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By Jose Cruz
THE BATTALION
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Student Recreation Center is packed with students try
ing to shed a few pounds to look appealing in their
suits. However, there are some students who have been exer-
ngdaily for years. Shelley McBride, a senior nutrition major,
pled a strict workout regimen at an early age.
‘Iwas a little overweight in sixth grade, and I decided I was
enu jgto do something about it. So I began running a lot,” she said.
nce a Now McBride works out seven days a week, including teaching
on ^ * aerobics classes a week as well as strength training and running
ises. McBride enjoys exercising so much that she became a per-
al trainer.
Many people make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight, but
lap abandoning their quest due to lack of commitment.
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their efforts as well as the obvi-
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Senior nutrition major
form of entertainment.
“It keeps you from getting bored, and it keeps you healthy,”
Mikeska said.
She said exercising is so entertaining that she teaches five aero
bics classes a week at the Rec Center.
Something positive such as exercising is not usually thought of
as potentially addictive, but anything can be a negative in excess.
Raquel Cruz, a junior exercise physiology major, said she agrees
that exercising can become addictive.
“It’s hard to stop
once you started.
When I don’t work
out, I feel guilty,” Cruz
said.
Cruz also works out
seven days a week,
usually splitting time
between cardiovascular
activity and weight lift
ing. While this behav
ior may be interpreted
as an addiction to
some, other students
interpret it as a healthy
habit.
Josh Gavos, a senior
construction science
major, is optimistic
about his dedication to with exercising.
Anything you do could eventually be considered
an addiction. I see it more as healthy habit,” he
said.
Gavos said that while addictions are usually
easy to fall into, forming a habit to exercise is
very difficult. One reason for this is that students are quick
ly discouraged when they don’t see results right away.
Students such as Gavos and Mikeska recommend that people
take it slow, and not expect too much too soon.
“Most people get into it too quickly and they are automatically
looking for life-changing results. People should take it slowly. My
advice would be to not overdo it right away. Plan it out and give your
self time to allow your body to adjust,” Mikeska said.
Cruz advises students about the importance of weight training
for women as well as men.
“Weight training is also very important, and a lot of girls don’t
really think about weight training,” Cruz said. “Girls are afraid to
go into the weight room either because they are intimidated by the
guys or because they are afraid they will bulk up, but that’s not
the case.”
McBride said that although she thinks the Rec Center is great, it
could be improved.
“I think the weight room is too small. I would like to see them
either expand it or devote a section to it exclusively for women
because a lot of times girls are intimidated by all the guys in the
weight room,” McBride said.
Despite facilities some view as inadequate, these highly moti
vated students stay committed to working out.
The main reason they choose to work out so much is very
simple — it makes them feel good about themselves.
“Being fit and having a good body motivates me. You feel
confident knowing that you’re fit. It enables you to do what
you want to do,” Cruz said.
Gavos said it gives him complete confidence that people
around him notice right away.
“My family likes the fact that I work out,” Gavos said.
“They see it makes me happy, and they see that it makes me
look good and feel good.”
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Reckless
rock
Reckless Kelly headlines
at Shadow Canyon for
Northgate Music Festival
By Will Knous
THE BATTALION
Reckless Kelly will perform Friday at Shadow Canyon for the
Northgate Music Festival. The country-rock quintet is one of he
headliners for this year’s Festival.
D on’t judge a book by its cover, and don’t be fooled by
a name. Though the band Reckless Kelly may have a
name that conjurs images of a drunk woman, it is in
fact a quintet of incredibly talented musicians.
Brothers Cody (fiddle/harmonica/mandolin) and Willy Braun
(lead vocals and guitar), Jimmy McFeeley (bass), David Abeyta
(lead guitar) and Jay Nazz (drums) formed Reckless Kelly
when they came to Texas in the mid-1990s to play and work.
“(In) ’94, ’95, that was still the grunge scene was still preva
lent — a lot of angry young man music,” said Willy Braun.
“Our music just didn't fit in there. We heard Texas catered to
original, more country-flavored music, there were more places
to play and people (in Texas) are more informed about live
music — they go out and support it. (Crowds) grow up learning
to go see live music and they keep passing it down. It’s a way of
life here.”
Braun said the move was something that had to be done.
“We just wanted to break out,” Braun said. “We started lis
tening to edgier country and more rock ’n’ roll. It was just a nat
ural progression.”
It is rare to find a band that appeals to a wide spectrum of lis
teners and is not specifically engineered for that purpose. A
crisp, clean, listener-friendly sound has never been Reckless
Kelly’s vision.
“If you dissect (the sound) too much then you will sound like
everyone else out there,” Braun said. “You are almost trying to
second guess the times, and that’s near impossible.”
In fact, on the band’s recent album, “Under the Table and
Above the Sun,” Braun said Reckless Kelly tried to pare down
the studio cleanliness even more — leaving in the breaks and
scruffs, the stomping of a guitarist as he plays lead and the gen
erally unforgiving sound of a band playing live. But that has not
stopped Reckless Kelly from winning the “Best Roots Rock”
award five times, four of which were consecutive.
“(Roots rock) is a category that (critics) put us in because it
fits, but there’s so much music out now without a home,” Braun
said. “Call it alternative country or hick rock, Americana, roots
rock or whatever — it just varies. But it all works together
because its from the same place: people being influenced by the
older music.”
Reckless Kelly’s sound features country, blues, bluegrass and
— most importantly — rock ’n’ roll, which are not mixed so
much as piled together and dispensed on cue, Braun said.
“(Catering to an image) is something you don’t try to do,” he
said. “When situations come around and people say ‘Do this,
it’ll be more commercial’ and it doesn’t fit — we don’t do it.
But you have to compromise — you have to take chances.”
Senior political science major Brad Viator said any band that
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