For those of us committed enough to sustain gym attendance all year round, January represents an overwhelming army of seasonal athletes, commonly known as the ‘New Year New Me’ crowd, or more succinctly, ‘The Resolutioners’. Regardless of nomenclature, we’ll look down at these novices and silently critique their lifting form or running style almost subconsciously. […]
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Gym gains: fitness centre to expand
The University has set aside funds to extend its £6.5 million on-campus gym – as students complain that lengthy queues and “one-in, one-out” policies have made them question the value of their £200+ memberships. “We have been experiencing a high demand for the Russell Seal Fitness Centre over the past week,” the centre’s Business Systems […]
‘Girls Do Lift’ event comes to campus
Five students from the Business School have organised two hour-long gym workshops this weekend, in an attempt to encourage more female students to try out weightlifting. Having experienced for themselves the lack of females in the Lower Weights Room on campus, Elizabeth Down, Rebecca Lissmann, Molly Smith, Barbara Pelletier and Andrea McDougall decided it was […]
Gym gripes: What not to do
Bugbears: we all have them. Whether it’s open cupboard doors, bad manners, or that switch left on when not in use, everyone has something that, in the immortal words of a certain Peter Griffin, really ‘grinds their gears’. But in the gym we find the ingredients for a whole new world of such shocking iniquity. […]
5 cardio alternatives for gaining muscle
The festive feasting is complete, the January exam season has passed, and now it’s time to really get back on track in the gym. You want to lean up for the summer, and the ‘dreadmill’ looms large on the horizon… or does it? Cardio doesn’t have to be the demon that keeps you awake at […]
Maintain Your Motivation
As we slowly creep towards the end of term, and have to deal with the added stresses of those nasty deadlines (not to mention rapidly depleting bank balances), it’s easy to let the volume and quality of our training slip up. At times it can feel as if any free time is being taken up […]
Back on track
Summer might now be a distant memory and your beach body efforts gone with the sun, but with Freshers’ Week over and the new academic year well under way, now is the time to get back on the fitness bandwagon. The temptation to hold out until it’s acceptable to start piling on the insulation layers […]
Gym alternatives
It’s no secret that students at The University of Exeter pride themselves on being some of the fittest in the UK, and on our treacherously hilly campus being fit is a necessity. But subscribing to the keep-fit trend, which has taken hold of campus has one major downfall: the cost. The Russell Seal Fitness Centre […]