Fitness Class Info

Let’s get healthy together! The YMCA of Auburn-Lewiston offers a selection of over 30 group exercise classes weekly.

Classes that require registration: Aqua, Qi Gong, and any outdoor classes. All other classes are generally drop-in!

Class Descriptions:

Not all classes are offered at all locations. Please check the schedules to view the classes offered at each facility:
Turner Street Schedule (Auburn)
Health Club & Spa Schedule (Lewiston)

To see what’s new, be sure to visit our New Group Ex page.

Aquabeat
Aqua Beat
A low impact aqua class designed to take pressure off your bones and joints. Water provides natural resistance in all directions, helping to strengthen your body without heavy weights.
Aqua Craziness
Aqua Craziness
A high-energy, low-impact class using water resistance to minimize joint stress. Enjoy fun music, kickboxing, and aerobic moves, plus weights, bands, and noodles for full-body toning.
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Aqua Muscle Sculpting
Join this moderate-impact aqua class that beautifully incorporates the sound of great music and dynamic aerobic movements. You will enjoy muscle toning using weights, bands, and noodles.
Bootcamp
Bootcamp
Instructors use interval exercises, circuit stations, and sports drills for a total body workout. This high-intensity cardio and strength class will take your fitness regimen to the next level.
Cycle
Cycle
Enjoy a low-impact, individually paced cardio workout on specially designed Keiser M3 bikes. Free for members! Please remember to register thirty minutes before each class to reserve a bike.
Fit & Fun
Fit & Fun
Experience entertaining, lively exercise specifically designed for the over-60 crowd! You will noticeably improve your aerobic capacity, overall strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination.
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Free Wheelin’ Friday
This exciting cycle class features a ten-minute warmup, thirty-five minutes of cardio spin, and a fifteen-minute cooldown with core stretching. Register thirty minutes early to reserve a bike.
Group Active
Group Active
Group Active® delivers all the fitness training you need—cardio, strength, balance, and flexibility—in one hour. Get stronger with inspiring music, dumbbells, and simple athletic movements.
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Group Blast
Group Blast® is an effective workout designed to get your heart pounding! Improve your cardio fitness, agility, coordination, power, and strength with exciting music and motivational coaching.
Group Power
Group Power
Group Power® blasts your muscles using a high-rep weight training workout with an adjustable barbell. Dynamic music and a motivating atmosphere will make you sweat and push you to a personal best!
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Hatha Yoga
Meaning “Sun-Moon”, Hatha yoga aims to gracefully bring together opposites in your life and create balance. Breath work and specific postures align your body and allow energy to flow freely.
Kick N Core
Kick N Core
This class incorporates fun kickboxing techniques with an interval training style cardio workout. After doing standing moves, we take it down to the floor for core-focused moves to finish us off!
Making Waves
Making Waves
Dive into a low-impact, moderate-intensity cardio water class that specifically focuses on building your strength, flexibility, and stability. This refreshing class is suitable for most fitness levels.
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Mindful Flow Yoga
Enjoy a wonderfully well-rounded class starting with gentle stretches and breath awareness to increase mobility. It features core-building standing postures and concludes with nice, long relaxation.
Morning Boost
Morning Boost
Get a fantastic, high-energy boost to get your day going strong! This comprehensive class features various circuit training exercises, weight training, aerobics, mat work, cardio, and deep stretching.
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Pilates/Yoga
Experience the ultimate mind-body workout with this perfect combination of dynamic Pilates core work and restorative yoga stretching. Focus deeply on your breathing techniques and healthy body postures.
Powerflow Yoga
Power Flow Yoga
This power yoga practice combines high-intensity interval training for a rigorous, fast-paced workout. Improve your strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, and agility while creating deep mindfulness.
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Qi Gong
Qi Gong offers a unique way to support your health through low-impact movements, mindfulness, and breath-work. You will unlock new movements designed to subtly build strength, mobility, and posture.
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Ropes
Inspired by military training, this class will improve sustained strength, speed, power, and mental endurance. Class is set in an obstacle course style. All circuits have low and high impact options.
S.A.S.S.
S.A.S.S.
Strength Agility Shaping Stretching equals S.A.S.S.! Let’s get fit and stay fit together in the pool with this exciting program. Experience a complete, whole-body aqua workout that includes fun cardio.
Silver Sneakers Aqua
Silver Sneakers Aqua
Enjoy shallow water exercise done to classic hits! Splash boards, foam weights, and noodles provide resistance training. All ages and fitness levels are welcome, please register to reserve your spot.
Sit and Be Fit
Sit & Fit
Enjoy a total body workout with most exercises safely completed from a seated position. Dumbbells, resistance tubes, and fitness balls add intensity. This is perfect for folks with limited mobility.
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Speed & Agility
This class focuses on improving an individual’s ability to move in all directions, while enhancing athletic performance, physical fitness, and range of motion. Designed for all levels and abilities.
Sprint 8 Cycle
Sprint 8 Cycle
Sprint 8® is an incredibly efficient, fat-burning sprint-intensity interval program on the bike. It gives you a highly complete cardio workout, including a warm-up and a cool-down, in just twenty minutes.
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Strength & Conditioning
Join this high-energy strength and conditioning class! We utilize body weight, hand-held weights, tubing, and resistance bands to effectively firm up your muscles while increasing raw power and endurance.
Tabata
Tabata
Enjoy a high-intensity interval training workout conducted in thrilling four-minute segments: twenty seconds of activity, then ten seconds of rest. We mix cardio and strength exercises scaled to your level.
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The Works
10-12 songs each offering something different. A full body workout consisting of light weights, resistance bands, bench, and floor combinations. Get ready to have fun with this truly unique class.
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TRX
TRX suspension naturally makes gravity your resistance! Adjusting the difficulty level is as simple as moving your hands or feet, so progression is limitless. Registration is required with a limit of eight.
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Yin/Restore Yoga
Yin Yoga stimulates connective tissue by holding postures in a reclined or seated position for a few minutes. Restorative Yoga allows the body to relax using supportive props, creating space and full mobility.
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Yoga for Flexibility
With an intentional focus on your breathing, we seamlessly incorporate wonderfully relaxing movements and gentle stretches to provide a highly restorative and rejuvenating mind-and-body workout experience.
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Yoga Foundations
This is a wonderful, gentler class that focuses on helping beginners learn proper breathing techniques, healthy body alignment, and the fundamentals of basic meditation for an incredibly relaxing experience.
Zumba
Zumba
Zumba mixes low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party! This complete workout wonderfully combines cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, and flexibility.

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Come try one of our Group Exercise Classes and start your journey to a happy, healthy lifestyle!

Group Exercise Locations

Auburn Y
YMCA at 62 Turner Street
The Y at CMMC
Y at CMMC
The Y at the Health Club and Spa
YMCA at the Health Club and Spa

FAQs

No. Classes are free for members, but you can purchase a day pass or a punch card and attend a class, as well.

Classes that require registration: Aqua, Qi Gong, and any outdoor classes. All other classes are generally drop-in!

For land classes, all you need is a pair of athletic shoes to change into, a water bottle, and a towel, if desired.

For yoga classes, please bring a yoga mat.

For aqua classes, bring a swim suit, towel, and shower shoes, if desired.

Yes, the Y asks each class participant to sanitize any equipment they use before and after each use with the provided cleaner and wipes.  Staff regularly clean and sanitize equipment daily.

Group Ex Contact

Kristi Parker
Director of Health & Wellness
kparker@alymca.org
(207) 795-4095 x209