Group Fitness Classes

Workout, socialize and have fun exercising! 

Magnuson Athletic Club offers the best group fitness classes in Seattle. Strategically engineered to maximize your workout, our classes maximize your time at the gym, challenging you both physically and mentally. Over 60 classes are offered on a weekly basis with a variety of different formats, including cardio, cycling, high-intensity interval training, mind and body and strength training. Our nationally-certified instructors will motivate and inspire you to reach your goals each and every day. Sign up for a free trial and find a class that fits your schedule!

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Mind & Body Classes

Mind and Body classes use breathing, focus and simple movements to help increase flexibility, strength and reduce stress. Exercises like yoga and barre can help decrease pain, discomfort, anxiety, all while enhance the quality of sleep, strengthen the immune system and increase sense of control and well-being.

Trainer teaching group yoga class and doing a warrior pose
Yoga typically means ‘union’ between the mind and body. It involves the practice of physical postures and poses linked with breathing exercises, relaxation technique and meditation. As the name suggests, the ultimate aim of Yoga is to create balance between the body and the mind, leading to a healthy, balanced lifestyle.

Our yoga classes emphasize the essential yoga principles that help free the body and mind from habitual patterns and tension. Regular yoga practice can lead to increased strength, stress relief and enhanced self-awareness. We offer Vinyasa, Hatha and Restorative Yoga and these classes are open to all members and all fitness levels.

The Tri-Dosha sequence is a gentle series that cultures subconscious meditation, body intuition, flexibility, strength, and increased lung capacity and efficiency. As you relax, your subconscious systems take over which optimizes your health to heal in a very positive way. Yoga is a beautiful science because it is a space where we can nurture and honor our divine selves. In one hour of yoga, you can relax, let go, and connect with your free and sacred self.

This class connects breathing techniques to the poses (asanas) to achieve a deeper state of relaxation and mental clarity. Participants have the option to move into more challenging poses through a combination of flowing sequencing and static postures incorporating elements of balance, twists and inversions. Strengthen and lengthen muscle tissues while supporting joint mobility in these all levels yoga classes.

Hatha Yoga concentrates on physical health and mental well-being. Use bodily postures, breathing techniques and meditation with the goal of bringing about a sound, healthy body and a clear, peaceful mind.

Woman in Bodyflow Class holding a balancing table yoga pose

Ideal for anyone and everyone, LES MILLS BODYBALANCE® is a new-generation yoga class that will improve your mind, your body and your life.

You can expect to bend and stretch through a series of simple yoga moves, elements of Tai Chi and Pilates while an inspiring soundtrack plays in the background. Breathing control is a part of all the exercises, and instructors will always provide options for those just getting started.

Group Mat Pilates Class
This mixed-level, core fusion class focuses on strength, precision and flow of movement. The instructor presents exercises at multiple levels, allowing the student to work at a beginner, intermediate or advanced pace. You will learn to be aware of breathing patterns and spinal alignment while engaging the deep muscles of the core.

Strength Training Classes

Members can expect to use a variety of different equipment that will contribute to building strength, getting lean and developing coordination and balance. Strength Training classes also contributes to improving bone density, promoting fat-free body mass, and increasing the strength of connective tissue, muscles and tendons. 

Group fitness class bench pressing barbells
BODYPUMP™ is the original barbell class that strengthens your entire body. This 60-minute workout challenges all your major muscle groups by using the best weight-room exercises including squats, presses, lifts and curls. Great music, awesome instructors and your choice of weight inspire you to get the results you came for – and fast! A new BODYPUMP™ class is released every three months with new music and choreography.

Cardio Classes

Cardio is important to your overall fitness and wellness with benefits that go well beyond just burning calories. It increases blood flow to your muscles, strengthens the heart and lungs and increases metabolism.

Three women prop their heads up laying on yoga mats smiling during a Fit4All total-body conditioning group fitness cardio class.
Total-body conditioning designed to increase muscular strength, endurance, range of movement, flexibility, agility and coordination. Combining basic aerobics with strength training, balance and core exercises makes for the ultimate cardio class. If you enjoy good music and having fun while you move, then this is the class for you!

A Zumba class claps their hands to the side during a group fitness class.
This Latin-inspired, easy-to-follow, dance-fitness party exhilarates your senses and works all major muscle groups in a high-energy cardio blast that leaves you invigorated, refreshed and full of life. It’s easy to do, effective and totally exhilarating. Come join in the fun!

HIIT Classes

In a High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) class, members can expect short bursts of anaerobic exercise with equal or longer periods of rest. HIIT classes promote strength, speed, and power to help build muscle mass and increase cardiovascular endurance. These intense workouts typically last around 30 minutes.

A group fitness class smiles as they balance in push-up plank position on mats
Short bursts of high-intensity intervals (20 seconds) followed by short periods of rest (10 seconds) for 8 rounds. Tabata will improve cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and endurance, and body composition-fat loss! These high-energy classes fly by so get ready to work it! 

Group of people in burn class with dumbells in a curl position while lunging
Challenge your body at Burn! Enjoy a combination of speed and agility drills, plyometrics, circuit and tabata-style training. Plus, you’ll incorporate strength exercises utilizing barbells and your body weight to focus on your core. Burn fat, crush your cardio and get ready for an intense work out!

Les Mills BodyCombat Group Fitness Class

BODYCOMBAT is a high-energy martial arts-inspired workout that is totally non-contact. Punch and kick your way to fitness. No experience needed. Learn moves from Karate, Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Capoeira and Kung Fu. Release stress, have a blast and feel like a champ. Bring your best fighter attitude and leave inhibitions at the door.

Women holding a plank in push-up position on BOSU balls.
Strong combines high-intensity-interval-training with the science of synced music motivation. In every class, music and moves sync in a way that pushes you past your perceived limits, helping you reach your fitness goals faster. Using your own body weight, you will improve muscular endurance and definition while burning calories long after your workout.

Man & Woman participating in battle ropes exercise
A dynamic class that utilizes the ropes for a challenging upper body and core focused work out. The rope intervals are alternated with moderate intensity, lower body and ab exercises for active recovery. Battle Ropes is a fun, fast paced class that offers variety to your traditional HIIT workouts!

Cycling Classes

Cycling is a heart-pumping workout that takes you on an exhilarating and sweaty ride. Enjoy the authentic experience of cycling indoors on a stationary bike to improve your cardio health, build lean and defined legs, stabilize your core and enhance your mental strength. 

Men and women cycling during a Magnuson Athletic Club group fitness class.
Join us for our terrain-based cycle classes where we climb, sprint, and sweat our way to the finish line! Our classes are designed to increase both your aerobic and anaerobic fitness while building camaraderie with our fellow riders. You are in control of your bikes resistance, so whether you’re new to indoor cycling or a seasoned veteran you will get your burn on!

Our bikes are set up with SPD clips and cages to accommodate cycling or athletic shoes. If you are new to indoor cycling, please come 5-10 minutes early to your first class so our instructors can help fit you to your bike. 

An instructor leading a cycling class at the MAC.
Get on the bike for variable intensity cardio intervals and then get off the bike to do strength exercises using bands, dumbbells and your own body weight. This combination of exercises will work your whole body in a fun, fast-paced atmosphere! Athletic shoes are recommended for this class.

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