My name is Blair
Blanchette, and I’m a rising third year majoring in Biochemistry. In this brief
blog post, I hope to give you a little insight into staying fit at UVA. In my
two years as a UVA student, I can certainly say that UVA students love to
exercise and stay healthy! UVA has three gyms on grounds that are free to
students during the year. Those gyms have squash and racquetball courts,
saunas, an Olympic-sized swimming pool, the biggest hot tub on this side of the
Mississippi (which also doubles as a movie theater), and more ellipticals,
rowing machines, treadmills, and free weights than you can count. In addition,
the Aquatic and Fitness Center (also known as the AFC) hosts drop-in fitness
sessions, such as spin classes, yoga, pilates, zumba, and kick boxing. There
are more than enough locations and events for every student to stay fit.
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| Aquatic and Fitness Center |
When
UVA students aren’t cheering on our top-tier sports teams, we love
participating ourselves, either at the club or intramural level. Because our
varsity athletics are so strong, our club sports are equally competitive and
popular. The sports offered range from what I would consider typical, such as
soccer, tennis and lacrosse, to the atypical, such as fencing, archery and
riflery and Quidditch. If you’re looking for a little less intensity,
intramural sports last for about four weeks each season, so you can try a
variety of sports with your friends, including inner-tube water polo and
Wallyball. Since there are so many options, every student finds their own way
to stay fit, whether it be through an organized sport or just running around the
Rivanna trails, the city of Charlottesville, and our beautiful grounds.
Image source: http://www.virginia.edu/ims/aquatics/afc_pool.php
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