Strong Body, Strong Mind

You don’t have to look around campus long to find space dedicated to stretching students’ minds, exercising their intellect and keeping their brains healthy and fit. And, with the opening of the George Street Fitness Center last fall, there’s now plenty of space for strengthening their bodies, too.

Occupying 19,000 square feet of the first floor of the Campus Center Apartments, located between the Sottile Theatre and the Simons Center for the Arts, the new fitness center is the largest on-campus workout space in the College’s history. It houses 45 cardio machines, including treadmills, bikes and elliptical steppers; 28 weight machines; 12 resistance machines; eight power racks and four bench-press benches; more than 10,000 pounds of weight plates; dumbbells from 5 to 100 pounds, a group exercise deck and a space for small-group fitness classes like Zumba and power yoga.

“The high-energy classes and the state-of-the-art machines, combined with the free weights, make it a one-stop shop for fitness,” says Bucky Buchanan ’08, fitness coordinator for Campus Recreation Services, noting that – unlike the College’s previous fitness centers – it also has men’s and women’s locker rooms with showers. “There are no excuses now! The George Street Fitness Center has everything our students need to be active, get fit and still make it to class on time.”

And, of course, that makes them healthier, stronger and more agile than ever – both in body and in mind.

Photo by John D. Smoak III