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Recreational Services

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! 

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!

 

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.

Spring 2020 Faculty/Staff Fitness Classes: Now Even More!

There is no better time than now to improve your fitness. The Beauchamp Center is offering even more faculty/staff fitness classes for spring 2020, including Tai Chi and weight room basics.

Lunch-hour classes: These classes are from 12:05 -12:50 p.m., M-F:

  • Mondays – Slow Flow Yoga with Osel in Studio 30 and Weight Room Basics with Kayla in the Weight Room (WR Basics starts 1/24)
  • Tuesdays- Sweaty 20 with Julee in Studio 30
  • Wednesdays- Centering Yoga with Karen in Studio 30
  • Thursdays – Zumba with Brady in Studio 45
  • Fridays- alternating each week: Rowing with Ryan in Studio 45: Jan. 17 & 31, Feb. 14 & 28, March 13 & 27;    Tai Chi with Jim in Studio 30: Jan 24, Feb 7 & 21, March 6 & 20, April 3; Zumba with Kamryn in Studio 45: Feb. 21, March 6 & 20, April 3.
Morning classes: Open to students, faculty and staff:
  • Tuesdays – Pilot Cycle with Susan from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 a.m. in Studio 20
  • Thursdays – Pilot Cycle with Susan from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 a.m. in Studio 20

Looking for guidance in the weight room? Kayla is an experienced weightlifter and coach. She is eager to help you develop a weightlifting routine. Weight Room Basics is a course to solidify fundamental weightlifting movements, mainly with the barbell, and build upon these skills each week. In this class, we build the strength and skill sets in the, squat, pull, and pressing movements, and as the class progresses testing these movements to document growth.

Print out this file for a schedule to post at your desk!

UP Shamrock Run Team 2020: Get Fit, Run or Walk For A Cause!

The Portland Shamrock Run is one of the city’s largest events and the University of Portland team is back. Participants can sign up for any distance (5k, 8k, 15k and half-marathon runs, as well as the 4k Stride and 1k Leprechaun Lap for kiddos).
To sign up, go to this link.  The “Join a Team” option is near the T-shirt selection stage of registration; search for and select “University of Portland.”  Save $5 per registrant for a limited time with the code “fit2020”.
All racers are helping support Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.  The last day to register with the team is January 31, 2020. Team registrants may have their race packets mailed to them; other registrants must pick up their packets at the Expo Center on Friday or Saturday before the race. Take advantage of this convenience and joint the UP team!

For more information contact Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services, at bourne@up.edu or the UP team captain, Hans Nordstrom, mathematics, at x7295 or nordstro@up.edu.

More Faculty & Staff Fitness Classes in Spring 2020

The Beauchamp Center is offering more faculty/staff fitness classes in Spring 2020. All classes, with the exception of Weight Room Basics, begin the first week of school.
Morning classes: These classes are open to students, faculty and staff.
  • Tuesdays – Pilot Cycle with Susan from 6:30-7:30 a.m. in Studio 20
  • Thursdays – Pilot Cycle with Susan from 6:30-7:30 a.m. in Studio 20
  • Fridays – Weight Room Basics with Kayla from 7:15-8:15 a.m. in the Weight Room *Starts 1/24
Lunch hour classes: These classes are from 12:05-12:50 p.m. in Studio 30 each weekday.
  • Mondays – Slow Flow Yoga with Osel
  • Tuesdays – Sweaty 20 with Julee
  • Wednesdays – Centering Yoga with Karen
  • Thursdays – Zumba with Brady
  • Fridays – alternating each week with Rowing with Ryan (starts 1/17) and Zumba with Kamryn (starts 1/24).

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

Recreational Services: Please Tell Us What You Think

Survey illustration Rec ServicesThe recreational services office would love to have input from faculty and staff regarding the Beauchamp Center and its services. Below is a link for a quick, 10 question survey. It should take less than 2-3 minutes to complete. A few lucky respondents will be chosen to receive free Columbia Sportswear merchandise, so please follow this link to take the survey.

Thank you and happy holidays from the recreational services team!

Faculty, Staff Fitness Schedule for Finals Week

Finals week will have the following fitness schedule for faculty and staff in the Beauchamp Center:

  • Mon., Dec. 8: No classes.
  • Tue., Dec. 9: Sweaty 20 with Julee, 12:15 p.m., Studio 30
  • Wed., Dec. 10: Centering Yoga with Karen, 12:05 p.m., Studio 30
  • Thur., Dec. 11: Rowing with Ryan, 12:05 p.m., Studio 30
  • Fri., Dec. 12: Zumba with Brady, 12:05 p.m., Studio 30.

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