They just wondered if they maybe misunderstood. He repeated the command, ending their trance. Walter James challenges his students during a Just Kick It class. Janis Newton, the center s aerobics director, said people want variety, and that s definitely what they get on this schedule. Not everyone is on the same level, so the classes are tailored more to meet specific fitness needs, she said.
Participants experience a vigorous workout during an aerobics class.
Falling into that category is the cardio-tennis sports conditioning class, which has been popular. It combines speed and agility exercises taught by an aerobics instructor with tennis drills taught by a tennis professional. Newton said the beauty of the class is that people are getting in shape for their sport rather than using their sport to stay in shape, a practice that often leads to injury. It s an intense class that pushes participants to the next fitness level. That s what the kickboxing classes aim to do as well.