Banish the midwinter blues by trying something new at HAC! Adding a group fitness class to your weekly schedule is a great way to make friends, get into a healthy routine, and stay active despite chilly temperatures outside. All of the classes below are now live on RecDesk and available for registration.
Cardio Challenge
This month, HAC is celebrating American Heart Month with a Cardio Challenge! If you join our challenge, you’ll be entered to win a variety of HAC prizes. Your heart will be full of love… and good health! Here’s how to participate:
- Complete 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise, three times per week, for the entire month of February.
- Cardio may be completed on your own at HAC or outside the facility. Tracking is done individually by each participant using the handout provided at the 2nd floor Fitness Desk.
- Examples of cardio exercise include purposeful walking, running, biking, HIIT workouts, aqua-jogging, water aerobics, swimming, rowing, and using the stair stepper.
- Register on RecDesk by February 8 in order to participate in the raffle. The cost to join the challenge is $5 for HAC members and $15 for non-members.
- If you complete the challenge, please turn in your handout to the 2nd floor Fitness Desk by 5:00pm on March 5.
Featured Class of the Month: Cycle Express
HAC members can bring a friend to try our Featured Class of the Month at no cost! February’s featured class is Cycle Express on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6:15-6:45am in the 1st floor Multipurpose Room. Each guest is limited to one free class during the month, but members may invite an unlimited number of guests to the featured classes throughout the month. Guests must sign a digital waiver at the front desk before participating in classes.
FREE! Pop-Up Trial Aqua Fitness Class: Aqua Combat
Wednesdays from 10:00AM to 10:45AM in the Flex Pool
February 12 and 26
Instructor: Erin D.
Cost: Free for members
Aqua Combat is a high-energy, low-impact, water-based fitness class. Erin will lead you through moves that combine kickboxing and mixed martial arts with the resistance and buoyancy of water. This class is designed to improve muscular strength, endurance, coordination, core strength, flexibility, and agility. All levels are welcome!
Premium Class | Taiji (Tai Chi) for Beginners
Mondays from 10:15AM to 11:00AM in the Wellness Room
February 3, 10, 17, 24 and March 3, 10 (6 weeks)
Instructor: Chris Campbell, MTJET
Cost: $90 members / $150 non-members
Learn how to “Swim in Air” as you learn why the natural exercise, taiji, helps you release stress and tension that our bodies and minds sometimes hold by habit. Taiji can improve our balance, agility, and coordination, while strengthening our immune system and organ system functioning. No mats or special clothing are needed to practice. This class will be led by Chris Campbell, MTJET. Chris comes to HAC with over 37 years of experience and knowledge of taiji and related healing arts of qigong (energy work) and chan (meditation). He will have you swimming in air, moving powerfully and gracefully in the taiji way by the end of your first class!
Premium Class | Pickleball 101
Tuesdays from 2:00-2:45pm in the Wellness Room
February 11, 18, 25, and March 4 (4 weeks)
OR
Sundays from 3:30-4:15pm in the Wellness Room
February 23, March 2, 9, 16 (4 weeks)
Instructors: Patty and Kelli
Cost: $40 members / $80 non-members
Winter blues got you down and out? Join Patty and Kelli indoors at HAC to learn the basics of pickleball, America’s fastest-growing sport! We’re offering a weekday and weekend option to maximize availability! After this four-week-long class, you’ll be a pickleball pro. Our instructors will cover scoring, positioning, dinking, serving, groundstrokes, volleys, and more… while having fun! No experience is necessary. Please bring your own pickleball paddle if you have one. Ages 18 and up.
Premium Class | Intro to Ballroom Dancing
Saturdays from 2:00-2:50pm in the Wellness Room
February 15, 22 + March 1, 8, 15, 22 (6 weeks)
Instructor: Wayne Applegate
Cost: $90 members / $150 non-members
Join master dance instructor Wayne Applegate, with over 40 years of experience, for a fun six weeks of social ballroom dance this winter. Be ready to learn the basics of ballroom dance, including leading and following. Then get ready to learn a slow style dance and a rhythm dance. No experience necessary!