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ncc (Sports keeps studonts fit with interesting variety of exercise progiws
By Stephen Wells
Staff writer
he best of intentions often fall prey to the
harsh realities of everyday schedules. Over
worked, under-rested students make a
|imise to themselves to lose their guts and pump
ne iron.
fter a week, the college doldrums suck them
|:k in and they abandon their trips to the Rec
nter in favor of more critical needs, like sleeping
|ough their morning classes,
ut students need not worry about becoming
nan-sized Jell-O molds. Various organizations
mi departments at Texas A&M can help them start
, lew, healthier lifestyle they can stick with for
lire than the standard one-week trial run.
jjlrwo programs offered by Rec Sports are de-
Jjned to help the weaning coach potato. Start
otumBart is an educational lecture series about the ba-
Ts of aerobic and resistance exercise. Fresh Start
]S r Ja motivational system designed to keep the
hoyjjjftlth conscious on schedule by using a point sys-
■ito track progress. Both programs are free ser-
of J es ’ an d scheduled classes run until May 1 for the
ie tie starters.
th Jchris Muller, a freshman biology major, said
ern !» rt Smart can be informative for a person with
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“I think that people assume you just go into a
gym and push weights around,” Muller said. “If you
don’t go about it the right way, you get hurt and you
only make it worse by exercising the wrong way
every time. I think it’s important that people know
how to use the equipment in the weight room the
right way.”
Another interesting approach to
ward working out is the Rec Cycle
program. Designed to remove
the environmental hazards
from outdoor bicycling and
the boredom from traditional
stationary bicycling, this pro
gram offers an intense aerobic
workout with an open, easy-to-
work-with schedule.
In the Rec Cycle
program, 22 sta
tionary bikes are
arranged with
an aerobics in
structor at the
head of the
class giving a
visual descrip
tion of the ter
rain the class is
cycling through.
The visual element encourages attendees to get
the very most out of their workout.
Janine Hutchins, a junior architecture major,
said that just being on a stationary bike is not a big
hassle for those who come prepared.
“I just bring a radio with head
phones,” Hutchins said. “You won’t
believe how fast the time goes by if
you’re listening to your favorite CD
or watching an interesting show. An
hour goes by pretty fast, much faster
than if you just constantly think about
how tired you’re getting while
« working out.”
J***? * \ There are plenty of
strategies students can use
to avoid the laziness trap
without having to rely on
professional help.
“Just find a friend
who’s willing to go
with you every time
you work out,”
Hutchins said. “The
hardest part about
going to a workout
in the morning is get
ting out of bed. After
you’ve done that, the rest
is pretty easy.”
For those who need a little more motivation, Rec
Sports is offering a personal training program. Stu
dents pay for one-on-one workouts with a person
al trainer certified by the AFAA or the ACE profes
sional trainer certification programs.
The personal trainers teach students how to
make their workouts more efficient, how diet af
fects their performance and results and how to ex
ercise safely to avoid a sports injury.
Currently, the Department of Rec Sports has
12 personal trainers available for e students. The
program was first offered in the 1997 fall semes
ter and has become a success for both the De
partment of Rec Sports and the students who
used it.
One final program, a collaboration between
Rec Sports, A.R Beutel Health Center, Aggie
R.E.A.C.H. and several other campus groups is the
Healthy Living lecture series.
Running through March and April, it is a series
of educational programs designed to help stu
dents reduce stress and live healthier lives by in
forming them of health issues confronting to
day’s college student. Programs cover a range of
topics, from nutrition to relationships to a stu
dent’s self image.
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ing just to see the cute little
boys. The movie, in which
froung River Phoenix and Co.
[nited Search for a dead body, was
much better a few years ago
than it is now.
The dialogue is out-of-date,
but funny, and the acting is sur
prisingly polished for four 12-
year-olds. What is not surpris
ing is that only one of the ac
tors grew up to have a substan
tial acting career.
Phoenix has few starring
roles these days for obvious
reasons; Corey Feldman, the
funniest character in the movie,
is probably in rehab some
where with the other Corey;
and Wil Wheaton never made it
past “Star Trek.”
Jerry O’Connell, however,
who plays the whiny “fat kid,”
has had success with “Sliders,”
Jerry McGuire and Scream 2.
However, Stand By Me is his
best acting performance. For a
good cry or a good laugh,
Stand By Me continues to be a
best renter.
— April Towery
1 first saw Stand By Me when
I was about the same age
as the film’s four protago
nists, and I saw a lot of myself
in the characters.
I was the same kid who
walked along railroad tracks,
who was afraid of attack dogs
trained to attack genitalia, and
who enjoyed the occasional fun
with firecrackers prank.
Now, when I watch it again, I
see how much of a dork I was to
believe a group of sixth graders
could find a dead body before
the police did.
Still, this film is a neat little
piece of nostalgia with a com
ing of age lesson somehow get
ting lost in the song “Lollipop”.
— Stephen Wells
ll ey, any of you guys
want to go see a
dead body?” And
with that begins the trek of
four adolescents on a journey
into manhood.
The best, and probably the
funniest scene in Stand By Me
comes about when Wil
Wheaton’s character finds a
leech within his underwear
and passes out from the shock
of finding it.
Greaser, preppy, nerdy ... the
film covers the spectrum of all
childhood stereotypes the ’80s
attempted to portray in many of
the movies made back then.
Stand By Me is a fun film to
watch with friends and remi
nisce over middle school days.
The most surprising aspect
of the film is that such a
touching coming-of-age story
could come from the novella
“The Body” written by
Stephen King.
Boys becoming men and
Richard Dreyfuss as a grown
up Wil Wheaton writing his
childhood story on a comput
er old enough to only save on
floppy disks is what Stand By
Me is all about.
— James Francis
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