SPORTS BRIEFS: Test bikes at ‘Demo Day’; NUMC hosting weekly yoga

Bikes group presents ‘Demo Dating’

Find your valentine at Brown County Bikes this Feb. 11 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Demo Dating.

Guests will be able to ride new demo bikes from Transition and Kona. Brown County Bikes will also have Repeaters, Spurs, Scouts, Sentinels, Spires, Process 134 CR and Hei Hei CRs available.

The cost is $25 and you can try as many bikes as you like with a signed a waiver and valid ID.

Fall in love, buy a bike and score 10% off all your accessories.

Weather permitting, they will also offer shuttles to the Brown County State Park.

Participate in yoga class at local church

A yoga class begins Wednesday, Feb. 1, and will be held Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m., at the Nashville United Methodist Church, 45 S. Jefferson St.

The cost is $5 per class or $18 per month and can be paid with cash or check.

Participants can bring their own yoga mat. A chair will be used if no mat is available.

Benefits of yoga include increased concentration, memory, feelings of happiness and contentment; reduction in chronic pain, blood pressure, stress, anxiety and depression.

Email Sonia Aponte to register: [email protected].

Classes slated at Brown County YMCA

The Brown County YMCA, 105 Willow St., continues to host classes and sessions.

Homeschool Swim and Gym will occur every Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. Activities are open to children grades kindergarten through six.

The cost per session is $30 per child and $25 per each additional sibling for members and $40 per child and $35 per each additional sibling for non-members.

The Y continues to offer open gym for basketball and pickleball for players 16 and older of all ability levels with informal, friendly games.

Core Conditioning is also available on Wednesdays on Zoom or in-person.

Basketball is offered from 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Pickleball is 5:30 to 10 a.m. and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; 5:30 to 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 7 to 9 a.m. on Saturdays; and for beginners on Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m.

Intense Aqua meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Yoga meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Silver Sneakers Yoga meets from 10 to 11 a.m. Laughter Yoga meets from 11:30 a.m. to noon. Power Yoga meets on Mondays from 11 a.m. to noon and Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. Water Yoga meets on Mondays from 9 to 10 a.m. and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Intro to Yoga meets Mondays from 11 a.m. to noon.

H.I.I.T/Tabata meets on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 and 8:15 a.m.

A mobility class meets on Saturdays at 9 a.m.

The cost per session is $90 for members and $110 for non-members. Equipment is required. The instructor will rent all equipment for $20 per session.

Open gym hours are free for Y members and $3 per non-member. Open gym occurs at varying times between 8 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Weekend hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The open gym schedule can be found at www.browncountyymca.org.

A flex pass is also available for $72 and can be used to take 12 of any of the classes.

The Brown County YMCA is also offering Hot/Cold Steam Yoga and Water Yoga.

For more information, call 812-988-9622.