Fitting a workout into your day is easier when your fitness options blend effortlessly into your lifestyle. Step out of a breakfast meeting and onto your choice of cardio machines. Head from a networking event right into a yoga or spinning class. And trade office work to work your muscles on a full circuit of strength training equipment, free weights or a Power Rack. Find a range of fitness options for a change of pace every day.
Squash
We offer four international squash courts and a hardball doubles court. And if you’re a squash enthusiast, the best part is you’ll have access to former USOC team coach, Sharon Bradey, who’s career-high rank reached number 12 in the World. Whether you're a beginner or advanced player, sign up for 30- or 45-minute expert instruction from this longtime Squash Pro seven days a week.
Squash Player Partnering Service
Need help finding a partner? Let us match you up with other members for a game. Just contact our Squash Pro with your desired schedule and play level and we’ll get you paired up.
The Pro Shop
We carry a variety of squash rackets, squash shoes and top of the line athletic apparel in our Pro Shop. If you need a racket strung, stop by any time during Squash Pro's hours.
Squash Programs
Junior Program
The Club boasts one of the most active Junior Squash Programs in the Boston and is open to children ages 6-17 years for all levels of play. The following three sessions are offered:
SESSION 1: September to December
SESSION 2: January through March
SESSION 3: April through June
Box League
Want to challenge your game? Join the Winter Box League, a popular program that runs from October through April.
Interclub League Play
Members are welcome to represent the Club in the Mass Squash League that runs from mid-October through March. The League caters to all standards, and the Club fields teams accordingly. It commences in mid-October and runs weekly throughout the season. To compete in the League you must be a Mass Squash member. Please see one of the Squash Pros to sign up.
Other Squash Programs
Other Squash Programs include the following:
Summer In-house League (for Adults): June through August
Summer Programs (Children): June, July and August
Harvard Club of Boston – Club Championships: January – April
Robert Banker Cup Doubles Tournament: September – November
Round Robins
Harvard Club of Boston Squash Programs
Junior Clinics — Adult Clinics — Doubles Clinics — Round Robins.
June thru August summer in house leagues and summer in house doubles leagues.
* Subject to change based on attendance
Classes
Prefer to work out with others to gain a little extra motivation? Join one of our focused group exercise classes:
All Levels Yoga – This class is focused on breath-work, meditation, alignment, strength building and relaxation. Classes are slow flow in approach (i.e. linking poses together in a way that brings calmness to the nervous system and opens and strengthens the body while maintaining a rhythmic and restorative breathing pattern). This class is adapted to all levels of experience. Each class incorporates aspects of standing poses, balancing practice, and seated postures that will stretch and strengthen all parts of your body. Focus is on safe and effective alignment to minimize injury and allow students to explore their individual potential.
Core and More – This 45-minute class will focus on core strength, balance, joint mobility and some flexibility. A fair amount of class time will take place on the floor/mat. This class is appropriate for all ages and fitness levels. Resistance bands and massage balls are optional and may be used in some of the classes.
Lower Body Blast – This 45-minute class will focus primarily on strengthening the glutes, quads, and hamstring muscles. Dumbbells and resistance bands are optional. Stretching will be included at the conclusion of class. All fitness levels welcome.
Pilates Mat – This 45-minute class will focus on posture and alignment, core strength, balance and flexibility. A fair amount of class time will take place on the floor/mat. This class is appropriate for all ages and fitness levels.
Pilates for Athletes - This 45-minute class is a complete body workout for active men and women who want to improve core strength & stability, increase flexibility, reduce injuries, and develop strength in smaller muscles that boost your overall sports performance. It will make your swing, kick or stride better and more efficient yielding better results. Pilates training will make a positive impact for golfers by supporting spine rotation and help undo damage of days spent hunched over your computer and keep you mobile to play the sports you love. This class is for active and fit individuals along with anyone who wants to be challenged and elevate their fitness level.
QiFlow - This 45-minute class is a hybrid exercise program, interweaves the most powerful and effective elements of TaiChi, Qi Gong and Breath-work into one seasonal flow. Carefully curated to align with the four seasons and one transitional season, the exercises incorporate the ancient Chinese theory of the Five Elements. Each seasonal QiFlow is designed to help unblock energy stagnation while opening up the internal energy pathways. The sequences will help awaken sensitivities to your own energy flow and will promote balance of the mind, body and spirit. The gentle and soothing exercises help enhance flexibility, fluidity and inner strength and is suitable for people of all ages and physical abilities.
Tabata Training – This 45-minute class is of higher-intensity. The workout features a variety of upper and lower body exercises as well as some bursts of cardio. Typically, each burst of activity last for 20 seconds followed by a 10 second rest. All fitness levels welcome. Modifications are provided.
Total Conditioning - This 45-minute workout combines cardio and strength exercises for full body conditioning. Movements and equipment can be adjusted to meet your fitness goals.
Upper Body Strength and Tone – This 45-minute class will consist of a variety of pushing and pulling exercises targeting all of the muscles in the upper body. Stretching will be included at the conclusion of class. All fitness levels welcome.
Vinyasa Yoga – Vinyasa is a type of yoga that links movement and breath to attain balance in the mind and body. From the Sanskrit “to place in a special way,” Vinyasa yoga aligns a deliberate sequence of poses with the breath to achieve a continuous flow. Inhalation is usually connected to upward, open movements, while exhalation is often tied to downward movements or twists. Vinyasa classes offer a variety of postures and no two classes are ever alike.
Yoga with Core Strength – A vinyasa yoga with core strength as the focus. Using concepts from mat pilates incorporated into a yoga class to safely build additional core strength.
Yoga with Strength Training – This yoga class will focus on building different muscle groups. You will use your body weight to strengthen muscles around your joints and build overall strength and balance.
Golf Society
Imagine playing 18 holes on the most beautiful courses throughout New England—from the Cape’s acclaimed greens designed by architect Rees Jones to Robert Trent Jones Sr.’s masterpiece along New Hampshire’s seacoast. The Harvard Club of Boston Golf Society offers an expansive network of clubs in Massachusetts and options all around New England.
“Blackstone National Golf Club in Sutton is an aesthetically beautiful track that winds easily over a hilly landscape, through mature forests, and past old stonewalls. When one plays this special course, he or she can feel truly at one with nature and alone with playing partners, as each hole is designed to be separate from the others.” – Tom Landers, Golfing Magazine
Stockbridge Golf Club was founded in 1895, one of the oldest clubs in the United States. Relatively flat, but narrow, the course is challenging. The Housatonic River runs through the course and comes into play on 11 of the 18 holes. One can actually hit a tee shot on the 10th and with either a hook or slice, find the same river. Stockbridge Golf Club has hosted the longest running Men’s Invitational tournament in the country, dating back to 1898. Surrounded by the Rockwell Museum, Tanglewood, Chesterwood and the historic Stockbridge downtown, it is worth a trip.
Waterville Country Club is a member owned semi-private golf course perched in the hills of Oakland, Maine. A Geoffrey Cornish design, Waterville Country Club’s 18 holes provides something for golfers of all skill levels. Beginners will be able to see their destination from almost every tee box while experienced players will be challenged by well maintained and undulating greens. As a semi-private club, both members and non-members can access the facility but members enjoy an active golf calendar of club sponsored events. In addition to the golf course, Waterville Country Club’s facility includes a pro-shop, restaurant, two putting greens and a practice range.
“On behalf of the Members of the Baker Hill Golf Club, I am delighted to welcome you to a very special place. Our Rees Jones-designed course has earned many accolades, such as holding Golf Digest’s ranking as the top-rated course in New Hampshire currently and for 12 of the last 14 years and as host to elite tournaments such as the New England Amateur in 2016. But what really sets our Club apart is our membership, our incredible location adjacent to Lake Sunapee, and the fact that our course is seldom very busy given our bylaws that limit the number of members. This is our first reciprocal relationship with an organization like the Harvard Club, and we hope you will take full advantage of the opportunity. Welcome to our home course.” – John Gilbert, President
The Quechee Club is a 36-hole private experience with championship flair. These two diverse championship layouts will allow you to take in some of the most beautiful vistas in Vermont, while having the opportunity to challenge yourself on two completely different true tests of golf. Come and see why players are raving about the best two conditioned golf courses in New England, and enjoy the tranquility of Quechee, Vermont.
Portsmouth Country Club is a member-owned country club founded in 1901. The club is semi-private, and non-members are invited to use the golf course, the pro shop, restaurant, and banquet facilities. Portsmouth Country Club is a championship golf course designed by the famous Robert Trent Jones Sr., and it is consistently ranked as one of the best in New England.