Santa Clara University

This new addition to our Lifetime Recreation schedule will be a highly organized total body workout! This organized group exercise class will combine traditional core and body weight exercises with strength and interval training.  Boot Camp will consist of twenty minutes of intense cardio training, twenty minutes of strength training, and twenty minutes of core.  The unique combination of skills and movements will supply the perfect challenge, as the class is designed to inspire participants to work hard.  Whether participants are beginners or advanced, the Boot Camp fitness class will supply a supportive and motivational work-out environment.

A challenging sports conditioning class that combines weight training, step aerobics, jumping rope, and ball work to train every inch of your body. This class uses a combination of whole floor techniques and circuit training to provide a highly varied and intense workout. This is a perfect class for people looking to strengthen and tone their entire bodies!

This class is a high intensity entire body workout that focuses on exercises designed to build a strong and appealing core through the use of dumbbells, stability balls, bender balls, and plyometrics. Bronco Core is a fun and challenging workout for exercisers of all ability levels and is designed to make you leaner and stronger, in addition to promoting proper posture.

Backed by high energy music, the Cardio Athletic Kickboxing workout incorporates kicks, punches, elbows and knees, and combinations used in martial arts and boxing together with effective athletic drills.  Perfect cueing and instruction allow beginners as well as more advanced exercisers to follow the challenging combinations, burn fat, release stress, & have fun!

Cycling 1 - 6 - Pedal your way through an indoor cycling class that will sculpt your muscles and generate a serious sweat.  The instructor will lead you through a mix of drills, hills, and sprints.  Both cycling newcomers and veterans are welcome!  You can control the intensity of your workout by increasing or decreasing the resistance on the bike and the instructor will provide other alterations, as needed!   Patrons should bring a personal towel and a water bottle to class.  Our cycling bikes can accommodate regular workout shoes or cycling shoes. Cycling class number does NOT denote difficulty level. Cycling classes can be adapted for beginners to advanced riders. Cycling 1 and 2 are express classes and only 30 minutes vs. an hour class. If these do not interest you see Morning Ride description below.

You are cordially invited to join all or part of SCU's "Hard Core Challenge." The challenge consists of FOUR thirty-minute classes with a five-minute break in between, featuring functional and core fitness made fun! All fitness and experience levels are welcome. In Butts and Guts I or II, we will do exercises specifically designed to target your bottom and tummy. For the "butt" work, we will do lunges, squats, butt blasters and leg lifts. We sometimes also incorporate the Body Bar for an even tougher challenge!  For your "gut" work, we will crunch, twist, and plank. We also bring out the ball occasionally for more challenging balance and core work.U-Jam unites world beat with urban flavor and takes you around the world from Hip-Hop to Bollywood, with an intense cardiovascular workout! U-Jam Fitness features easy to learn dance steps, choregraphed to high energy music, that makes you sweat, tones your body, and leaves you craving for more! Whether or not you think you can dance, try it and you'll be hooked. U-Jam Fitness is Universal, Unique and eUphoric! So put on your high-tops and let the music drive you! Then step into the next class, Cardio Sculpt, is a dynamic low-impact workout. Alternate using hand weights and bands with step aerobic routines to maximize toning and calorie burn. It's fun, effective, and challenging.  After this is the last session of Butts & Guts (same description as I).

Begin your day with an indoor cycling workout that brings the world of outdoor endurance cycling into the studio with rides designed to develop your cardiovascular endurance through interval and hill sets designed to increase your endurance.

A 45-minute low-impact, high intesity workout that fuses traditional aerobics with contemparary dance moves...and brings it back to the basics. Night Club Cardio brings the FUN back to fitness.

Learn the science of physical and mental rejuvenation through techniques of relaxation, flexibility, toning and balance. With the use of the breath, this class will flow (vinyasa) through various postures, which will strengthen and tone the body.

Vinyasa Yoga consists of a flowing series of yoga postures (asanas), synchronizing the breath with each movement. This class cultivates strength, stamina, flexibility, and balance while dissolving tension. Vinyasa Yoga creates a sense of calm and allows one to feel enlivened and renewed from the practice.

This class mixes together yoga and Pilates movements in order to build core strength, balance, and stability. The class will pay extra attention to the abdominal area and flows quickly to give a great workout. This class is suitable for all fitness levels.

Zumba is a calorie-torching, high-energy class, that uses Latin-inspired and popular music to dance yourself into fitness.  It's exercise in disguise.  Even if you don't know how to dance just follow the instructor's lead.  Come join the party!