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Our classes have been designed to meet the demand of our members’ individual tastes. From Yoga to Zumba Gold, the latest from LES MILLS™ and our brand new ROXBLAST, we’re confident that our enthusiastic instructors will help you get the most out of your classes here at YMCA Gym.
LES MILLS™
Mixing the hottest music with cutting-edge exercise science, motivation and the energy of many, LES MILLS™ group fitness classes make you fall in love with fitness. Our LES MILLS™ classes include:
🚴♀️ SPRINT™ – A unique spin on high-intensity interval training, SPRINT™ uses the power of pedalling to push your cardiovascular fitness and calorie burn to new heights. This 30-minute HIIT workout achieves fast results. Booking is essential.
🧘♀️ BODYBALANCE™ – A powerful workout which incorporates Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates to help improve flexibility, build strength and leave you feeling relaxed and calm. The class will help you learn how to control your breathing and focus your mind.
🏋️♂️ BODYPUMP™ – A barbell-based workout specifically designed to help you get lean, toned and fit. It uses a combination of motivating music, fantastic instructors and scientifically proven moves to help you achieve your targets more quickly than you would working out on your own.
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ROXBLAST
ROXBLAST Classes blend endurance with functional strength work, so the training involved is all about building an engine that can run hard and lift, push, pull, and carry under fatigue. It’s tough, but incredibly rewarding. HYROX-style training is a highly demanding and specialised fitness regimen. The core philosophy of this training is centered around building a robust “engine”—a high level of cardiorespiratory fitness that enables an individual to run hard and maintain speed, combined with the power and muscular endurance required to execute strenuous strength tasks while under significant fatigue.
ROXBLAST Classes are a hybrid approach that mirrors the structure of a HYROX race, where competitors alternate between 1-kilometer running segments and eight distinct functional strength workouts, such as sled pushes, burpee broad jumps, and wall balls. Therefore, the training program must be equally balanced, integrating structured running plans to improve aerobic capacity and speed with comprehensive strength and conditioning routines. These routines specifically target the movements and muscle groups utilised in the strength stations, focusing on:
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Lifting: Developing the power and stability needed for exercises like the Farmers Carry or Sandbag Lunges.
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Pushing/Pulling: Building the raw force required to move heavy resistance, most notably the Sled Push and Sled Pull.
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Carrying: Enhancing grip strength and core endurance essential for sustained efforts like the Farmers Carry.
The combined effect of this training is the development of a unique type of full-body resilience. Athletes learn to manage the transition from a high-heart-rate running state to a demanding strength movement, a critical skill known as “metabolic switching.” While the journey through ROXBLAST training is undoubtedly tough, requiring significant discipline and mental fortitude, it is also incredibly rewarding, offering a profound sense of achievement, measurable improvements in all-round fitness, and the satisfaction of mastering one of the world’s most dynamic fitness challenges.
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ROXBLAST blends endurance with functional strength work. It’s all about building an engine that can run hard and lift, push, pull and carry under fatigue.
A 30-minute high-intensity, interval training class. A full-body workout focused on upping your heart rate and building muscle.
Focusing on posture, balance, flexibility and the mind-body connection, this class strengthens the body and improves overall wellbeing.
A referral-based circuit class consisting of an extended warm-up and cool-down with a variety of stations within the circuit combining cardiovascular and active recovery exercises.
A gentle mix or aerobics and strength using various resistance equipment with a focus on joint strength, balance and stabilty.
Cardiovascular exercises with easy-to-follow choreography followed by strength training using weights and resistance bands, with a thorough stretch to finish to lengthen out the muscles used.
30-minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
ROXBLAST blends endurance with functional strength work. It’s all about building an engine that can run hard and lift, push, pull and carry under fatigue.
FitSteps is an energetic, up-beat dance fitness class featuring all of your favourite strictly dances. It is designed to give real, measurable fitness results. It is suitable for all ages and abilities and you don’t need a partner.
A unique spin on high-intensity interval training, SPRINT uses the power of pedalling to push your cardiovascular fitness and calorie burn to new heights. This 30-minute HIIT workout achieves fast results. Booking Essential.
30-minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
We’ll get your heart rate up and get your muscles working with a variety of toning exercises using resistance bands and weights.
BODYBALANCE™ is a unique workout which incorporates Yoga, Tai Chi and Pilates to help improve flexibility, build strength and leave you feeling relaxed and calm. The class will help you learn how to control your breathing and focus your mind.
Recover, release and reset. This guided session uses foam rollers to ease tight muscles, boost flexibility and improve mobility. The perfect way to unwind after a tough workout or prepare your body for the week ahead.
Get your heart rate pumping with this easy-to-follow aerobics class. Guaranteed fun, with a variety of toning exercises using hand weights and resistance bands.
A gentle mix or aerobics and strength using various resistance equipment with a focus on joint strength, balance and stabilty.
30-minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being. Similar to Yoga, Pilates concentrates on posture, balance, flexibility and on the mind-body connection.
High intensity class with a mix of Cardio, Step and HIIT training and weights to ensure a full body workout.
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being. Similar to Yoga, Pilates concentrates on posture, balance, flexibility and on the mind-body connection.
30/45 minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
Boxercise is a fun, challenging and safe workout. Using a variety of circuit stations with typical exercises such as pad work, shuttle runs, skipping, etc. The class is suitable for both men and women of all ages and abilities.
Push your limits with this high-intensity workout! 4-minute rounds using 20-second bursts of effort followed by 10 seconds of rest, you’ll challenge your strength, speed and stamina. Quick, sweaty, and effective- all fitness levels welcome!
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being. Similar to Yoga, Pilates concentrates on posture, balance, flexibility and on the mind-body connection.
Fast results in terms of core training and fat burning – notice a difference in just a few sessions!
A referral-based circuit class consisting of an extended warm-up and cool-down with a variety of stations within the circuit combining cardiovascular and active recovery exercises.
Perfect for older active adults or those new to exercise, who are looking for a modified Zumba® class that recreates the original moves you love at a lower-intensity. Easy to follow choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination.
30-minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
Standing, seating balancing postures to develop long lasting muscular strength, posture and flexibility and breathwork techniques. Kundalini yoga is a form of yoga that involves chanting, singing, breathing exercises, and repetitive poses.
New to strength training? Start here! Learn the basics of lifting safely and confidently with expert guidance. Build strength, improve posture and discover how to make weights part of your routine- no experience needed.
A unique spin on high-intensity interval training, SPRINT uses the power of pedalling to push your cardiovascular fitness and calorie burn to new heights. This 30-minute HIIT workout achieves fast results. Booking Essential.
Fast results in terms of core training and fat burning – notice a difference in just a few sessions!
Super strength training class using barbells, plates and dumbbells to increase strength. Results are visable in a couple weeks. Booking Essential.
Tai chi is a Chinese practice that combines meditation, breathing exercises, and slow, gentle movements. It originated as a martial art, but has since become more focused on health and rehabilitation.
This absolute classic is still a firm favourite – great for keeping in shape.
This class focuses on a dynamic style of yoga that involves linking poses together in a flowing sequence, synchronised with the breath.
A unique spin on high-intensity interval training, SPRINT uses the power of pedalling to push your cardiovascular fitness and calorie burn to new heights. This 30-minute HIIT workout achieves fast results. Booking Essential.
ROXBLAST blends endurance with functional strength work. It’s all about building an engine that can run hard and lift, push, pull and carry under fatigue.
Total muscle conditioning using weights, body bars and resistance bands to add tone and strength to your physique.
A gentle mix or aerobics and strength using various resistance equipment with a focus on joint strength, balance and stabilty.
Enhance both physical & mental wellbeing by combining core-focused movements of pilates, flexibility and mindfulness of yoga and the strength-building movements of callisthenics.
30-minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
Recover, release and reset. This guided session uses foam rollers to ease tight muscles, boost flexibility and improve mobility. The perfect way to unwind after a tough workout or prepare your body for the week ahead.
A 30 min high intensity, interval training class. A full body workout.
30/45 minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being. Similar to Yoga, Pilates concentrates on posture, balance, flexibility and on the mind-body connection.
A barbell-based workout specifically designed to help you get lean, toned and fit. It uses a combination of motivating music, fantastic instructors and scientifically proven moves to help you achieve these targets more quickly than you would working out on your own.
Clubbercise® is a fun, easy-to-follow, full-body workout that gets results and suits all fitness levels. Set to 90’s club classics and the latest hits, classes are held in a darkened room with disco lights and glow sticks.
A unique spin on high-intensity interval training, SPRINT uses the power of pedalling to push your cardiovascular fitness and calorie burn to new heights. This 30-minute HIIT workout achieves fast results. Booking Essential.
A 30 min class of relaxing stretches to lengthen out your muscles a great end to the week.
A dynamic core toning workout.
Focuses on structural alignment of the body through postures.
A 30 min class of relaxing stretches to lengthen out your muscles a great end to the week.
30/45 minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential
Pilates is a form of exercise which concentrates on strengthening the body with an emphasis on core strength. This helps to improve general fitness and overall well-being. Similar to Yoga, Pilates concentrates on posture, balance, flexibility and on the mind-body connection.
A Friday night staple with choreography to the latest chart hits from around the world. All abilities welcome.
30/45 minute combination of Sprints, intervals, jumps and heavy climbs. Booking Essential.
Super strength training class using barbells, plates and dumbbells to increase strength. Results are visable in a couple weeks. Booking Essential.
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YMCA Gym
Part of YMCA North Tyneside
Church Way
North Shields
NE29 0AB
Telephone: 0191 257 5434 option 2
Email: ymcagym@ymcanorthtyneside.org