Healthy Living

TRY IT: AQUA YOGA YMCA STAFF SHARES EXPERIENCE TRYING GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME Aqua Yoga… What a peaceful way to start the day! I (Carly) love yoga and I love being in the water, so I’m glad someone put these together. This is a popular class at our Northwest Family YMCA and I was grateful to have had a spot!

USING THE YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER’S APP: WORKOUTS & GOAL CENTER HOW TRACKING WORKOUTS AND SETTING GOALS CAN HELP YOU Creating and tracking your workouts and setting goals just got easier with the YMCA of Greater Rochester’s Mobile App!

TRY IT: TRX® CIRCUIT YMCA STAFF SHARES EXPERIENCE TRYING GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME It’s Carly again! I always thought TRX® Circuit was for “those really intense people.”

FIVE DAILY MEDITATION TIPS GETTING STARTED MEDITATING Blog content from Andrea Antonetty, Group Exercise Instructor It’s easy for us to get caught up in the day-to-day business of life. That’s why it’s important to take a moment for yourself.

TRY IT: AQUA ZUMBA® YMCA STAFF SHARES EXPERIENCE TRYING GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME Carly here again. And I am exhausted in the best way. Why? I took my first Aqua Zumba®  class. For me, it was like someone said, “let’s take a hard class and make it harder.” But it was still one of the most fun classes I’ve taken so far!

TRY IT: STEP-CARDIO YMCA STAFF SHARES EXPERIENCE TRYING GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME It started off a rainy Saturday morning. I drank my coffee on the drive over because I needed as much energy as I could muster for a Step-Cardio class. Cardio isn’t my strength, but how hard could it be?

TRY IT: BODYFLOW YMCA STAFF SHARES EXPERIENCE TRYING GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME Them: “How about BODYFLOW at 6 am?” Me: “…ok.”

USING THE YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER’S APP: CHALLENGES HOW CHALLENGES MAKE YOUR WORKOUT MORE FUN AND PUSH YOURSELF TO THE NEXT LEVEL If you follow the YMCA of Greater Rochester on social media, you’ve probably seen us post about our monthly app Challenges.

TRY IT: AQUA FIT YMCA STAFF SHARES EXPERIENCE TRYING GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES FOR THE FIRST TIME Hi! I’m Carly. You’ve probably seen me at your Y — working the desk, at your kid’s camp or Before & After School site, or taking a class. Some people can be intimidated taking a class for the first time and I totally get it.