Fit Fest motivates college students to embrace wholesome life

The LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center held its annual Fit Fest occasion on the LaHaye Recreational Courts Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to three p.m., hosted by the crew of group train instructors.  

This all-day occasion allowed college students to problem themselves in group train lessons in addition to push-pull, useless raise and bench press competitions to win prizes and study extra about bodily health alternatives provided on the health club.  

This yr, Fit Fest launched a brand new partnership with Les Mills. This New Zealand-based health firm affords Body Pump, Body Balance and Les Mills Core, amongst different packages. The pageant allowed college students to check out these new packages with the newly-certified group health teacher crew at Liberty University.  

Assistant Director of Fitness, Josie Hanson, oversees all of the group train lessons and private coaching. Hanson shared her pleasure for the approaching weeks because the Les Mills lessons will likely be accessible for college kids to enroll and study new train codecs.  

“There is going to be a class format that every person will love, and the more class formats that we can offer, the wider audience that we are going to be able to pull in … so that they can fall in love with exercise,” Hanson mentioned.  

Hanson’s ardour for instructing train has continued to develop by means of her years working on the LaHaye Recreation & Fitness Center, and she or he mentioned occasions like this give her and the group train crew the flexibility to achieve college students who might not be accustomed to train.  

“Getting to teach at LaHaye is such a privilege, because there are so many students who don’t have any kind of experience with exercise, and I get to be one of the first people who teach them something that is a life skill. … That’s not something I ever want to take lightly, and that’s why I love it so much,” Hanson mentioned.  

Junior Pamela Ferreiro mentioned these lessons have made coming to the health club a significantly better expertise.  

“It made me realize that I can just come to the gym and take classes, and it’s a way to make working out a lot more fun, and it makes me excited to go work out instead of feeling like I have to do it, like a chore,” Ferreiro mentioned.  

She additionally mentioned she enjoys coming to the health club due to the buddies she has made alongside the best way.  

“It’s a great way to meet other people who like coming to classes. I think a big part of coming to a workout class is that you get to meet new people and feel like you’re all in it together,” Ferreiro mentioned.  

Senior Leticia Gonzaga, who’s a nursing scholar, mentioned she is grateful for the broad vary of exercise lessons she will join round her busy schedule. 

“It’s something you can do with people from your classes. For nursing, a lot of people in clinical groups do it together,” Gonzaga mentioned.  

Gonzaga mentioned she has turn into extra concerned in group train as extra lessons have turn into accessible.  

“I’ve been coming to workout classes since I transferred here two years ago, and it’s been really fun. I normally come to body pump, step and started trying out boxing,” Gonzaga mentioned.  

To join group health lessons or private coaching appointments, go to www.liberty.edu/campusrec/lahaye-rec-and-fitness/group-exercise.

Riden is the on-campus information editor for the Liberty Champion.