Body Bands is a 30-minute class centered around the magical powers of Resistance Mini-Bands. These bands will have your muscles scorching and limbs shaking, but the smile on your face as you push through this highly modifiable workout will be the best benefit! This will be a total body workout with a different special focus each week. This class is appropriate for all fitness levels, including those currently in injury rehabilitation.
Body Barre is done at the ballet barre and uses ballet positioning, alignment and movement to create the perfect low impact, but highly effective workout. But even though we will be at the barre- No dance or ballet experience is necessary. Each muscle group is worked to fatigue, focusing on your lower body (hamstrings, glutes, buns, obliques, lower back, hips) while working on core and upper body strength. Once you try a barre class, you will be hooked.
Body Barre is similar to a regular Barre format, but with the inclusion of heavier weights and resistance bands to build those muscles through the principles of strength and resistance training.
Body Bootcamp is a tough but doable blend of strength training and cardio. This class mixes the principles of HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) with heavy lifting and is GUARANTEED to have you sweaty and get those muscles shaking. We will utilize battle ropes, kettlebells, slam balls, TRX straps, and heavy dumbbells. This class is modifiable for any fitness level and is perfect for anyone looking to make changes in their body composition as well as cardiovascular health and endurance. This class is particularly effective for those dealing with hormone issues such as menopause or hypothyroidism.
Body Flow is a 30-minute fusion of Functional Fitness, Yoga, Calisthenics, and Pilates that focuses on smooth movement and body weight exercises. It is designed to improve mobility and stability in the body, increasing joint longevity and blood flow. Movement is medicine, and this full-body class embodies that to the core.
This class utilizes traditional Pilates technique focusing on core strength, control and proper alignment to achieve stronger muscles and develop your deep core control. This class is low impact and extremely efficient in targeting smaller muscle groups often ignored in other class formats.
Body Strong is our 30-minute strength training class where we focus on using dumbbells, kettlebells, and resistance bands for a quick and effective strength training workout. Each class will have a specific focus while still delivering a total-body strength workout to challenge and grow those muscles! It's the perfect way to start or end your day!
Body TRX is a 30-minute total body class that utilizes wall-mounted TRX straps as the main equipment. These straps allow you to modify or progress your workout intensity to fit exactly what you need that day. We do often mix weights and resistance bands to keep this workout creative and exciting. Gym shoes are highly recommended for this class.
Feel Good Flexy:
Nerve slide and glide your way into the New Year feeling stretched, relaxed, and refreshed on Saturday mornings. This hour-long class will focus on functional training and mobility through joyful movement and will end with a 15-minute meditation and sound bath.
Flexy: Backbends is a class designed to help those who want to increase both active and passive flexibility. We will have modifications of all our poses and stretches, so that the class is suitable for everyone from beginners to contortionists. In this class, you will learn proper alignment and breathing techniques to deepen your flexibility and improve mobility and longevity of joints and muscles. This class focuses on the art of Backbending, including opening the chest and shoulders and increasing core stability to keep your spine safe!
We will utilize straps, blocks, barres, walls, and poles in this class.
Flexy: Splits, Hips, and Hammies is an all-levels flexibility class focusing on hips, hamstrings, quads, calves, inner thighs, and pelvic tilt. It is suitable for beginners as well as those working on their splits or contortion journeys.
Flexy: Splits, Bends, and Scales, and no...not the evil things that measure weight, but scales as in Needle Scales (standing backbend split like in the pole move Eagle) and Y Scales (standing side split, like in a Bird of Paradise).
This means that this is a full body flexibility class; we're talking splits, shoulders, back, AND side bends. While Splits, Bends, and Scales is suitable for all flexibility levels, it is our toughest Flexy class on the schedule, so mentally prepare yourself for some work.We will utilize straps, blocks, barres, walls, and poles in this class.
Pole Class Descriptions
Interested in Pole but not sure where to start? Our Intro to Pole Dance and Tricks 4-week courses are the perfect place. $50 for all 4 weeks, we run our these courses monthly. These courses will give you the foundations you need to safely move your body around the pole with confidence, and will teach you the fundamental moves needed to progress in your pole journey. Most clients take Intro to Pole Dance and Tricks multiple times, so grab a friend and sign up! Pre-registration is required, we are unable to accommodate walk-ins in any of our Pole classes.
*PLEASE check out Studio Policies page to find a list of our Intro to Pole policies before you register.
These classes, as with all of our classes, are size-inclusive.
Intro to Pole Dance and Flow is a drop-in style Intro class suitable for complete beginners; you don't even have to wear shorts! This class explores the fundamentals of dancing and moving around the pole to build strength and confidence without the pressure of adding tricks. Every class is planned with size-inclusivity in mind.
Please avoid applying lotion to your arms and hands the day of class, and please remove all jewelry from your hands before the start of class.
Intro/ Level 1 Pole Tricks is a drop-in style class that goes over the fundamental concepts of beginner tricks on the pole. These tricks include basic knee hooks, grip positions, foundational concepts of moving between the pole and the floor, as well as floorwork. Class is suitable for newbies.
Please wear or bring shorts with you and avoid applying lotion to your arms and hands the day of class, and please remove all jewelry from your hands before the start of class.
Pole Fundamentals Levels 1+ is a class that focuses on the core principles of moving around the pole and is suitable for all levels, though we highly recommend you've taken an Intro class or series. This is the perfect class to really zone in on the tricks and skills needed to progress on your pole journey, like knee holds, climbing work, pole sits and variations, inversion skills, smoothing out combinations, and cleaning up technique. You'll have a different focus each week and will be given the time to really familiarize yourself with and polish each skill before moving onto the next.
Options will be given for different levels, but this is a time to really dig into the basics, so movement combos will remain in the Level 1/2 zone).
Pole Level 1 introduces and expands the world of tricks on the pole as well as choreos and sequences around the base of the pole.
Prerequisites: Though we recommend you've taken several of our Intro to Pole and/or Intro to Tricks classes, there are no specific prerequisites for Level 1.
Examples of things you'll be working on: fireman and climbing work, Jasmine and Hero knee hooks, Front and Back Hook spin, pole sits, shoulder rolls on the floor, inverts, genie, etc...
Pole Level 2 is our lower intermediate class, where we work on increasingly difficult tricks and combos and expand out inverted world.
Level 2 prerequisites: pole sits leaning to both sides, Jasmine on both sides, Hood Ornament, Stargazer, at least one Climb up from a Fireman, comfort working on Inverts.
Examples of moves you'll be working on: Climbing to the top of the pole, Inverting, Marley, Cross Knee Release, Butterfly, Ballerina, Inside and Outside Leg Hangs (eventually doing them hands-free), Flight Attendant/Dragonfly, Chinese Mount, etc...
Pole Level 3 is our intermediate class, where we work on increasingly difficult tricks and combos,
Level 3 prerequisites: Marley, Invert, climb to the top, Flight Attendant/Dragonfly, Hands-free leg hangs, Cross-Knee Release, and Superman from Jasmine.
Examples of skills we will be working on: Aerial Inverts, Shoulder Mounts, Extended Butterfly, Jade Split, Iguana, Dragon/s Tail, Static Candy Cane, Aerial Ballerina, etc...
Pole Level 4 is our advanced class.
Prerequisites: aerial invert on both sides, shoulder mount on both sides, Brass Monkey on both sides, Extended Butterfly on both sides, Cross Ankle Release, Iguana
Examples of skills we will be working on: Ayeshas and Handsprings, Flying Squirrel, Pegasus, Janeiro, Suicide Spin, One-Armed Inverts, Cocoon, Capezio Split, and Flips off of the pole.
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
This is a pole dance class suitable for beginners and intermediate level students. It's designed to introduce you to the art of heels and guide you through the process of building solid framework and comfort moving in platform heels around the pole.
While some pole experience is recommended, true newbies are also welcome.
This class works best if you wear or bring heels that are designed for pole dancing, such as Pleasers or Hella Heels.
Kneepads are HIGHLY recommended.
Heels required.
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
Int/Adv Heels Pole is for polers and dancers that have a solid amount of experience dancing in platform heels. Each week, you will be taught conditioning exercises to help strengthen your ankles and arches so you can build stability while wearing your platforms. You will also learn combos, sequences, and bits of choreography to put all your new knowledge to good use.
Experience is highly recommended.
This class works best if you wear or bring heels that are designed for pole dancing, such as Pleasers or Hella Heels.
Kneepads are HIGHLY recommended.
Heels required.
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
Chaos Pole is a mixed levels and ages pole class where the YouthPolers are allowed to attend. This class will remain true to it's commitment to meet all levels-Level 1 options will be provided for all sequences, as will higher level progressions. Though chaos is the name of the game, kiddos should be able to commit to focusing on the class and working on the class material-it is not simply free time.
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
*Chaos Pole is Mixed Levels and Ages*
Pole Flow and Choreography is a class that jumps in and out of our schedule a few times a year to sprinkle magic around the studio. This class covers anything from choreographed dances to freestyle work to technique drills.