Fitness
Masters Graduate Leah Wheeling
As a child, Leah loved being active. She participated in volleyball, tennis, basketball, gymnastics, and cheerleading throughout school. She says her favorite time of the day was always “gym class” although she doesn’t call it that anymore. Her love of “gym class” was one reason why she decided to go into PE and coaching at […]
Diary Of A Happy Yogi: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic
By: Ashley Whimpey To the majority, exercise is an extrinsic goal satisfier. While you may not enjoy the feeling of the bar producing callouses on your hands or the actual movement of pushing yourself from the ground over and over in a pushup, you have a goal in mind that makes it necessary. Sit ups […]
Diary of a Happy Yogi: Yoga Lingo
By Ashley Whimpey Despite any significant amount of hours spent in a yoga class, even the most practiced individuals can be halted right in the middle of their Sun Salutation at some unfamiliar jargon getting thrown around. Hopefully this revelation allows for a little less time spent deciphering the language and more time spent deciphering […]
Diary Of A Happy Yogi: Progressions and Regressions
By: Ashley Whimpey Modify is to change. Modification can take, “Now scratch your nose with your toes,” and change it into something more “all-levels” friendly. It could also take a mastered pose into a new and exciting place. As a personal journey, it’s important to personalize classes. Yoga is for the individual, and comes to […]
Fitness At Home
By: Alison Hall The Aquatic and Fitness Center, RAC, and Skyline Fitness Centers offer a variety of fitness activities. You can take group fitness classes, lift weights, train your balance, stretch, play basketball—the possibilities are endless. But what do you do when you’re home for spring break? Maybe you are traveling for work, or snowed […]
Eat, Sleep, Train – A Day in the Life of John Baldwin
John Baldwin is not your average college senior. In addition to preparing for graduation in Applied Information Technologies in May, and working up to 20 hours per week as head guard for the Aquatic and Fitness Center, he’s also preparing for his 5th ½ Iron Man. So how does he fit everything into a 24 […]
Partner Workouts Work! by Jennifer Lehman, MS RYT
Are you looking for better results from your work outs? Recent research shows that having a workout partner or a virtual partner can make a difference in your workouts. From being accountable to someone to pushing yourself harder, working out with a partner is proving to be the way to go. Research shows that […]