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Page 3 • Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Aerobic
Students exercise their rights to get in
hustle
shape and burn some calories
By Lyndsey Sage
THE BATTALION
Working out is as much a part of the
day as sleeping, eating and going to
class for Jillian Olguin. a sophomore
electrical engineering major. However,
her workout isn't the usual running or
lifting weights. Instead, Olguin is an
aerobics instructor at the Student
Recreation Center five days a week.
The Rec Center offers students and
members a unique alternative to indi-
ol vidual workouts through group exercise
programs. These classes, which range
from beginning to advanced fitness lev
els, are a diverse mixture of upbeat
dance and step classes that get one
ready fora night out to tranquil yoga
andpilates that provide
asoothing hour after a
stressful day.
Olguin, w'ho teaches
everything from cycling
lo kickboxing to hip-
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group gives participants
acommon interest from
which friendships are
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.-ompanies auj Zoning classes," Olguin said. "You
see many of them in your classes or
around campus."
Benjamin Bryan, an international
affairs graduate student, said one reason
he goes to class once a week at the Rec
Center is to try something different.
such a wide variety of classes to
choose from, each offers a distinctly
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hop class, classifies it as "fun exercise.”
"I don't like to exercise, but it isn't
until the end of the class that you real
ized you just exercised,” he said.
Cynthia Zuniga, an international
affairs graduate student, said the hour
she spends in the class goes by much
faster than an hour on a treadmill
would. Zuniga credits this phenomena
to the class’ group atmosphere.
"Exercising with a group helps you
stay motivated because you encourage
each other,” she said.
Zuniga said it is easy to walk out of
the weight room before finishing an
individual workout, but the environ
ment and structure of the class gives
one an incentive to stay and complete
the workout.
Zuniga said, the
assortment of classes
and fitness levels
allows for students
who are in top shape
to participate. Students
who have never even
touched foot on the
third floor of the Rec
Center, where the aer
obic classrooms are
located, can participate
as well.
"There are so many
different classes,”
Zuniga said. “You
don’t have to be an
exercise guru to go.”
Whether searching
for a way to mix up a workout routine
or just wanting to start one, students
find that from the wide array of aerobic
classes that the Rec Center offers, they
are able to find one that fits their per
sonal style and level.
According to Olguin, the most popu
lar classes are kickboxing and cycling.
Athletic conditioning, which is a com
pilation of running, sprints, jump rope,
squats and other training procedures
that athletes endure, also ranks among
— Chandra Chapman
aerobics instructor
ALISSA HOLLIMON • THE BATTALION
Nicole Gabilondo, a senior accounting major, instructs her step aerobics class Monday morning at the Recreation Center.
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the classes with the highest attendance.
Also available are step, yoga and
dance classes, in addition to classes that
focus on certain parts of the body
including abs and back and classes that
offer a variety of cardiovascular and
muscle strengthening exercises.
Olguin said kickboxing and cycling
are the most challenging; however, the
intensity level is dependent on how
hard instructors push the class as well
as the area of the body they choose to
focus on.
“I usually do legs,” Olguin said.
“Everyone in my classes know that I
will kill them on legs.”
Even though the workouts can be
intense, Olguin said that the classes
calm her down after a day of stress and
give her a feeling of accomplishment at
the end.
Chandra Chellappan, a medical
graduate student and a yoga instructor
at the Rec Center, said, not only does
one physically feel better when in
shape, but also sleeps sounder.
"Studies show that working out is
just as effective as taking Prozac to
fight depression,” Chellappan said. “It
makes you a happier person overall.”
In addition to raising endorphins and
giving one a sense of physical well
being, classes allow participants to tar
get specific areas of the body or work
on a certain type of exercise. For exam
ple, yoga’s benefits include increased
inner core strength, muscle tone and
flexibility. Also, with certified
instructors as guides, students learn
the correct way to perform stretches
and other exercises that they may not
have known on their own.
Aside from these benefits,
Chellappan, who starts some of her
mornings with a 6:30 a.m. yoga class,
said exercising is just a nice way to
wake up because it energizes you for
the day.
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