Extreme Fitness offers over one hundred group fitness classes at our 13 locations across the Greater Toronto Area. Explore detailed class descriptions below by the five class categories: Cardio, Strengthen & Tone, Mind & Body, Cycle, Speciality. Use the dropdown fields to narrow the list by alphabetical Class Name or a specific Club Location. Be sure to use our FREE interactive calendar to build a customized, personal schedule that you can print to meet your fitness goals.
CARDIO: Classes are designed to burn calories and work your heart and muscles. Our three categories of cardio are General Cardio, Dance Cardio and Martial Arts.
STRENGTH & TONE: These programs will move you toward a "lifetime of fitness" when practiced on a regular basis.
MIND & BODY: Find the quiet in your otherwise “noisy” lifestyle. Find a class that focuses on the physical in conjunction with your mental state of being.
CYCLE: Designed to re-create the outdoor biking experience, whether you’re imagining conquering the Tour de France, or testing yourself virtually over local terrain.
SPECIALITY: Classes are based on things like holidays, seasons, sporting or cultural events, etc.
- Ashtanga Yoga
This is a dynamic and vigorous form of Yoga. Following a set series of postures where one posture flows to the next, students will build heat through the body, maximize strength, flexibility and concentration, with focused breath awareness.
- Hot Yoga
Hot Yoga is a challenging series of Yoga postures and breathing exercises conducted in a heated room to thoroughly and steadily warm, stretch and strengthen all the major muscle groups in the body. It really gets deep inside you! All internal organs and glands are stimulated and brought back into equilibrium. A lot of attention is devoted to the spine and as a result, there is an intense beneficial effect on the nervous system. The heated environment reduces risk of injury and facilitates the release of bodily toxins. Please note: the room is heated to just over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga is a dynamic system combining breathing, movement, stretching meditation, the use of sound and rhythm, relaxation and meditation. Each class usually entails spine and flexibility warm-ups, a specific sequence for the energy or day at hand, and a relaxation and meditation. There are literally thousands of exercise sets and meditations in this system. According to some sources, awakening of Kundalini brings with it pure joy, pure knowledge and pure love. Who doesn’t want more of this in life?
- Pilates Fusion
An alignment-oriented class that is a combination of matwork and standing Pilates. Stability balls may be used.
- Pilates Mat
Pilates is a method of total body conditioning which emphasizes neutral alignment of the spine and core control during movement. Be rewarded with increased flexibility, strength, muscle tone, body awareness, energy and improved mental concentration.
- Pilates on the Ball
This unique Pilates class includes the use of a stability ball in order to enhance the workout. Core strength and flexibility are highlighted. This class is designed for the beginner to intermediate level participant.
- Power Yoga/Power Yoga Challenge
Power Yoga is a dynamic and vigorous form of Yoga whereby each pose is linked to the next through a series of connecting movements called vinyasana. The body creates heat leading to greater flexibility and strength. Embraced by celebrities, professional athletes and health advocates alike, Power Yoga infuses the basics of Yoga with strength and power to tone your muscles, sharpen your focus, ease your spirit and strengthen your heart. Power Yoga Challenge is a longer class and ups the ante by giving you more opportunity to work hard and challenge yourself.
- SmartStart Yoga
Welcome to SmartStart Yoga. Our SmartStart introductory classes are intended to introduce new participants into class, and to become familiar with the physical expectations of the workout. There’s zero intimidation factor. Just getting started is your first success!
- Yoga Flow/Vinyasa
This class uses sequenced poses that emphasize concentration and the proper use of breathing techniques in order to link movements together. Beginner to intermediate.
- Yoga/Hatha Yoga
Learn to control your body as you move through traditional Yoga postures (asana). Use conscious breathing (pranayama) and mental focus to develop awareness, strength, flexibility and relaxation. Yoga has also been shown to reduce blood pressure, lower pulse rate, improve elasticity of the arteries and increase the heart’s stroke volume. In short, Yoga is good for you!
- Zen Yoga/Power Zen Yoga
A fusion based upon Zen Meditation, classic Chinese and Indian Yoga, linking rhythmic breathing and powerful flowing movements. When practiced properly immense heat is created deep within our core that acts to purify the body. The focused breathing technique of “ujjayi” calms the mind and soothes the nervous system leaving one with a deep meditative calm.
