Exercise classes
Explore Montage Wellness Center’s group exercise classes designed and led by professional instructors. Whatever your current fitness level, you’ll find an option for a fun, effective workout. Classes are open to Montage Wellness Center members.
Class costs and fees
If you’re a Montage Wellness Center member, your membership fully covers the cost of most classes at the facility or facilities you belong to. Classes that cost extra are noted as “fee-based” in the class description.
If you’re a member but not at the location offering the class you want to take, you can register for that class by paying a small fee.
Class descriptions
Each location offers different activities, instructors, and class schedules. Though our classes are subject to change, we typically offer the following on an ongoing basis.
Aquatic classes
Hop into a pool for an effective workout that delivers results. Water provides natural resistance and supports your joints so you can move and bend more easily.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Aqua aerobics |
Boost your cardiovascular health while moving to music. Exercises are intermediate level and low-impact. |
Marina
Salinas |
| Aqua Zumba® |
Enjoy a fun, high-energy, challenging, body-toning aerobic workout. Aqua Zumba® combines Latin music rhythms and dance steps, creating a pool party atmosphere. |
Marina
Salinas
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Better balance
Work toward better poise and stability and other goals, including strength, flexibility, and fall prevention.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Balance and recovery |
Use different exercises to increase muscle flexibility and recovery and stabilize your core. |
Marina
Salinas |
| Better bones and balance |
If you have an orthopedic limitation or injury, focus on improving your bone and joint health and balance through low-impact exercises. |
Marina |
| Core balance |
Use Swiss balls, bands, straps, and mats to strengthen your abdomen, back, and legs during this well-rounded exercise program. |
Marina
Salinas
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Core strength
Target your abdominal muscles to improve the strength and stability of your core.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Core balance |
Use Swiss balls, bands, straps, and mats to strengthen your abdomen, back, and legs during this well-rounded exercise program. |
Marina
Salinas
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| Core Pilates |
In Pilates, the core is considered the origin of all movement. Pilates uses different movement patterns to target the core muscles and increase spine support. |
Marina
Salinas
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You may also be interested in Pilates, another core-strengthening exercise, available at both of our locations.
Full-body workouts and high-intensity interval training (HIIT)
Benefit every part of your body during workouts of different intensity levels.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Bells and bands |
Use equipment like kettlebells, resistance bands, and Versa loops during this high-energy class. |
Marina
Salinas
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| Strength circuit |
Increase strength, agility, coordination, and aerobic fitness as you move through a circuit of athletic stations. |
Marina
Salinas |
| Total-body strength circuit |
Target all major muscle groups through high-repetition barbell workouts using light-to-moderate weights. |
Salinas |
Group personal training
Get the same expert, intensive guidance you’d receive during an individual personal training session in a more cost-effective, small group environment. Montage Wellness Center in Salinas offers group classes designed for participants of all fitness and experience levels.
Use special equipment following a unique, circuit-style format to deliver the most effective full-body workout. Your certified trainer will offer tips and support as you move through activities that combine cardiovascular conditioning and strength-building.
Healthy back, bones, and heart
Target specific areas of the body with these cornerstone classes.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Dance |
Improve your cardiovascular health while having fun. Working out and dancing can be done at the same time with our dance class. No dance background required. You'll learn as you go while enjoying great music. |
Marina
Salinas
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| Healthy back |
Take part in guided exercises to strengthen the back and all supporting muscle groups to relieve pain and reduce back tightness. |
Marina
Salinas
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Healthy bones
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Practice safe bone-loading exercises to increase bone density and progressively reduce the effects of osteopenia and osteoporosis. |
Marina
Salinas
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Flexibility and stretching
Stretching feels good and it can help improve your physical abilities and performance during other activities.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Full-body mobility |
Ease joint pain and stiffness and increase your flexibility and range of motion. |
Marina
Salinas
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In addition to these flexibility-focused classes, you may be interested in tai chi and yoga, which offer similar benefits.
Pilates
See a major difference in your balance abilities and physical strength, especially in your core, without putting stress on your joints.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Pilates |
Maximize your core strength while toning your muscles and improving your flexibility and coordination. This class is perfect for beginners who want an introduction to the Pilates mat. |
Marina
Salinas
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Spin®
You’ll leave the fitness center feeling great and glowing after pedaling your way through our energizing indoor cycling classes.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Spin |
Generate a serious sweat. You’ll simulate an outdoor ride filled with hills, sprints, and other terrains. If you’re a new cycling enthusiast, you’ll appreciate learning about adjusting your bike, proper breathing techniques, and body alignment to make your workout as effective as possible. |
Marina
Salinas
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Tai chi
Both of our locations offer tai chi, an ancient form of martial arts. Benefits including improving balance, agility, strength, and coordination.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Tai chi (various levels) |
Tai chi helps to improve overall coordination while teaching proper breathing techniques. Beginner and intermediate classes are available.
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Marina
Salinas
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Yoga
Enjoy the many rewards of yoga, from improving your flexibility and strength to easing aches and pains and improving your mental and spiritual well-being. We offer classes for all skill levels.
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Chair yoga |
Chair yoga practices yoga poses and movements while seated or using a chair to assist in balance. Chair yoga offers many similar benefits to traditional yoga such as boosting strength, flexibility, and mental health. |
Salinas
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| Hatha yoga |
Hatha yoga uses breathing techniques while holding yoga poses to increase and channel vital energy throughout the body. In Sanskrit, Hatha translates to "vital force." |
Marina
Salinas
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| Restorative yoga |
Restorative yoga holds restful poses for longer durations using props like yoga blocks and bolsters. This type of yoga emphasizes deep relaxation and meditation. |
Marina
Salinas |
| Yoga flow |
Move through various yoga poses at a smooth pace as you synchronize your breathing. Experience is helpful but not required. |
Marina |
Zumba®
Class
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Description
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Location(s)
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| Aqua Zumba® |
Enjoy a fun, high-energy, challenging, body-toning aerobic workout. Aqua Zumba combines Latin music rhythms and dance steps, creating a pool party atmosphere. |
Marina
Salinas
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| Zumba® |
Enjoy easy-to-follow movements as you dance to rhythmic Latin music. This fun, aerobic workout burns calories and leaves participants smiling and energized. |
Marina
Salinas |
