New at the Fitness Room!

The fitness room has four new 95t Life Fitness Treadmills and 6 new Octane Elliptical machines.  You can bring your iPod to be used with the treadmills.  Yes, you can watch your videos or favorite video-cast while you run!  Also, all the old pads have been replaced and new upholstery has replaced the old ones.  Come enjoy your fitness room!

OL Teambuilding 2008


Why should I want to come back to work for Rec. Programs?

Recreation Programs staff, why should you want to come back to work for Recreation Programs?

Men’s rugby CLUB is the 2008 Division III National Champion!

Congratulations Rugby Club!

 

“Self” Challenge 2008

Self magazine is challenging you! Check out their website below.

http://www.self.com/challenge/howitworks

How was Spring Break?

Please tell us what kind of recreational activities you did during the break!

2 Miles Challenge by Clif Bar

Fitness Room/IM Feedback Feb. 11th-18th

Please send us your feedback for this week.   Rec. assistant please write in the feedback’s from the suggestion box.

Group X feedback from PSU staff member

I just wanted to drop you a line to say THANK YOU for creating such a fun Group X schedule.  Since I haven’t been a ‘frequent flyer’ when it comes to visiting the gym, I’m not familiar with format and instructors for our Group X classes.  However, I’ve attended three classes this spring and have been totally wowed by them.  I really appreciate and value the approach that Rebecca takes when teaching YOGA.  It is evident that she is wicked knowledgeable about the practice and does a wonderful job sharing her knowledge as she guides the class.  I’ve found both of the classes I’ve taken with her to be challenging – yet gentle enough not to scare me away.  J

I took my first-ever Cardio-Kickboxing class tonight with Jen Morris and let me tell you, that woman ROCKS!  She does an amazing job keeping the energy up (it’s a pretty hard workout) so folks are having fun.  There were several times she bounced around the room and gave feedback to folks regarding their technique/form.  The tunes she played were freaking amazing too – totally high-energy and fitting for the class.  Hell, I’m still ‘panting’ and trying to catch my breath!!!   

ID’s for the Fitness Room

Today a grad student showed up without her ID to use the fitness room.  She asked me what to do and I explained to her that she needed to print a copy of her class schedule in the computer cluster (A copy of the PSU Recreation Programs rules and policy is located in the door).  Ten minutes later she shows up angry because she wasn’t able to print the schedule and lost 10 minutes from her workout.  I took her name, had a Socratic conversation about the ID policy and wish her a happy workout.  I can tell by the look she gave me that she was not happy…  I wonder if we should eliminate the ID policy to prevent this kind of situations.  But then anyone would come and use the facility and there would be less space and equipment to use by the students that pay the student fee every year…  Comments are welcome.