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Campus recreation provides holistic fitness classes
Photo by Harper Spires - Staff Photographer
Instructor Ashley Edwards leads students and faculty participants in Yogalates, a class that combines basic yoga and Pilates practices.
Meredith Foster
mfosterunca.edu - Staff Writer
UNC Asheville’s ampus rec
reation provides free health and
fitness programs for students.
“Our programs are about
more than just working out to
get a hot body for the club,”
said Erin Sattler, a group fit
ness instructor and personal
trainer.
Students can attend fitness
classes for free on campus mul
tiple times a week.
“Our goal is to serve students
in co-curricular activity,” said
Aleen Dailey, assistant direc
tor of campus recreation.
One of the ways they serve
the student body is by provid
ing free group fitness classes
throughout the week, Dailey
said.
“Already this semester, we
have had 2,100 students in
volved in group fitness class
es,” Dailey said. “Last semester
we had a total of around 4,000.”
According to Dailey, campus
recreation offers 21 group fit
ness classes this semester in
cluding yoga, pilaties, Zumba,
abs blast and personal training.
“Fitness routines provide
a release as well as promote
physical wellness,” Dailey
said. “The classes we have to
offer are designed to appeal to
more than Just those interested
in physical fitness.”
Campus recreation offers
classes that pertain to all of the
dimensions of wellness, Dailey
said.
“Asheville is very unique in
the types of fitness they prefer,”
Dailey said. “We try to provide
a variety and give the students
what they want.”
A unique service provided by
campus recreation is a free per
sonal training program called
Built Like a Bulldog, Sattler
said.
“This is the best value pro
gram that UNCA offers,” Sat
tler said. “There are not many
places that you can get one-on-
one instruction for free.”
Sattler is one of many stu
dents that trained to become a
group fitness teacher.
“I taught Zumba before I
came to UNCA, but after talk
ing to Aleen, I got involved
in teaching multiple classes a
week,” Sattler said.
Sattler teaches three classes
a week this semester: Fit-in-5,
abs blast and Zumba.
“A continual exercise routine
is more beneficial than people
think,” Sattler said. “It can
serve as stress management, as
well as anxiety relief.”
Students also said the large
amount of fitness classes makes
it easy to find one that fits their
schedules.
“I love the fit-in-5 class, be
cause it’s so short and conve
nient to my schedule,” said
Kalya Lea, a freshman from
Indiana.
Fit-in-5 is a 30-minute tabata-
style class that maximizes calo
rie burn and full-body strength
ening in just five exercises.
“I usually come by myself,
but I feel like my friends would
really enjoy it. I always feel
immediately sore,” Lea said. “I
really didn’t work out a lot be
fore I came to college, but the
fitness classes are built around
my class schedule, so it makes
it so easy to build a routine.”
Fit-in-5 follows the 15-min
ute abs blast class on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. Both classes
are offered during the campus
wide class break.
“Yogalates is another one of
my favorite classes. It’s insane
- it’s a really deep stretch, but it
also works the hell out of you,”
Lea said.
Yogalates is a combination of
yoga and pilates fused to pro
mote full-body toning as well
as a stretching experience.
“Many of the students don’t
know about everything that
we have to offer,” Sattler said.
“But more often than not, stu
dents are hesitant to come to
classes because they’re afraid
of being embarrassed.”
Group fitness classes don’t
necessarily mean all the stu
dents are on the same level.
“All of our teachers can pro
vide modifications to make the
exercises easier or harder de
pending on what the students
want,” Sattler said.
Fitness classes are designed
for the students to get what they
want out of it, Sattler said.
“To start all my Zumba class
es, I tell all of my students that
I don’t care what they look like,
as long as they’re moving and
having a good time,” Sattler
said.
If students are nervous about
coming to a group class alone,
they can bring a friend. Most
fitness classes, with the excep
tion of spin class, don’t require
sign-up. Students can show up
at the door.
“We can always make room
for more,” Sattler said. “We are
always looking to build stu
dent interest and increase class
sizes.”
If group classes are too in
timidating, one-on-one training
is always an option.
“All of our classes are non-
judgmental. We just want to
help students build and main
tain overall fitness,” Sattler
said.
UNCA is the only school in
North Carolina that has a build
ing specifically dedicated to
health and wellness. The ma
jority of fitness classes are held
in the Sherrill Center.
“The majority of our funding
comes from student fees that
are included in tuition,” Aleen
said. “This is one of reasons we
are so feedback-based.”
The Sherrill Center provides
many resources for students to
maximize their overall well
ness. Campus recreation pro
vides students with information
on how to use it.
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