness. The history and philosophy of yoga is introduced and discussed weekly. This class is taught in the Iyengar Yoga Method and the asana practices rotate weekly between standing/seated poses, gentle back bends, introductory supported inversions, and twists.

This course teaches students how to deepen their practice of the 8 limbs of yoga. Students learn to practice and study independently and in small groups. Specifically, in this class students: develop a consistent home practice of both asana (postures) and pranayama (retention/extension of the breath), independently develop appropriate asana sequences at the beginner and intermediate level, study the anatomy of the body in introductory poses, develop succinct language to lead oneself in asana practice in a systematic way, gain practice (for those interested) in teaching others. The philosophy of yoga is weaved throughout the asana classes. Focus is given to the first three chapters of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali for students to study in class and on their own. Reclined and seated pranayama (extension/expansion of the breath) is practiced. Prerequisite: PACT W91 Beginner Iyengar Yoga or W92 Intermediate Iyengar Yoga (or permission from instructor)

This course offers students an opportunity to pursue interests in areas of study not typically offered by the department. Students must submit a written proposal to the physical activities coordinator at least one month before work commences.