Health and Wellness with Gary

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As we’ve explored the Wichita State campus, it’s clear that being a Shocker comes with amazing perks, starting with a membership at the on-campus YMCA and 10 others across the Wichita metro area. Students also enjoy hundreds of group fitness classes and the Heskett Center’s eight lane pool. I met up with Gary to learn all about it. Check this out. Gary, this place is massive. I still can’t believe you have a YMCA here on campus.

– Yes, we’re very fortunate to have one. It’s one of the few across the nation that’s actually on a college campus. It’s about 77,000 square feet, and the best part, it’s free. It’s a combined facility with a student wellness center and they have access to 10 others in the community.

– Yeah, there’s like zero excuses not to work out.

– Come on now, it’s right in the middle of campus.

– Yeah. The perks you students are getting are incredible.

– It’s amazing. It’s amazing. Yeah. Alex, we have over 670 group fitness classes offered at Wichita State. One of them is going on right behind us. We’ve got outdoor yoga going on and it’s all found on the YMCA 360 app. It’s where we can check in. You can see the calendar of events. You can book everything right in here.

– Yeah, it’s got an amazing amount of classes. How many classes are there?

– Over 670. And we don’t just have the wait room, mental health services and the group fitness classes, we also have the Heskett Center.

– So what’s that?

– You’re gonna have to check it out.

– That’s it.

– No way, y’all have an F45 on campus.

– Yes, yes. It’s absolutely insane.

– Gary, I dunno if you know this, but F45 is my gym. I love F45.

– Yeah, and who finds it on a college campus? It’s one of the few in the entire nation. Students are so, so busy in their schedule, got 45 minutes to get a good little functional workout in. You have classes throughout the entire day. It’s free to all students as well just like the YMCA.

– What about it?

– And they don’t have just this here, they have our inkling swimming pool upstairs if you wanna cool down, we got sauna, you can do all that stuff here right in the center of campus.

– I can see why y’all stay fit.

– Thanks.

– Thanks for showing me around. This has been awesome.

– I appreciate it. I’m gonna go join these guys. Thank you, Alex.

– Take care Gary. Those are some incredible opportunities for Shockers to stay active and engaged on campus. It’s so great to see how Wichita State is committed to promoting a healthy and balanced student lifestyle. That was a lot of fun Gary, thanks a lot for showing me around.