Rowan Campus Rec

New Year, New You? Follow these 5 quick guidelines to ensure your goals are met this upcoming semester. 1.      Have Clear Goals Try not to be vague with what you want to get accomplished. Be specific. If you tell yourself I want to lose weight, then for example make it, “I will lose 15 pounds in the next 3-6 months by eliminating junk food and drinking only water”. Also, writing down your goals can help you to figure out the steps that need to be done to get to there. It will also encourage you to get them done. 2.      Make Sure You Stay Realistic and Measurable. Break down your goal. In order to fulfill it, it will take time. Build a routine in which you know your limit and comfort. When opting to try new things, slowly incorporate them into your routine. 3.      Keep Things Different Having a lack of variety in your workouts can eventually become boring. Take this new semester as a chance to try...

We have reached the last week of the semester, but with the excitement of summer also brings the stress of final exams. The Rec Center wants to help ease this stress, so we will be holding Stress Less Week from May 2-May 5. Here’s 5 ways for you to #StressLess: Be prepared It is important to be mentally prepared for finals week. Make sure to study in advance because cramming for an exam will only add to your stress. On May 2nd the Rec Center will have study rooms available for students to study for finals as part of our Stress Less Week! Meditation Stop and take a deep breath. It is always helpful to meditate and practice deep breathing; it can be very calming and will reduce your stress. During Stress Less Week the Rec Center will be offering free Yoga classes to promote meditation, which also leads into the third way to #StressLess... Exercise Exercising can relieve stress and make you feel better. The Rec is well aware of the positive effects of e...

3rd Annual Lax for Donnie Memorial Tournament The Lax for Donnie tournament is not about wins and losses, it’s about remembering and spreading the name of a co-founder of the Rowan Men’s Club Lacrosse team. During homecoming week in October of 2007, Donnie was murdered in an on-campus incident, his case remains unsolved.   Donald ‘Donnie’ Farrell,   was a 19-year-old Rowan University sophomore. He grew up and lived in Boonton, NJ and played lacrosse for the Mountain Lakes Lakers.  He was also the Co-founder of the Mens Club Lacrosse team.  Rowan is hosting the 3rd Annual Lax for Donnie Memorial Tournament, taking place on Sunday, March 26th on the Rowan IM Field and Stadium Field. In Memory of Donnie the Rowan Club Lacrosse team started an Annual tournament to raise funds for a scholarship in his name. This year the tournament has grown to eight schools: Rowan, Drexel, Atlantic Cape Community College, Stevenson, Penn State, TCNJ, Dickin...

Have you ever looked back a few months and become amazed with how far you have come? Four monthsago when I walked into my very first cycling class and I had no idea what I was doing. My goal for the new semester was to make it a priority to workout. I started taking a cycling class every Thursday night, and I immediately became obsessed with it. Soon enough I was taking three cycling classes a week, and I had signed myself up to get my cycling certification. Why am I writing this? Because if someone told me six months ago right now I would be a Cycling instructor at the Rowan Rec Center I wouldn’t have believed them. At the beginning of the fall semester I took a chance at something outside of my comfort level. I had never taken a cycling class, but I opened myself up to trying something new and I could not have been happier with the way it has turned out.   To those who say this could never happen to them, I tell you this: “You don’t know until you try.” Rowan is a...

Breaking all of your traditional perceptions of sports and exercise Parkour is part of a new wave of fitness across the country, but it’s old news for Rowan. Entering its seventh year as an official club on campus Rowan Parkour is building exposure and growing in the local and national scene. First gaining popularity through the Internet parkour takes the graceful motion of gymnastics and combines it with aspects of climbing and running. As a sport it focuses on using the environments around you creatively and overcoming physical obstacles in all landscapes. Due to its unconventional style and lack of structure parkour is a great fitness option for people who don’t like traditional sports and exercise routines. It is often non-competitive, although there has been a rise of competitions on the national level; there is no pressure to do anything but improve your own skills. On the college level Parkour is growing fast with more and more schools officially recognizing clu...