Special Programs
Learn Salsa Cubana
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Thursdays Evenings June 16- July 14
Downtown (310 Taughannock Blvd)
Salsa Suelta Cuban Line Dance for all levels
6:30-7:30 PM
Salsa Suelta is a catchy, challenging, “free style” line dance made popular in Cuba. In this series, we teach the timing, basic steps, and flow of Salsa Suelta, and integrate steps from other Cuban dances – Rumba, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha, Son, Pilon, and Makuta – and use these movements to build fun, low-impact cardio dance sequences that improve your health and prepare you to shine on any Salsa dance floor. No dance experience necessary, all levels welcome!
Salsa Partner Dance & Rueda De Casino Beginner Level 1
7:45-8:45 PM
Rueda de Casino” means “Salsa Wheel” and is a fun way to learn the musicality, repertoire, and lead-follow of Cuban style Salsa. In Rueda, dancers change partners in a circle while performing steps and combinations to the arrangement of a caller. Rueda allows students to dance with various partners in fluid motion, in a relaxed environment. In our beginner series we teach the set of steps needed to dance Salsa individually, as a single couple, and amongst multiple couples in a Rueda.
To register, call (607)319-0149 or register online using the links below. To register online, once logged in to your Member or Guest profile in EmpowerME, select “Courses/Event Schedule”, select “June”, under Select Club choose “Downtown”, then select Line Dance or Partner Dance.
Island Members: $60 Each Non-Members: $75 Each
E-mail michael@salsaithaca.com with additional class questions!
Come As You Are Self Defense Class
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Wednesday, June 1 5:45 pm – 7:45 pm
Downtown (310 Taughannock Blvd)
Kick off Pride Month with us at Island Health & Fitness! Join our first ever Come As You Are Self Defense class with Martial Arts Instructor Symphony Howe. Symphony will provide two hours of training for individuals of all skill levels. Wear attire that you would go to work, sleep, school, or going out in, since attacks can happen at any time. Learn strategies for empowerment and defending yourself and those around you. This class is a safe space, open to everyone!
$15 per person, includes free day pass at Island ($12 value).
To register, call (607)319-0149 or register online using the links below. To register online, once logged in to your Member or Guest profile in EmpowerME, select “Courses/Event Schedule”, select “June”, under Select Club choose “Downtown”, then select “Self Defense Class.”
Update 5/18: Full! Join our waitlist once we are full to be notified if we add an additional session.
Questions? E-mail Operations and Programming Manager Stephanie Wright at swright@islandhealthfitness.com
W.O.W. (Women on Weights)
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NEW SESSION COMING SOON!
Strength training should have a place in everyone’s fitness regimen… particularly women! With Women On Weights, you’ll learn the proper way to incorporate strength training as well as core, balance, and flexibility exercises into your life through this circuit training style class. Join us for this 8 week series.
Will I bulk up lifting weights? No, but you can potentially burn more calories than with just a cardio workout. Research has shown you can continue to burn calories for several hours after strength training.
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MEMBER $150
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NON-MEMBER $250
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DOWNTOWN
*For more information see the front desk! Registration for the class can be done through the Empower ME section of the website or at the front desk downtown.
Weightlifting 101
Starts May 1st 2021
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Saturdays Downtown 1:00pm-2:00pm
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Price for Full 4-week Program:
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Members: $250.00
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Non Members: $300.00
Space is limited to a maximum of 6 participants. You can register online through the Empower Me section of the website, or in-person at the Front Desk downtown.
