Fitness Program

We Make Staying Active Easy (and Fun)

Whatever your current state of fitness, you’ll find a fun, welcoming, and active environment at RiverWoods. We make it easy to stay fit — just head right down the hall to any one of our three fully-equipped fitness centers and indoor pools.

Take a class or work individually with our full-time fitness professionals to design a workout program that helps you achieve your goals. Whatever your skill level — whether you’ve just bought your first pair of cross-training sneakers or you’re working towards your next half marathon, you’ll find it easy to stay active at RiverWoods Exeter.

Science shows that physical exercise...

and fitness impact multiple dimensions of wellness, more than just physical, but cognitive, social, and emotional wellness as well. We look at this overall state of wellness as a mosaic: a rich and complex tapestry of health. Our courses are designed with this overall concept of wellness in mind.

It’s easy to maintain an active lifestyle with so many choices.

Full-time fitness professionals on staff
More than 65 free fitness classes per week.
Indoor pools and fully-equipped fitness centers on each campus.
Wooded walking trails to enjoy the great outdoors.
Pickleball, bocce, and horseshoes areas, right on campus.
Easily-accessible local clubs for golf or tennis.
Canoe or kayak on the nearby Exeter River.
Snowshoe on the beautiful RiverWoods trails.
Several ski resorts within a one-hour drive.
Organized kayak, snowshoe and downhill trips.

Staying Fit and Active at RiverWoods Exeter

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Go Bird Watching

There's so much to see both on our campus and on local trails in nearby Exeter.

We Make Staying Active Easy

Whatever your current state of fitness, you’ll find a fun, welcoming, and active environment here.

A Wide Variety of Classes

With so many classes to choose from - from tai chi to yoga to Zumba - we make staying active easy and fun.

More Free Time

Means spending your day the way you want.

Enjoy Pickleball, Bocce, and Horseshoes

Right on our campus, along with wooded walking trails, right on campus.

Full-Time Fitness Professionals On Staff

Choose from over 65 classes a week plus special opportunity clinics and boot camps all year long.

Swim Laps or Take an Aquasize Class

Our three indoor heated pools and spas are a great way to stay active, even in winter.

Get Outside!

Go kayaking on the nearby Exeter River.

A Program Fit For You

Take a class or work individually with our full-time fitness professionals to design a workout program that helps you achieve your goals.

So Many Ways

To enjoy the outdoors when you live in the Seacoast area of NH!

Yoga, Tai Chi, and Meditation

Classes offering strength, relaxation, improved balance and flexibility.

Winter in New England

Snowshoe on the beautiful RiverWoods Exeter trails.

Fully-Equipped Fitness Centers

We offer fitness centers on each campus, so your workout is always just down the hall.

Aqua Classes

Have fun moving in the water, with aerobics, water walking, balance, and flexibility.

Our Fitness Classes Offer Something for Everyone

We offer a full schedule of fitness classes — more than 65 per week —that keep staying active fresh and fun. Some of our popular classes include:

Mosaic in Motion: More than just a cardio class, participants are challenged in multiple dimensions including muscle strength and endurance, neuromotor function, fascial qualities, flexibility, balance, and more.

Aqua Mosaic and Aqua 30: A fun class of movement in the water, including aerobics, water walking, balance, and flexibility.

Zumba Gold®: Low-impact aerobics incorporating music, rhythm and dance moves from Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue, Tango, Rumba, Cha-Cha, and many other exciting dances.

Yoga and Chair Yoga: A general approach to Yoga with a focus on improving range of motion, increasing static and dynamic balance, including breath work.

OHAA (Oriental Healing Arts Association) Tai Chi: Fluid, gentle movements that are relaxed and slow in tempo, scientifically proven to reduce fall risk.

Meditation: Methods to incorporate into your daily life, allowing you to improve sleep and de-stress through breathing and visualization.

Delay the Disease™: A fitness program designed by OhioHealth to empower people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) with better movement.

I love the wide range of fitness classes .

I'm also going to take part in the cross-country skiing clinic that's held every winter so I can enjoy the trails all around our campus!