Rough Draft Notes

Notes on the SRC

·         Weights

o   Organization of the weights

§  Free weight is together

§  Machines are on the side

§  There is a bodyweight pit in the center

·         Kettlebells are also in this area

o   What is great about all of this is that it is even more organized than that because the chest stuff seems to be all right next to each other, as well as legs, arms, and so on and so forth which makes it easier to complete a workout without running all over the gym trying to find what the next thing you’re going to do it

o   2 weight centers

§  There is a circuit training room and a regular room

·         The difference?

o   Circuit training is more cardio based and everything is all set up in a way that when you’re doing your workout the ability to get a sweat is easier

o   Free weight and regular weight training is more for strength based workout

·         Cardio

o   There is an upstairs and downstairs option for cardio

§  Elliptical

·         For more long based cardio sessions

§  Treadmill

·         Can be used for long cardio sessions or short sessions

§  Rowing machine

·         From observation seems more like a warm-up that most people do that requires a lot of effort but is a double effective warm-up because it requires strength and is cardio based

·         Basketball

o   There are three gyms

§  Red from observation is for people who want to play with friends and just for fun

§  Blue seems to be for the players who are quite good and want to compete and play hard and be serious about playing

§  The green gym is kind of just for shoot around because it is not always open for basketball sometimes for volleyball as well

o   All gyms are fun to play in though as everyone seems to enjoy themselves

§  All different types of people show up and enjoy themselves

·         Racquet ball

o   Equipment needed

§  Racquet

§  Racquet ball

§  Goggles

§  At least one other person to play with

o   Racquet ball seems to be a very fun sport that people enjoy playing, it is used more so for cardio since a lot of running is required but it is a fun sport that even someone who has not played before can enjoy playing

o   A racquet is required with a small ball as well as goggles to protect the eyes because the ball is small and moves very fast  

·         Swimming

o   Swimming is something that some people enjoy but the pool area is unique in and of itself

§  There is places for tanning

§  There is places to swim laps

§  There are places to swim for fun as well

·         There is even a pool basketball hoop!

·         Construction

o   The construction is going on to expand the gym

o   It is big at it is already

§  the expansion will give people much more room since the gym is already kind of cramped as it is

·         Ability to rent equipment

o   The ability to rent equipment is great but still kind of sucks at the same time

§  It is $1 every single time something is rented

·         Do I think that is fair? No we pay a lot of money to come to ASU and we even as students pay a fee to be able to use the SRC and yet there is still a fee to just be able to use a basketball or something along those lines

o   a recommendation instead of paying is maybe collecting our sun cards or our real id’s to make sure that people return the item that they borrowed