High energy, welcoming environment encourages healthy lifestyles
The new functional fitness room has recently opened in the
Health, Wellness and Recreation Center on campus to give students, faculty and
staff a more private and concentrated focus during their workout.
The new room at the Rec is open from 8 a.m. to noon and from
1 to 4 p.m. Monday–Friday, and it features a more private and updated
environment so students can concentrate on body-focused workouts.
The room has a turf and weightlifting section, squat racks,
bumper plates, kettlebells, TRX equipment used for suspension training and box
platforms.
Lindsay Joyce, the fitness coordinator, wants to encourage
participants to get out of their comfort zone and branch into different styles
of training.
“TRX is a suspension training bodyweight exercise where the
participant uses his/her own bodyweight to develop strength, balance,
flexibility and core strength all at the same time,” Joyce said. “Since it uses
your bodyweight and gravity, it can be modified for all fitness levels. We want
members to have a fun and safe environment, but also have the ability to train
hard and be healthy.”
The functional fitness room allows members to perform a
variety of Olympic-style lifts of use their body weight with a variety of
equipment much different from the original weight room.
“The fitness room is something new that I like,” MTSU senior
Darius Gallaher said. “It gives me the freedom to do the workouts I want to do
without feeling restricted by outdated equipment.”
With a high energy and welcoming environment, the functional
fitness room has more flexibility to create more short circuit, interval, and
agility training sessions that allow students to maximize their fitness
potential.
In order to use the room, you must be a member of the Rec or
have some affiliation with MTSU. All students have memberships that are
included with their tuition. Faculty and staff also have free memberships and can
purchase membership access for family, Alumni are also able to purchase
memberships.
For more information about the functional fitness room,
visit http://www.mtsu.edu/camprec/fitness/Functionalfitness.php,
or contact Lindsay Joyce at Lindsay.Joyce@mtsu.edu.
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