2008 Woodie Awards
Free classes offered
Travis Weldon
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: Sports
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It is not fun paying for something that is not quite what you imagined.
Campus Recreation has taken care of that problem this week with free group fitness classes. Students are encouraged to try out many of the classes they have to offer.
SCSU student Melissa Fiegen, a transfer from the University of Minnesota, was impressed with the number and types of classes offered.
"They have a lot of variety like yoga and pilates, which are not as intense, and they have high intensity training and butts 'n' guts," she said. "Once you go, you kind of see people there all the time and tell each other you are going to go."
In addition, there are also such events as core strength, hip-hop cardio, kickboxing, wake-up and spin, step and prime time pedal, where the group watches "Grey's Anatomy" while on the stationary bikes.
Fiegen found group fitness classes a great way to meet new people.
"People you don't know right away, you are just like 'Hey, you want to hang out?' It's a way to meet people," Fiegen said.
Fiegen also got involved with a promotion occurring through group fitness called the 21 Days of Fitness. Students can get a card signed off by the instructor, and after 21 events, the student is registered for a chance to win a free iPod.
Fiegen went to three events Monday and sees new people in every class, but notices a large difference in the ratio of women to men.
"There is usually about three or four people in every class that I know, and it changes every week," she said. "You get random people that come in. There's no guys (in butts 'n' guts) - we need to get boys."
SCSU student Christina Lunde has been teaching classes for three years and still finds different ways to keep the classes interesting and exciting.
"My freshmen year we were still in Eastman, so I still take ideas from when I went to classes then," she said. "I am also a dancer, so I take pieces from my dance warm-ups."
Lunde started teaching step, pilates and kickboxing. Right now, you can find her teaching butts 'n' guts Mondays and Wednesdays at 8 a.m. Even with the free week, she says the time slot affects the new people who join in her classes.
"I don't see as many new faces (at 8 a.m.) as people do at around three, four and five (p.m.) because more people are available at that time," she said. "So I get the same people. If they are going to come at 8 a.m., they are coming at 8 a.m. consistently."
Lunde uses her upbeat personality and different varieties of music to keep classes different every time.
"I try to stay enthusiastic," she said. "Positivity rubs off onto others, so as long as I am enthusiastic about my class people will be as well."
When the week expires, the next session costs $15.
Campus Recreation has taken care of that problem this week with free group fitness classes. Students are encouraged to try out many of the classes they have to offer.
SCSU student Melissa Fiegen, a transfer from the University of Minnesota, was impressed with the number and types of classes offered.
"They have a lot of variety like yoga and pilates, which are not as intense, and they have high intensity training and butts 'n' guts," she said. "Once you go, you kind of see people there all the time and tell each other you are going to go."
In addition, there are also such events as core strength, hip-hop cardio, kickboxing, wake-up and spin, step and prime time pedal, where the group watches "Grey's Anatomy" while on the stationary bikes.
Fiegen found group fitness classes a great way to meet new people.
"People you don't know right away, you are just like 'Hey, you want to hang out?' It's a way to meet people," Fiegen said.
Fiegen also got involved with a promotion occurring through group fitness called the 21 Days of Fitness. Students can get a card signed off by the instructor, and after 21 events, the student is registered for a chance to win a free iPod.
Fiegen went to three events Monday and sees new people in every class, but notices a large difference in the ratio of women to men.
"There is usually about three or four people in every class that I know, and it changes every week," she said. "You get random people that come in. There's no guys (in butts 'n' guts) - we need to get boys."
SCSU student Christina Lunde has been teaching classes for three years and still finds different ways to keep the classes interesting and exciting.
"My freshmen year we were still in Eastman, so I still take ideas from when I went to classes then," she said. "I am also a dancer, so I take pieces from my dance warm-ups."
Lunde started teaching step, pilates and kickboxing. Right now, you can find her teaching butts 'n' guts Mondays and Wednesdays at 8 a.m. Even with the free week, she says the time slot affects the new people who join in her classes.
"I don't see as many new faces (at 8 a.m.) as people do at around three, four and five (p.m.) because more people are available at that time," she said. "So I get the same people. If they are going to come at 8 a.m., they are coming at 8 a.m. consistently."
Lunde uses her upbeat personality and different varieties of music to keep classes different every time.
"I try to stay enthusiastic," she said. "Positivity rubs off onto others, so as long as I am enthusiastic about my class people will be as well."
When the week expires, the next session costs $15.