Celebrate Fat Tuesday by getting fit. The YMCA is hosting a Mardi Gras parade and hour of fitness on Fountain Square, with free fitness class samples and information about the free fitness series they’ll offer this spring at Washington Park.
All YMCA locations in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky will also be offering free family and group fitness classes Tuesday in Zumba, yoga, cycling, dance aerobics, step and more. Parade leaves at 11:30 a.m. from the Central Parkway YMCA, 1105 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine and heads to Fountain Square, Fifth and Vine streets, Downtown, at noon.
Get more details and find free classes at myy.org.
This article appears in Feb 19-25, 2014.

