This fun and engaging dance fitness class is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. While moving to a mix of Pop styles and International music you may find yourself singing along as you strut, shake, shimmy and squat. This class is frequently called addictive and it only takes one class to see why! No dance experience needed. All levels welcome. 

What to expect with each teacher:

Danny – A little more pop music and full of sass.

Donnie – A little more rowdy with a Broadway flair and extra singing. 

Jennifer – A little more Latin and K-Pop music with some ballroom flavor mixed in. 

Low Impact Dance Fitness is for anyone looking for a lower intensity, more joint-friendly dance fitness class. If you are wanting a break from jumping, dealing with an injury, needing a recovery day but still want to dance, or an active older adult, this class is for you! The easy-to-follow choreography focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination and is done to a variety of music and dance styles. It is all of the fun you expect from PulsePDX Dance Fitness classes, just at a lower intensity with modifications strongly encouraged.

Combining the energy and grittiness of urban dance with fitness, U-Jam Fitness® is a cardio dance experience that feels more like a 90’s House Party than a workout.

U-Jam brings funky, adrenaline-based beats from around the world with easy-to-follow choreography, so everyone, everywhere can get their Jam on.

WERQ® Fitness is a fiercely fun dance fitness workout set to pop and hip hop music. It has the perfect combination of dance and fitness moves to keep you sweating and smiling the entire hour. The WERQ warm-up previews the dance steps used in class and the WERQ cool-down includes balance and yoga-inspired poses. In between there is a lot of easy-to-follow heart-pumping dance fitness moves. All levels welcome. No dance experience needed. Get ready to WERQ!

Amped is a strength class set to high energy, upbeat music that combines resistance bands and traditional body weight exercises to strengthen the endurance and stabilizing muscles. Team taught so you can see options and variations to help you get the workout that is best for your body. Build muscle, increase stamina, and decrease your risk of injury. Bring a friend for twice the fun or come solo and make a new workout bestie! All levels welcome.

Build strength with this dynamic resistance band class which helps to improve balance, tone isolated muscle groups, and prevent injuries. Incorporating exercises frequently used in physical therapy, this class can be easily modified. Participants looking to build strength can add resistance to take muscles to fatigue. Participants looking to rehab an injury can reduce resistance as needed. 

Strong Core is 100% focused on developing a stronger and more stable center! We combine strength conditioning exercises, yoga and mat pilates to target common areas of weakness or instability in the core (front AND back!) A strong center can lead to better posture and balance, alleviate low back pain, and help you move through your every day life activities at work, play with more energy and confidence. Each class will begin and end with some stretching. This class is for EVERY BODY.

Learn simple self-care techniques you can use every day to make your body feel better and function more efficiently. Relieve aches and pains brought on by aging and active living. Reduce inflammation, ease chronic neck and low back strain, improve alignment, and learn how to keep your whole body working better.

Wind down at the end of the day with gentle feel-good movements designed to relax and de-stress the body and mind and to help quiet the nervous system for better sleep. Incorporating a combination of dynamic and static stretching with light mobility work this class will help you feel looser, more relaxed and more centered. All levels are encouraged.