It can be challenging to be physically healthy while in college, but SFCC offers opportunities for you to stay active. SFCC’s Athletics Center is the perfect place to workout, alone or with friends, whenever you have a free moment on campus.
The Athletics Center is located in Building 7, and is open from 6:30 AM-5:30 PM from Monday to Thursday, and from 6:30AM-3:30PM on Fridays. No matter if you are new to working out or a pro, the staff at SFCC Athletics Center encourages all people to come.
“It’s open to any student,” said Dean of Physical Education, Jim Fitzgerald. “All you have to do to begin is to fill out a medical release form when you first visit, to get you on file.”
The Athletics Center offers a variety of equipment, including cardio, free weights, machine weights, treadmills, stairmasters, and so much more! The Athletics Center also offers free showers, towels, and even a daylong locker.
“Great News!” said Fitzgerald. “If you are a student at Spokane Falls it’s free of charge!”
Even if you aren’t taking a sport or physical education class at SFCC, students have free access to the fitness center, and faculty and staff only have to pay a small fee. The Athletics Center is here for you and whatever stage of life you are in.
“It’s just not for our basketball players, and our volleyball players, and our student athletes, this is available to any student,” said Fitzgerald.
Even if you have never been to a fitness center before, SFCC’s Athletics Center has people who can show you how each piece of equipment works.
“The athletic department wants everybody to know that this is your gym, your fitness center, and please come and use it,” said Michael Cain, a Recreation Specialist for the Athletics Center.
Cain’s passion for fitness has led him to work at SFCC, and he wants to encourage all students to come, because it’s much more than just a place where people work out.
“It’s a little community of its own, and we would love to see that little community become a much larger community when students and staff and faculty find out about how great a place it is,” said Cain.
“It’s really a gathering place that we’re really proud of, and we love having it and we love having students use it, because quite honestly it’s their facility,” said Fitzgerald. It’s not mine…It’s the students’ facilities, and they should use it!”
The Athletics Center at SFCC gives you the chance to become physically healthy in the midst of your busy schedule.
“Each week adults need 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity and 2 days of muscle strengthening activity,” according to the CDC’s article on Physical Activity Basics.
The CDC said that the types of physical intensity can vary, and SFCC’s own Athletics Center is a great resource to do the recommended daily/weekly exercise by giving you options to find what is the right type of exercise for you.