A comprehensive guide to women’s fitness and wellness teaches you how to use knowledge about your female body to exercise smarter, breathe deeper, boost your metabolism, strengthen your core and pelvic floor, and improve your endurance and performance. 

You will learn how to optimize your breathing pattern to increase oxygen delivery to your muscles and brain, how to adjust your exercise intensity and duration to match your hormonal cycle, how to prevent common injuries and imbalances that affect women, and how to burn more fat and build more muscle with effective workouts. 

Instructor: Carole Freeman

Location: Zoom link will be provided prior to class

Dates & Times: Mondays, 6 PM -7:30 PM from January 6th - February 3rd, 2025 

Cost: $85

Additional Class Topics and Details: 

Week 1 - Monday January 6th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Why Fitness is Different for Women. Women are not just smaller, weaker versions of men. We’ll help you map  your own fitness course that considers your anatomy, physiology,  hormones and unique strengths. 

Week 2 - Monday January 13th, 6:00 - 7:30pm 
Improve Breathing capacity. Learn to adopt the habit of more functional breathing, reduce shortness of  breath on exertion and have more stamina.  

Week 3 - Monday January 20th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Increasing Respiratory Muscle Strength and Endurance You will learn how to open those airways, take in more oxygen, strengthen  your diaphragm and have more energy and endurance to do those things  you want to do while reducing shortness of breath. 

Week 4 - Monday January 27th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Women’s Hormones and Cardio. Build endurance, burn more fat reduce strain. Learn new guidelines about  when, and how, to train that consider your female body and brain. 

Week 5 - Monday February 3rd, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Core Strength Training for Spinal Stability. How to improve core strength, back and spinal stability. Improve balance,  coordination and the importance of optimal breathing with pelvic floor  function.

Get ready to Jig and Reel your way into the world of Scottish Country Dancing (SCD). You don’t have to wear tartan or a kilt; you don’t need special footwear (comfortable flat shoes are fine); and you don’t have to bring a partner (Scottish Country Dance involves dancing with different partners). So, why not give it a try? The class is for beginners and experienced dancers.

Instructor: Anne Johnson

Date: Wednesdays, January 8th - February 12th, 2025 at 6 PM - 8 PM

Cost: $65

Barre Bootcamp is a low impact workout that will produce a big burn! Barre combines elements of strength training, Pilates/Yoga and dance. Small movements and many reps will help sculpt and tone muscles you didn’t even know you had! 

Instructor Jenna Chase was a ballet dancer from a young age and when she went to college she fell in love with group fitness classes. She loves how Barre Bootcamp can combine elements of ballet with strength training to give a powerful low impact, total body workout!

Recommended equipment that will be used in class includes: 
- A chair or countertop or something to hold onto
- Light hand weights (3lbs - 5lbs)
- Resistance bands
- Gliding disks (for hardwood floors - or socks or face cloth for carpet floors or use paper plate)
- A bender ball/pilates balls (or equivalent)

Instructor: Jenna Chase

Location: Online via download or Zoom

Dates & Times: Mondays, 6:15 AM - 7 AM 

Session 1 - Mondays, January 20th - March 3rd, 2025 at 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM (No class 2/17)

Session 2 - Mondays, March 10th - April 14th, 6:15 AM - 7:00 AM

Cost: $44

Learn how medicare works! This class teaches what it covers, what it does not cover, details in differences between supplemental and advantage plans, penalties and more! Each session has the same class content.

An email link to this Zoom presentation will be emailed to participants. You will need a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone with audio and video capacity. 

Instructor: Renata Lahner
Bio: Renata Lahner is a licensed insurance agent with over 18 years experience helping individuals find the right Medicare coverage based on one's medical and financial needs. 

Location: Online via download or Zoom

Dates & Times: 
Session 1 - Tuesday, January 21st, 2025 at 6 PM - 8 PM
Session 2 - Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 at 6 PM - 8 PM

Cost: Free

A brand new fitness class format that Jenna recently became certified in!  

Human Reformer Pilates is a way to harness the potential of your own body, using it as the ultimate reformer.  With just 1 resistance band, you can capture all the postural, core, and alignment challenges that reformer work is famous for– courtesy of Pilates mat programming that mirrors traditional reformer exercises. 

Equipment that will be used in class includes: 
- A yoga mat
- Flex Cord or 48” resistance band or something equivalent

Instructor: Jenna Chase

Location: Online via download or Zoom

Dates & Times: Wednesdays, 6:15 AM - 7 AM

Session 1 - January 22nd - March 5th, 2025 (No class 2/19)

Session 2 - March 12th - April 16th, 2025 

Cost: $44

Pumped Up Strength is a new approach to resistance training. Utilizing combination movement patterns in a targeted, rhythmic progression, its superpower is the dynamic integration of upper and lower body movements set to fun music.

The result? A sweat-drenched, functionally efficient workout that will challenge your body in new ways, improve lean muscle mass, and rev your metabolism.

This is one of Jenna's favorite formats to teach as she loves to empower people to feel strong and confident when finishing a workout!  

Recommended equipment that will be used in class includes:
- A set of hand weights anywhere from 5-15lbs.

Instructor: Jenna Chase

Location: Online via download or Zoom

Dates & Times: Fridays, 6:15 AM -7 AM

Session 1 - January 24th - March 7th, 2025 (No class 2/21)

Session 2 - March 14th - April 18th, 2025

Cost: $44

Anytime is a great time to learn to play ukulele, one of the easiest stringed instruments to learn. Students will learn how to tune their ukulele, play basic chords, and play some simple songs. Practicing for 15 minutes a day is an absolute minimum  to condition fingers and hands to progress with learning to play your instrument. 

Recommended purchases and equipment that will be used in class:

- Ukulele

- Purchase "The Daily Ukulele: 365 Songs for Better Living" music book by Jim Beloff and Liz Beloff (Available via Amazon or ask your preferred local music shop to assist with ordering)

- An electronic instrument tuner (more accurate) or tuner app for digital device such as a cell phone

Instructor: Jim Doyle

Dates & Times: Mondays, January 27th - March 10th, 2025 (6 Weeks) at 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Cost: $65

Is your closet full of black-colored clothing? Would you like to learn what other colors look good on you? In this fun interactive class, you’ll be draped in a variety of colors to learn about warmer and cooler tones to determine what types of colors look best on you. You’ll also receive recommendations for eye shadows, blush and lipsticks for your coloring so you can put the two together to create a more vibrant you! 

Instructor: Candace Sanborn, owner of Radiant Image

Location: Scarborough High School

Dates & Times: Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 5:30 PM - 8 PM

Cost: $25