Special class schedule offered December 26-January 4
Bensenville, Ill. (December 15, 2023) — Wood Street Fitness, located inside the Bensenville Park District’s Deer Grove Leisure Center (DGLC) at 1000 W. Wood Street, is offering special group fitness classes this holiday season. Patrons can take part in a variety of fun, seasonal exercise classes that melt the holiday stress and calories away as part of the center’s merry fitness schedule December 26-January 4.
“The holidays can be a very stressful time, and we feel we have just the thing to help people deal with the stress through yoga and exercise programs that melt the calories away,” says Bensenville Park District Fitness Supervisor Silvia Acevedo. “And as a special gift, patrons can get our merry fitness activities for free by signing up for an annual core class pass for 2024, which will give them the rest of 2023 for free.”
The merry fitness schedule begins Tuesday, December 26, with Holiday Cheer Chair Yoga at 11:15 a.m., Cycle at 5 p.m. and 20/20/20 at 6 p.m. Wednesday choices include Fit 4 Life Silver at 10 a.m., Seated Zumba Gold/Drum Fitness at 11:15 a.m., Strength and Flexibility Yoga at 6 p.m. and SH1FT-L1FT at 7 p.m. On Thursday, December 28, patrons can do Zumba Gold at 10 a.m., Chair Yoga at 11 a.m. and Cardio Drumming at 7:15 p.m. Two classes are offered Friday, December 29: In-Motion at 9 a.m. and TRX at 5:30 p.m. The week concludes with Zumba at 9 a.m. Saturday, December 30.
New Year’s Zumba—held in the Deer Grove Leisure Center Gym, 1000 W. Wood Street in Bensenville—is the last Wood Street Fitness special event of the year. The fun runs from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, December 29, and participants will bid farewell to 2023 in party gear with boas, glam and glitter. There will be a countdown and balloon drop after the class. The fee is $8 ($6 for those living in district), and Core Class Passes are not valid for entry.
The holiday fun continues in the new year, beginning with Chair Yoga at 9 a.m. Tuesday, January 2. Later that day, patrons can take part in Cycle at 5 p.m, 20/20/20 at 6 p.m. and Zumba at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday classes include Fit 4 Life Silver at 10 a.m., Seated Zumba Gold/Drum Fitness at 11:15 a.m., Strength and Flexibility Yoga at 6 p.m. and SH1FT-L1FT at 7 p.m. On Thursday, January 4, Wood Street Fitness offers Zumba Gold at 10 a.m., Chair Yoga at 11 a.m., Cardio Blast at 6 p.m. and Cardio Drumming at 7:15 p.m.
Regular class programming begins Friday, January 5, and Free Fitness Week begins Monday, January 8. Visitors are invited to try the fitness center and any group fitness classes for free between January 8 and 14.
Wood Street Fitness membership information can be found at WoodStFitness.com. To register, visit the Deer Grove Leisure Center from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. The DGLC will be closed December 24-25 and December 31-January 1.
