Looking for a chance to increase your fitness, but don’t know where to start? The fitness program in the Student Recreation Center at the University of Idaho has you covered. The fitness program offers personal training for individuals, group fitness classes and a personal fitness assessment.
Personal training is offered through the fitness program with different packages for individuals to purchase.
“Any student, faculty, staff or community member is welcome to sign up for personal training,” Ben Sturz, assistant director of Programs of Recreation and Wellbeing, said. “We provide individual services for training clients.”
New clients will go through a fitness assessment for their first session with any fitness package they purchase. A fitness assessment costs $35 for a one-hour session and includes an assessment of current health and fitness condition and a discussion with a trainer about how to refine and achieve goals.
Beginners are recommended to purchase an intro to fitness package that costs $120. The package includes four, one-hour sessions along with one fitness assessment and three training sessions.
Individuals can also purchase multiple and partner personal training sessions. They can purchase one session for $35, four sessions for $120, 10 sessions for $275 or 20 sessions for $500. Partner sessions cost $45 per hour or $165 for four sessions. The cost for three people is increased to $60 per hour or $225 for four sessions and for four people it goes up to $75 per hour or $280 for four sessions. They also offer body composition testing for $8. Each session lasts 5-10 minutes and each session provides bio-electrical and ultrasound tests along with a skin fold.
A personal trainer can be a benefit for many individuals new to fitness. They design a personalized exercise program to meet fitness goals at all levels. They give cardiovascular training, resistance training and efficiency instruction. They assist in minimizing injury and provide motivation and accountability.
Aside from personal training, the fitness program also offers group fitness classes. Classes being offered include ashtanga yoga, barre, bootcamp, BBT (bellies, butts, thighs), chisel & sculpt, cycling, gravity, high interval intensity training TRX, TRX, west coast swing, vinyasa yoga, yoga, zumba and zumba without mirrors.
“We were able to offer classes that allowed people to drop into any class they wanted but because of COVID-19, we’ve had to rethink group fitness,” Sturz said. “We’ve stepped away from a drop-in format, and we’re hoping to come out in the next week or two with some group fitness formats that allow people to purchase a guaranteed spot for a time frame.”
Each class will have 10 spots available and be offered two times a week. These spots will be available for purchase as soon as the fitness program has figured out a time to reopen group fitness classes.
With these options available, many individuals can take advantage of their fitness while in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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