Stacked

Stacked

July 7, 2024

Take your workout to new heights as you layer stack upon stack of cardio and weight exercises. Build your way to the top of the pyramid with increasing time and exercise intensity along the way and prepare to dig deep to work your way back down. Let’s see how you stack up! 

Why Try Stacked?  

Stacked is packed with variety. You get to experience the change and challenge of strength techniques such as overload, drop set and pyramid training. Stacked drills are athletic, easy to follow, simple to execute and fun! Wait until you see how your muscles STACK up in the mirror! 

What Is Stacked Like?  

Stacked is a progressive strength and cardio workout that will leave you dripping in sweat and stacking up the interval work. Based on the principle of drop setting, Stacked alternates pyramid strength and cardio work efforts to maximize impact on your upper and lower body musculature.  

people in stacked class

Who Are Stacked Classes Best For? 

All fitness levels are welcome in this total body strength training class coupled with cardio intervals to chisel your muscles and condition your heart.  Options are available for everyone to experience a great workout. Stacked progresses from heavy weight to lighter weight and more reps. As stacks become more advanced, you can choose your level of intensity. It’s time for you to stack it up! 

Is Stacked a Good Workout? 

Using the principle of progressive overload and a pyramid structure, participants in STACKED get huge volume of quality work that becomes manageable with the work-to-rest ratio. The varied workout keeps STACKED fresh and exciting!  

  • Progressive Overload Training. Progressive overload is the foundation of the body’s muscular adaptation to exercise. You need to be constantly putting greater demand on the working muscle group for it to respond. STACKED does this through variations in weight, duration of the work efforts, and complexity of the exercise. 
  • Pyramid Training. Working up and down a ladder of work efforts increasing and decreasing reps is ideal for breaking through plateaus. These sets activate muscles gradually, then activate the brain to prepare for more complex strength exercises or higher intensities of cardiovascular work. 
  • Cardiovascular Training. The cardio stacks challenge the heart to work more efficiently, pumping more oxygen into the system, burning fat, lowering blood pressure, and bolstering the immune system.  
  • Strength Training. The strength stacks help build bone density, improve body composition, train posture, and build power for daily living. 

How Difficult is STACKED?

6/10. All fitness levels welcome. Options are available to accommodate everybody. In this class, the exercises are STACKED, starting with a base exercise, then adding or stacking exercises to  amp up the exercises. STACKED varies in weight selections and range of motion so both beginners and those in beast mode have an awesome workout. 

How Long Is Each Class? 

In just 30 minutes, Stacked strengthens and conditions your total body. You’ll feel so strong, chiseled and empowered after 30 minutes, knowing you have sculpted every muscle and improved your heart and lungs too! STACK it up to cardio drills plus strength training in this all-in-one class! 

What Should I Wear? 

Come ready to play. Typically, people wear sweat wicking clothing that will offer ample coverage and will stay put and allow you to move with ease throughout the range of motion of exercises.  

Cross training Gym Shoes.  Comfortable shoes that offer support and stability as you move and balance during class.   

H3- What do I need to Bring? 

Hydrate my friend, make sure you have plenty of water with you.  A towel to catch your sweat as you will be dripping in finesse’. Most importantly, a great attitude and smile to share.  

 

What Types of Strength Classes Are Available?

Band Camp 

Get ready to hear the music of your legs, glutes, and core in Band Camp, where flat bands become the instruments to sculpt your lower body into one lean, muscular powerhouse. Learn the patterns in Band Camp Basics, then advance to the Band Camp Booster level to orchestrate your muscles into a fat-burning ensemble  

Barbell Bound.

Bound for time? Bound for results? You’re bound to raise the bar in this singular workout that combines two types of strength training. Lift your way through barbell sets alternated with bound rounds and burnout sets utilizing heavy resistance bands to produce a grueling workout that will leave you unbelievably strong, focused and barbell bound 

 

Barre Bootcamp.

Become a lean, mean ballet dancer in this fusion class. Inspired by ballet and strength training, this high intensity barre class targets your arms, core, thighs, and booty to help you create a long, lean dancer’s body. Get ready to feel the barre burn.  

Belly, Butt & Thighs Bootcamp.

Focus on your lower half in this belly-busting, booty shaping, two-part intensive class that features a series of exercise combinations that target, you guessed it – your belly, butt, and thighs.  

Bodyweb with TRX.

Hang from the durable TRX® ropes to push, pull, lift and lower your body through Spiderman moves for a total body suspension workout that also super-strengthens your core.   

Chisel.

This upper and lower body strength-based class utilizes heavier weights to provide a total body workout with balance, core and strength segment and chisel your muscles. 

Demolished. 

Get ready to shake things up in this high energy, strength and endurance workout as you shift in a circle from station to station using advanced strength equipment including Tomahawks, Sandbags and Barbells. Recover in the Epicenter with body weight exercises designed to cause tremors throughout your body. Come prepared to be moved!  

Push Point. 

Explore your limits and push your boundaries in this Intense strength-based workout, alternating plyometrics and strength training. The Push Point utilizes Tabata intervals to create a rollercoaster ride of work! Participants alternate blocks of controlled lower body and heavy upper body weight training followed by the adrenaline rush of a power block of plyometric lower body work efforts and lighter upper body sculpting. Pattern the work, then PUSH it: that’s The Push Point! 

 

Slammed. 

Focus on Strength, Length, Agility and Mobility and get SLAMMED in this hard-hitting high intensity class utilizing Hyperwear sand bells. You’ll slam, push, pull and drag your sand bell through a series of hardcore heavy hitting exercises designed to chisel your body and slam you into shape. 

Top It Off. 

Shape and sculpt every muscle in your upper body in this two-part, heart-pumping workout. Using weights and isometric exercises, you’ll work through a series of sweat inducing exercises to tone and chisel your arms, shoulders, chest, and back.  

stacked gf class

Looped In.

Get LOOPED IN to a great workout utilizing the Slastix Loop by Stroops. Shape and strengthen your lower body and chisel your abs in this workout that incorporates dedicated segments of lower body toning, core conditioning and explosive cardio intervals. This workout accelerates in intensity as the class progresses. Are you ready to be IN The LOOP?  

Find a STACKED Class at a Crunch Near You  

Embark on your fitness journey with ease! Explore STACKED and all of our other exhilarating classes at your nearest Crunch. Find Cardio Tai Box, Slammed and other exclusive classes here and start your journey to a healthier you today!

Not a Crunch Member Yet? Join Or Start Your Free Trial!  

Ready to sculpt muscles you didn’t know existed? Get to STACKED and other fiercely fun strength classes only available at Crunch, make sure you sign up in the app to take a class today!  Not a member yet?  Click here for a Get your free trial gym pass and give Hatha Flow or one of our other yoga classes a try to see if you and Crunch are made for each other!

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