At the New Rochelle YMCA, we offer a multitude of different land and water group fitness classes to keep you moving. If you want a more personal approach, we also offer one on one and group personal training.  In addition, we offer chronic disease programs such Walk with Ease and Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring to help empower yourself with resources and knowledge to live a more healthy and active lifestyle.

Also, if you are a new member to the New Rochelle Y and do not know where to start in your fitness journey, or don’t know how to use the equipment, you can schedule a free fitness orientation with our fitness trainer. This will give you an idea of how to use the equipment properly and safely.   

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If you have any questions about our group fitness offerings or chronic disease programs don’t hesitate to call us at 914-632-1818.   

Power Pump

Power pump is a resistance-based strength workout that targets your whole body. These high-intensity fitness classes will have you doing a range of exercises to get different muscle groups working, especially your arms and core, and strengthen your body as you go.

Spinning

A high intensity exercise on a stationary bike. It combines cardio and endurance in a 45-minute calorie-crunching session! Not only is it great for giving you all the cardiovascular gains, but it’s great at toning muscles to make you strong.

Zumba Gold®

Tailored for active older adults who are looking to focus in muscle conditioning and light weight activity. The design of the class introduces easy to follow Zumba® choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination. The class focuses on all aspects of fitness: cardiovascular, muscular conditioning, flexibility and balance. 

Tai-Chi

An ancient internal martial art that highlights breathing, mindfulness or moving meditation, promoting relaxation, strength, and overall health and wellbeing.  

Cardio Kickboxing

This high-energy workout challenges the beginner and elite athlete alike. Build stamina, improve coordination and flexibility, and burn calories as you build lean muscle with this fun and challenging workout. 

Yoga

This class incorporates yoga postures, gentle movement sequences, breath work, supported silent meditation, and guided relaxation to support increased awareness and mindfulness of the breath and body, and quieting of the nervous system. 

Sunrise Yoga

Consists of a warm up flow, sun salutations, balancing and integration, and a cool down meditation. All levels are encouraged to come, as variations and options can be made for each pose.  

Bootcamp

A type of high-intensity interval training(H.I.I.T)— bursts of intense activity alternated with intervals of lighter activity. 

Silver Sneakers

Have fun and move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase muscular strength, range of movement and activities for daily living.

Chair Stretch

That modify yoga poses so that they can be done while seated in a chair. 

Abs & Tone

This class uses your body strength, body jar, light weights and mats to strengthen and tone your body. 

Zumba®

This class mixes low intensity and high intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party and total workout, combining all elements of fitness- cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy and a serious dose of awesome each time you leave the class. 

Zumba Toning®

This class helps you focus on specific muscle groups, so you (and your muscles) stay engaged! The class utilizes lightweight maraca-like toning sticks enhances sense of rhythm and coordination, while toning target zones, including arms, core and lower body. 

Strength & Flexibility

This class helps will help you increase muscle strength, maintain bone density, improve balance and reduce joint pain.

Breath, Stretch, and Strengthen

The sequences of the daily stretches and postures you will learn in this class will help cleanse, nourish, and strengthen all areas of your body and give you the joy of moving  with the breath.

Better Balance

Addresses the many elements of balance including breathing, flexibility, strength, coordination, vision, etc.  

Y-Circuit

This will give attention to all major postural muscles and activate both fast and slow twitch muscle fibers. 

Y-Cooldown

This class focuses on bringing the body back to its normal physiological level after fast, vigorous exercise or activity by gradually slowing the pace of activity or by doing gentle exercises or stretches. It will achieve this by focusing on strength, stability, posture, proper  breath control, and flexibility.

Self-Defense

This 45-minute class, provides psychological awareness and verbal skills, not just physical training. 

Teen Holistic Warrior(Ages: 12-18)

This is a 45 minute class where teens will have a physical, mental experience that is broken down into sections. The first 15-20minutes is focused on the physical with a H.I.I.T workout, the next 10 minutes focusing on the mental aspect with guided meditation and 5-10minutes of free writing with a journal that is provided for teens in the teen holistic warrior program. The final 5-10 minutes is focused on sharing. The sharing portion is completely optional. This class was created to simply allow teens to explore themselves and deal with fears or stay focused on personal goals. 

Silver Splash

This class is intended to decrease pain and/or stiffness, improve or maintain joint flexibility, increase muscle strength, improve coordination and endurance, and give participants and overall sense of well being. Class is performed in shallow water. 

Water Funk

Water Funk is a very fun way to kickstart your way to being fit for life! With the use of basic hip-hop dance moves blended with high energy cardio routines, that take your water aerobic class to the next level. 

Deep Water Conditioning

Participants will use flotation belts and styrofoam barbells to perform a variety of motions including water walking and running, abdominal work and toning exercises. 

Aqua Zumba®

The same sizzling hot international Zumba land class rhythms for a low impact, high energy aquatic resistance workout— just add water and shake!

Aqua Flex

This class incorporates strength, cardio, and pilates-based movements for a full-body workout for all levels of fitness! Build muscular and cardiovascular endurance and strength as well as increase your balance and flexibility in a warm-water, joint-friendly class.

Aqua Bootcamp

This 45-minute class will be focusing on water toning by using circuit training and utilizing both shallow and deep end and shallow end of the pool.