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We are Moraine’s home for fitness! The Payne Rec Center has everything you need to begin or continue in your fitness journey. Our facility offers a weight room, cardio room, cardio theater, walking/running track, and our aerobics room where we offer free aerobic classes throughout the week for PRC members.

 Aerobics Calendar

CARDIO CLASSES
Rio – SILVER SNEAKERS
Full-body workouts designed to improve strength and increase the overall mobility of participants. This includes some light and easy-to-follow strength and endurance training. Hand-held weights, bands, and other light equipment will be used.
Shelly – Zumba Fusion
An energizing mix of Zumba, cardio dance, strength, and balance training. This class moves between high and low intensity dance moves designed to get your heart rate up and boost cardio endurance.
Travis – Tabata
This high-intensity class combines cardio, core, strength training with intervals of anaerobic exercise and recovery periods that will leave you feeling accomplished when completed. Tabata focuses on exerting maximum effort for a minimal amount of time.
Michelle D. – Zumba
A total body workout that feels more like a celebration. This class is a mix of movements from Latin dances and music that will get your heart pumping and calories burning!
Travis – HIIT
This class alternates between intense bursts of activity and fixed periods of less intense activity or rest. Get fit with HIIT!
Rio - Cycle Journey 
CYLE JOURNEY will take participants on a cycling adventure using the benefits of music and spinning bikes. Participants will pedal through a series of intervals, varying resistance levels, and speeds. This cardiovascular class will help to improve endurance, burn calories, and improve overall strength. CYCLE JOURNEY will take participants on a full hour adventure. CYCLE EXPRESS will take participants on a 35 minute express adventure! Appropriate for all fitness levels!

 
Rio - Cycle Express 
CYCLE JOURNEY will take participants on a cycling adventure using the benefits of music and spinning bikes. Participants will pedal through a series of intervals, varying resistance levels, and speeds. This cardiovascular class will help to improve endurance, burn calories, and improve overall strength. CYCLE JOURNEY will take participants on a full hour adventure. CYCLE EXPRESS will take participants on a 35 minute express adventure! Appropriate for all fitness levels!

MIND/BODY/FLEXIBILTY
Deb – Pilates
This class incorporates the body/mind connection helping focus on muscles and their use. Movements will emphasis alignment of body, breathing techniques, and developing a strong core.
Rio - Restorative Movement 
This class is for all levels. Exercises can be done while standing, seated, or on the ground. The goal is to work with participants at a level and position their body is comfortable and safe with. Strength, Balance, and Coordination is emphasized. Weights, balls, and bands are used in a variety of different processes to help each participant improve over all health.  

STRENGTH
Rio - Power Hour
Power Hour is a strength training class that uses high-rep sequences and a variety of weights to target all major muscle groups.The benefits of Power Hour will include improved full body strength, increased stamina, and improved form and technique. Progressions and Regressions will be offered. Appropriate for all fitness levels!
Rio/Michelle D. - Power Circuit 
POWER CIRCUIT is a low to high intensity workout that combines aerobic exercise and strength exercise. Short recovery periods will help improve strength and burn calories. A variety of fitness equipment will be used to improve full body strength and balance. Progressions and regressions will be offered. Appropriate for all fitness levels. 
Rio - Hip & Knee Strength & Stretch 
This class puts focus and emphasis on the knees and hips.  Exercises for the knees and hips are used to strength the muscles with weights, bands, body weight, and some Pilate movements. Exercises are performed standing and lying on the ground. (dependent upon the participants ability). Class ends with specific stretches for the hips and knees. The goal is to not only stretch the joints safely, but also to increase flexibility of these joints.  It’s a greet class for those suffering with joint pain in these areas due to  arthritis, pre and post knee and hip replacements, and general flexibility improvements to counteract the aging process.

Rio - TRX Express 
The TRX, also known as Total Resistance Exercises, is a suspension training system that utilizes suspension straps that are anchored to a secure fixed point. Participants use their own body weight as resistance to perform a variety of exercises targeting multiple muscle groups.  TRX exercises enhance strength, stability, and flexibility. TRX EXPRESS is an efficient 35 minute class that allows for a quick workout!

Rio - Abs Express
This class is a 30 minute over all focus on core and oblique muscles.  Exercises are performed standing, seated, or lying down.  (Dependent upon participants ability) Weight, balls, bands, and body weight is used.  A strong core is the key to building balance no matter our age!