Group Fitness

30 quick minutes of core conditioning, focusing on the muscular endurance of your abdominals, obliques, and lower back- all levels welcome!

This format fuses Pilates, yoga, aerobics, and elements of the strengthening exercises dancers do to deliver a workout that is fun & will help improve posture, confidence, body awareness, and balance. No dance experience needed!

This circuit style class provides a full body workout that includes a wide variety of exercise techniques, such as cardiovascular work, strength training, and plyometrics. Always something new and different, for all levels!

Unique, fun choreography to some of today’s top hits all while breaking a sweat. No dance experience necessary!

Combination of sprints, jumps, and climbs on a bike; this class is a fun and challenging indoor cycling workout. Don’t forget your water and towel!

High Intensity Interval Training class is a 45 minute total body, heart pumping, aerobic and strength conditioning workout. This interval-based class combines full-body strength training with high intensity cardio bursts. Modifications for all fitness levels are provided.

Feel the muscles of your lower body, including glutes, hamstrings, quadriceps, and calves, working in this 45-minute muscle conditioning workout.

Power Hour is a strength and conditioning class. Hosted out at the Rec Deck the class utilizes barbell training to strengthen your squat and deadlift as well is an introduction of Olympic Lifting exercises. This class focuses more on strength building in a specialized programming format. This progressive training format will help participants increase their strength week by week.

***Alternate location will be Studio 2 is inclement weather.

A faster paced yoga class that will challenge the body and the mind. This class will get your heart beating with strengthening poses and is designed to focus on your breath and its relationship to the pose.  Although there will be modifications provided and all levels are welcome, more advanced sequences will be explored. Previous Yoga experience is recommended, however not required.

Feel the muscles of your lower body, including the chest, back, deltoids, triceps, and biceps, working in this 45-minute muscle conditioning workout.

A perfect blend of stretching, strengthening, and relaxation all at once to free your mind from the stressors of the day.  All levels are welcome and invited to this class!

Yin Yoga is a slow paced style of yoga where postures are held for extended periods of time -- it is considered to be Yoga at its coolest, stillest, quietest moments. Yin Yoga aims to increase circulation to the joints and improve flexibility by allowing fascia and connective tissue to release, while also offering a meditative practice for the mind.

Part workout, part dance party, high-energy classes are set to upbeat music and feature choreographed dance moves for a Latin inspired dance workout!

Three workouts in one! The 20/20/20 class is designed to give you a total body workout -  sweat through 20 minutes of cardio, 20 minutes of strength training, and 20 minutes of stretching and core work. Are you ready for the challenge?!

EagleFit 30 is a fun and competitive way to get involved with our Group Fitness classes that runs throughout the entire semester till the end of finals week. At the beginning of the semester (or any time you come to your first class) you can pick up a card with 30 spots on it. For every Group Fitness class you attend you get a star to cover up that number as completed. Once you have accumulated 15 stars you will get a halfway prize! At the completion of your 30 classes, you get a free custom dri-fit t-shirt! Don’t lose your card though - if so you have to start over at zero. Come over to the URWC for any Group Fitness class to get started!

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• Participants must have a valid Eagle ID. Non-students and non-members must purchase a guest pass to be eligible for participation.
• It is encouraged that you arrive 15 minutes early for a class. Late participants may not be allowed to enter once class has started.
• Please check in for class at the Fitness Attendant desk. There is a limit of 15-25 people per class, depending on class type.
• Classes must have 2+ participants to avoid cancellations; cancelled classes will not be made up.
• Appropriate workout attire is required, as per University Recreation & Wellness Center policy.
• Out of respect for our instructors and other participants, cell phone use during class is prohibited.

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How to register for a Group Fitness class:

• Go to the Rec Store, or find class offerings through the FGCU Go app under the Group Fitness section. 
• Log in with your university credentials. 
• Click on "Fitness Programs." 
• Click on "Group Fitness." 
• Click on the format that you are interested in registering for.
• Find the correct time and date of the class and click "Register."

*Note: Make sure you complete the entire checkout process. If not, your registration will not be completed. 

How to check in for a Group Fitness class: 

• Enter the University Recreation & Wellness Center through the turnstiles. 
• Go to the Fitness Attendant desk (located at the front of the weight room). 
• Ask the Fitness Attendant to check you in. 

*Note: You are available to check in one hour prior to the class start time. If you are not present when the class starts, you will be marked as a no show. If you are unable to attend a group fitness class, please cancel your registration to open up a spot for someone else. Thank you! 

To cancel a Group Fitness registration: 

• Go to the Rec Store.
• Log in with your university credentials. 
• In the top right corner, click on your email. 
• Click on "Profile." 
• Click on "Programs." 
• Click "Cancel" on the registration you would like to cancel. 

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Requests can be made directly to Lisa Caldwell, Assistant Director of Fitness Programs, at lacaldwell@fgcu.edu. These are assessed on an instructor availability basis and event needs and are not guaranteed.