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New Online Beauchamp Virtual Fitness Classes

Recreational services is offering NEW online virtual fitness classes in July on MS Teams! Classes will begin on Monday, July 6th. Please see the schedule below.

  • Mondays at 12:1 5pm – Yoga Sculpt with Sammy
  • Tuesdays at 5 pm – Conditioning and Flexibility with Cameron
  • Wednesdays at 12:15 pm –  HIIT with Brie
  • Tuursdays at 12:15 pm – Zumba with Megan
  • Fridays at 10:15 am – HIIT with Brie
  • Sundays at 10:1 5am – HIIT with Brie
To become a member of the Rec Services Virtual Fitness Team, email Kaitlin at: bourne@up.edu.

Outdoor Pursuits Equipment Rentals, Bike Repairs Resume July 1

The Outdoor Pursuits Program will be resuming equipment rental and bike repair services on July 1, according to Matt Libby, recreational services. Hours will be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. All equipment, (excluding climbing equipment) such as tents, sleeping bags, bikes, stoves, kayaks, etc., is available for rent. While the Beauchamp Center remains closed, the pickup/drop off location is behind Beauchamp in the parking lot.Cash not accepted, card payments only. Reservations and pre-payment are available. Call x8748 MWF 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or email Libby at libby@up.edu.

Recreational Services Virtual Fitness Summer Schedule

Recreational services will start its virtual fitness summer schedule on Wednesday, May 13, with eight classes offered each week including: Plyometrics, Yoga, HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), and Zumba. Join the fitness fun! To join the virtual fitness MS Team, email Kaitlin Bourne at bourne@up.edu.

Monday:
  • 12:15 pm – Yoga Works with Kaitlin
  • 5:30 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • No classes on Memorial Day, Monday May 25
Tuesday:
  • 12:15 pm – HIIT with Brie
Wednesday:
  • 12:15 pm – Zumba with Brady
  • 5:30 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
Thursday:
  • 12:15 pm – HIIT with Brie
Friday:
  • 9:00 am – Yoga Works with Kaitlin
Saturday:
  • 11:15 am – HIIT with Brie
For more information go to http://www.up.edu/recservices.

Rec Services Virtual Fitness Program: Stay Active & Engaged!

Recreational Services Virtual Fitness program continues to help our community stay active and engaged during the COVID-19 quarantine. We thank you for your participation in classes!
This is the last week of our Spring 2020 schedule (posted below). Please note: Zumba on Wednesday, April 29 at 6 pm is cancelled.
Our Summer 2020 Virtual Fitness schedule will begin on May 13 and include some new specialty classes!
What is the Virtual Fitness program? 

Each weekday, on MS Teams, two fitness classes are offered at 12:15 pm and either 5 pm or 6 pm, as well as one class on Saturday at 12 pm. Beauchamp’s very own fitness instructors – Lauren, Brady, Brie and Kaitlin – guide students, faculty, and staff through live group workouts. Classes include: yoga, plyometrics, Zumba and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).

To become a member of the UP Rec Services Virtual Fitness team, send a quick email request to Kaitlin Bourne at: bourne@up.edu.

Weekly schedule:

  • Monday: 12:15 pm – Yoga Works with Kaitlin. 5 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Tuesday: 12:15 pm – Sweaty 20 with Kailtin. 6 pm – HIIT with Brie
  • Wednesday: 12:15 pm – Beginners Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Thursday: 12:15 pm – Beginners HIIT with Brie. 5 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Friday: 12:15 pm – Zumba with Brady
  • Saturday: 12 pm – HIIT with Brie

Hope to see you in class this week! 

UP Intramural Sports Offering Virtual Sports Leagues

UP Intramural Sports is offering new virtual sports leagues to faculty and staff and their families during the COVID-19 lockdown. The FIFA20 & NBA2K20 leagues are open to players of all ages and offer competition for Playstation and XBOX platforms. We hope to create some fun opportunities for competition between family members within the University of Portland community. There is no charge for the league, which is open to University of Portland faculty, staff, and their families and is open to all ages. 

Game match-ups will be scheduled by UP Intramural Sports and players will work out a time to compete within a given time period and then report their scores using the IM Leagues app.

To join the league, participants will need to sign up at imleagues.com before 5 p.m. on Monday, April 20. If no current IM Leagues account, follow these steps:

  • www.imleagues.com
  • Sign-up
  • Select School/Organization>>>>Scroll to University of Portland
  • Enter User’s information
  • Under status, choose Faculty/Staff 
  • Complete form and click “Create Account”
The intramurals staff will need to approve any user without an email with @up.edu. If you do not receive approval within 24 hours, please email slakey21@up.edu

Once approved as a member of imleagues.com, user will log in at imleagues.com and navigate to the University of Portland page. Scroll down to the listed leagues and click on the appropriate Faculty/Staff Family league, either FIFA or NBA2k and the appropriate gaming platform, Playstation or XBOX.  If league offerings do not show on the page, click the University of Portland link at the top. 

On next page, scroll down to “Captain’s Information” and click on “Create a team.” Fill out the necessary information. Team names should be player’s gamer tag. Players may only enter one platform/division within a league. 

Next step is the Liability release. For those over 18 years, read & accept and follow the directions. For those who are under 18, read and accept and fill in Participant’s information, click box for agreeing to terms for child and parent or guardian will need to download the liability release for minors from the Intramural Sports website. Please print, sign and scan or add electronic signature, save, and email to dezzani@up.edu.

Game opponents of minors may be older or younger than them.  Please note the importance of parent/guardian supervision of online activity of minors while participating in this league.  Age-appropriate interaction is expected of all participants.   

We are excited to provide this opportunity for UP faculty, staff and their families to have some friendly competition in FIFA & NBA2K. If you have any questions, please contact slakey@up.edu.

Beauchamp Center Virtual Fitness Classes: Time to Join the Fun!

The Beauchamp Center’s Virtual Fitness classes on Microsoft Teams are off to a GREAT start! Over 400 members from our campus community have joined and class sizes are increasing daily. Our fitness instructors are having a blast and hope to see you in class soon! 

Rec Services’ Virtual Fitness program serves to help members of our UP community stay active, healthy, and energized. Live classes provide unique opportunities for community engagement as we adapt to the changes and challenges presented by COVID-19. Members are encouraged to join our live classes but also have the option to access workouts on their own time, as classes will be archived in Microsoft Teams.   

Each weekday at 12:15 p.m. and either 5 p.m. or 6 p.m., Beauchamp’s fitness instructors will guide students, faculty, and staff through live group workouts. Saturday is a special Weekend Warrior class! All fitness levels and beginners are welcome. Classes include: yoga, plyometrics, Zumba, and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT).  

To become a member of the UP Rec Services Virtual Fitness team, send a quick email request to Kaitlin Bourne at bourne@up.edu. 

Weekly schedule:

  • Monday: 12:15 pm – Yoga Works with Kaitlin; 5 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Tuesday: 12:15 pm – Sweaty 20 with Kailtin; 6 pm – HIIT with Brie
  • Wednesday: 12:15 pm – Beginners Plyometrics Plus with Lauren; 6 pm – Zumba with Brady
  • Thursday: 12:15 pm – Beginners HIIT with Brie; 5 pm – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Friday: 12:15 pm – Zumba with Brady
  • Saturday: 12 pm – HIIT with Brie
  • We are working on adding another Zumba and Yoga class next week!

A few Pro Tips….

  • PLUG IN to the internet if possible for best video and audio quality
  • Joining a class: Double check that you are joining the class call that was initiated by the instructor. If you join a call and the instructor is not present, end the call immediately. Instructors will initiate calls 15 minutes before the class start time.
  • Microphone set-up: Feel free to unmute your microphones before and after class to say hello/goodbye to the instructor and others in the class. Mute your microphones when class starts.
  • Camera set-up: To assist the instructor in delivering classes that fulfill members’ needs, it is helpful (and fun) if you keep your camera on. However, this is your choice. By keeping your camera on, you may be recorded in the archived class video. Keeping your camera on indicates your willingness to be recorded.
  • Pin the instructor so that the video feed remains on him/her.
  • Post hellos and positive comments in the chat box!

 

Virtual Fitness Classes: Stay Healthy, Join the Team!

UP Recreational Services is now offering virtual fitness classes twice a day in Microsoft Teams! Each weekday at 12:15 p.m. and either 5 p.m. or 6 p.m., Beauchamp’s fitness instructors will guide students, faculty, and staff through live group workouts. Saturday is a special Weekend Warrior class. All fitness levels and beginners welcome. Classes include: yoga, plyometrics, Zumba and High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). 

Rec Services’ virtual fitness program serves to help members of our UP community stay active, healthy, and energized. Live classes provide unique opportunities for community engagement as we adapt to the changes and challenges presented by COVID19. Members are encouraged to join our live classes but also have the option to access workouts on their own time, as classes will be archived in Microsoft Teams.  

To become a member of the ‘UP Rec Services Virtual Fitness’ team, send a quick email request to Kaitlin Bourne at bourne@up.edu. 

How does it work? Once on the team, members can adjust their notification settings and select the classes of their interest. Members can also ‘hide’ the classes they are not interest in to reduce notifications. 

Each fitness class is listed as a ‘channel’ (organized numerically on the left side of the screen). There, members can view the list of classes and the days/times they stream live. Fitness instructors will begin their class by initiating a ‘call’ within the specific class channel 10 minutes before the scheduled start time.  

To take a live class, members should enter Microsoft Teams through their UP account apps page, rather than the calendar notification to avoid initiating a new call.  

Once in Microsoft Teams, members can join live classes anytime within the class time frame by pressing ‘join.’ At the class start time, instructors will ask members to mute their microphones for recording purposes. Fitness instructors prefer members keep their cameras on so they can see their students but that is the member’s choice. 

Classes do not require any fitness specific equipment but a flat, open surface is suggested. At times, instructors may get creative and use household items such as a towel, chair or water bottle.  

Members are welcome to post hellos and positive comments in the chat box during class. After class, they are encouraged to un-mute their microphones to chat with the instructor and others in the class. 

To take an archived class, members can access recorded classes in Microsoft Teams on their own time by going to the desired class channel and clicking on the ‘Archived Class Video’ section at the top of the page.  

Weekly schedule:

  • Monday: 12:15 p.m. – Yoga Works with Kaitlin; 5 p.m. – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Tuesday: 12: 15 p.m. – Sweaty 20 with Kailtin (additional posted workouts by Julee) 6 p.m. – HIIT with Brie
  • Wednesday: 12:15. p.m. – Beginners Plyometrics Plus with Lauren; 6 p.m. – Zumba with Brady
  • Thursday: 12:15 p.m. – Beginners HIIT with Brie; 5 p.m. – Plyometrics Plus with Lauren
  • Friday: 12:15 p.m. – Zumba with Brady
  • Saturday: 12 p.m. – HIIT with Brie 

For additional workout ideas and recreational pursuits, please visit UP’s Recreational Services website at https://www.up.edu/recservices/index.html.

Hope to see you in a class soon! 

For more information contact Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services, at 503-943-7294 or bourne@up.edu, or go to http://www.up.edu/recservices.

Beauchamp Center Closing Until Further Notice

Out of an abundance of caution, and in conjunction with state guidelines on public gatherings, the athletics office is closing the Beauchamp Recreation & Wellness Center this morning (Thursday, March 12) until further notice. We will take this time to thoroughly deep clean the building in preparation for reopening at a later date.

For more information please contact athletics at x7117 or leykam@up.edu.

Springtime is Fit Time: March Beauchamp Offerings for Faculty, Staff

Springtime is a great time to work on your fitness! Join our UP Beauchamp Center faculty and staff fitness community. The schedule for March is posted below.
  • Mondays: Slow Flow Yoga from 12:05pm-12:50pm, Studio 30
  • Tuesdays: Pilot Cycle from 6:30am-7:30am, Studio 20; Sweaty 20 from 12:10pm-12:40pm, Studio 30
  • Wednesdays: Centering Yoga from 12:05pm-12:50pm, Studio 30
  • Thursdays: Pilot Cycle from 6:30am-7:30am, Studio 20; Zumba from 12:05pm-12:50pm, Studio 30
  • Friday, March 6: Zumba from 12:05pm-12:50pm, Studio 45

The ever-popular Tai Chi class will return in April.

For more information contact Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services, at x7294 or bourne@up.edu.

Spring Break Schedule at the Beauchamp Center

The Beauchamp Center will be open for the following Spring Break hours:
  • Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 7: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
  • Sunday, March 8: 10 a.m.-12 a.m.
The Spring Break fitness schedule includes: 
  • Monday, March 2: Pilot Fit from 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m., Studio 30; Slow Flow Yoga from 12:05 p.m.-12:50 p.m., Studio 30
  • Tuesday, March 3: Pilot Cycle from 6:45 a.m.-7:30 a.m., Studio 20 (gym will open early to accommodate class); Sweaty 20 from 12:10 p.m.-12:40 p.m., Studio 30
  • Wednesday, March 4: Centering Yoga from 12:05 p.m.-12:50 p.m., Studio 30
  • Thursday, March 5: Pilot Cycle from 6:45 a.m.-7:30 a.m., Studio 20 (gym will open early to accommodate class); Zumba from 12:05 p.m.-12:50 p.m., Studio 30
  • Friday, March 6: Zumba from 12:05 p.m.-12:50 p.m.

For more information contact the Beauchamp Center at x7294 or bourne@up.edu.