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How to: Rec Center · Learn by Listening

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  Speaker 1: Cal Poly is in session. Students swarm through campus and
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  Speaker 1: file in and out of classes. They're thinking about the
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  Speaker 1: chapter reading.
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  Speaker 2: They have tonight, their next class, their new door, their
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  Speaker 2: senior project.
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  Speaker 1: Got to get to the gym.
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  Speaker 2: What's for dinner tonight?
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  Speaker 1: Where's the nearest bathroom? Kate and I know things can
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  Speaker 1: get a bit chaotic as a student navigating the inns
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  Speaker 1: and out of college life.
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  Speaker 2: At cal Poly. We focus on learning by doing, but
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  Speaker 2: sometimes you don't know what to do well. Emma and
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  Speaker 2: I are here to answer your who, what, when, where, why,
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  Speaker 2: and how's here? On CP one oh one Learned by Listening,
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  Speaker 2: presented by KCPR ninety one point three. Hi Mustang, I'm
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  Speaker 2: Kate Lopenske, a fourth year journalism student, and.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Emma Hughes, a fourth year English student here at
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  Speaker 1: cal Poly.
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  Speaker 2: And we're here to share our tell all guide on
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  Speaker 2: how to survive and thrive at cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
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  Speaker 1: So grab a notebook. You may want to write this down.
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  Speaker 2: Today we are talking about one of my favorite places
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  Speaker 2: at cal Poly, the rec Center.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know that big building with the treadmills, StairMaster
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  Speaker 1: and waits. That's the hot topic of the day. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to be giving you the need to know on
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  Speaker 1: all things cal Poly fitness.
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  Speaker 2: We'll be covering the basics like different facilities and amenities,
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  Speaker 2: the exercise and kinesiology classes, and we might just have
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  Speaker 2: a special interview set up just for you.
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  Speaker 1: With that being said, it's time to get physical.
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  Speaker 2: Physical.
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  Speaker 1: I want to get physical.
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  Speaker 2: Oh it's so bad, but I love it. Okay, let's
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  Speaker 2: just backtrack a little bit and talk about the overview
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  Speaker 2: of the rec center and what it's like, the allure
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  Speaker 2: of it. Yes, So, Emma, why don't you start us
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  Speaker 2: off and just talk to me about the rec center?
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  Speaker 1: Okay, So, after the remodel, the cal Poly Recreation Center
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  Speaker 1: now has twenty thousand square feet and is composed of
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  Speaker 1: two stories. WHOA, yes, so it has an upper exercise room,
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  Speaker 1: a track exercise room, and a lower exercise room.
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  Speaker 2: Do you use the rec center?
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  Speaker 1: I did freshman year when I was living on campus,
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  Speaker 1: and now that I don't live on campus and I
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  Speaker 1: actually live like far away, like i'd have to drive
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  Speaker 1: to campus to use it, I more so just work
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  Speaker 1: out at home.
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  Speaker 2: That makes go for walks.
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  Speaker 1: So personally no, So doing this research, it was kind
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  Speaker 1: of like a refresher of like freshman year time.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I'm really fortunate in that I live pretty close
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  Speaker 2: to campus now, so I'm able to just walk on
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  Speaker 2: over right and it's like less than ten minutes. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm living the dream. And I love the rec Center.
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  Speaker 2: It's just she's perfect to me. Yeah, the rooms are
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  Speaker 2: definitely different vibes, Like the lower weight room is a
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  Speaker 2: little scary. It's a little darker, and everyone that knows
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  Speaker 2: what they're doing are down there. You know what I
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  Speaker 2: was doing, like my heavyweightlifting, I was down there all
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  Speaker 2: the time. But now that I've kind of moved away
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  Speaker 2: from that, I mainly do exercise classes like we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: talk about later, and I use the upper weight rooms.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I remember. I would always use the upper weight rooms. Yeah, totally,
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  Speaker 1: especially just because like it felt more open. Also wanted
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  Speaker 1: to let y'all know that in case you haven't yet
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  Speaker 1: been to the rec Center and you want to get
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  Speaker 1: like a lay of the land before you go, there
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  Speaker 1: are guided tours available with no reservations needed, and that's
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  Speaker 1: an in person tour, so someone will kind of just
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  Speaker 1: walk you through the rec center, get you familiar with
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  Speaker 1: the different rooms and areas available. There's also virtual tours
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  Speaker 1: on their website, so feel free to check that out
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  Speaker 1: in case you are unsure of how to navigate the space.
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  Speaker 2: This is especially great if you are a prospective student, yes,
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  Speaker 2: and wanting to check it out. I know that we're
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  Speaker 2: kind of in like application season right now and people
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  Speaker 2: should be hearing back around March. Yeah, so this what
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  Speaker 2: this episode is actually going to be a great resource
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  Speaker 2: for you, so you can learn all about our amazing
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  Speaker 2: rec center.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, and then once you're here, just want to preface
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  Speaker 1: the hours. So Monday through Friday six am to twelve am,
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  Speaker 1: so it's open like all the time except for like
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  Speaker 1: late late at night, but you have it all day,
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  Speaker 1: welcome to use it. And then Saturday and Sunday from
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  Speaker 1: eight am to ten pm, so again it's pretty pretty
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  Speaker 1: open and pretty there at your disposal.
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  Speaker 2: I remember once I showed up at seven am on
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  Speaker 2: like a Saturday, just because like I was having problems
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  Speaker 2: sleeping or something and close. Yeah, that's brutal. It was
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  Speaker 2: brutal and it was really cold that morning. So I
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  Speaker 2: recommend taking those hours to heart.
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  Speaker 1: That's just a recommendation, but also listed on the website,
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  Speaker 1: so if you're ever confused or want to double check
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  Speaker 1: really quick search.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, don't make my mistake. And then so going off
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  Speaker 2: of the overall layout and just like facilities and amenities,
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  Speaker 2: so it has those rooms I've already talked about, and
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  Speaker 2: then there's also a matte room where there's wrestling karate
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  Speaker 2: classes and Emma likes to take the kids from the
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  Speaker 2: Children's center there.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, so the young like babies, people who are not
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  Speaker 1: even like one years old yet, will keep go. The
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  Speaker 1: people the little like the little tiny children. The babies
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  Speaker 1: will just run around the mattroom. So that's a fun
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  Speaker 1: little amenity. Also the courts, the racquetball courts, gyms, exercise studios,
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  Speaker 1: also indoor track that's there.
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  Speaker 2: Like I've walked on the indoor track before. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like that's a little bit more accessible. Kah. People usually
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  Speaker 2: just use that to get from place to place. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know. There's also study spots which is really nice.
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  Speaker 2: I've definitely used that before when I've been in between
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  Speaker 2: classes because it is a really nice place to study
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  Speaker 2: because it's very well lit. And then there's also the
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  Speaker 2: bean bags and I've seen a few people sleeping on
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  Speaker 2: those same in between classes. It's not a horrible.
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  Speaker 1: Idea now because it's comfy. Also, something that was really
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  Speaker 1: cool that I found on the website was is their
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  Speaker 1: open Recreation Center schedule where they kind of list out
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  Speaker 1: when you can just go and like play different sports
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  Speaker 1: and do different exercises and things. So they had like
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  Speaker 1: certain hours during the week when you could just go
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  Speaker 1: play basketball, go do some volleyball things like that. So
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  Speaker 1: definitely the website is a great resource to check out,
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  Speaker 1: so highly recommend if you're looking for something to do,
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  Speaker 1: why not check out the rec center schedule And.
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  Speaker 2: You can borrow that equipment that you're gonna need for
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  Speaker 2: open gym at the pro shop. And so this equipment
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  Speaker 2: is offered for only personal use and it can't be
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  Speaker 2: used by clubs organizational events, so remember that that is important.
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  Speaker 2: And rec center members can check out equipment for up
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  Speaker 2: to three days and equipment must be returned at least
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  Speaker 2: fifteen minutes before the rec center closes on that date,
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  Speaker 2: and that will help you avoid a late fee charge
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  Speaker 2: and users will be charged with a replacement fee for
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  Speaker 2: any lost or damaged equipment. So important information to remember.
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  Speaker 2: So now let's just step outside and let's just talk
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  Speaker 2: about all the fun things you can find outside of
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  Speaker 2: the rec center that is still part of it. So
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  Speaker 2: they have a lap pool, my favorite, the leisure pool
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  Speaker 2: so fun during the spring and summer.
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  Speaker 1: And then tennis courts, sand volleyball courts that are right there,
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  Speaker 1: also multi purpose field, and how can we forget the
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  Speaker 1: climbing park. I'm sure we've all seen it. I personally
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  Speaker 1: don't even know how to like use the climbing.
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  Speaker 2: You go to the paly the escapes office, you like
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  Speaker 2: fill out a way where you get like a wristband,
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  Speaker 2: and you can rent climbing shoes okay for the day,
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  Speaker 2: and then you just climb that rock wall. I did
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  Speaker 2: a freshman year. Was it second? It was fun, but
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  Speaker 2: it was kind of scary because I free climbed, like
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  Speaker 2: I didn't use a harness or anything. Oh yeah, so
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  Speaker 2: then I liked it though.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I've always I see them out and
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  Speaker 1: they play like the best music and they're just having
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  Speaker 1: a blast. But I like never knew it was through
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  Speaker 1: the rec center, so now you know.
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  Speaker 2: And then further away from the rec Center, but it's
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  Speaker 2: still kind of in that umbrella are the basketball courts
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  Speaker 2: and the sports complex that's pretty much everything that you
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  Speaker 2: can find there.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and the rec center does span like it's a
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  Speaker 1: pretty large twenty area yeah, like inside and outside.
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  Speaker 2: And part of that rec Center building you can find
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  Speaker 2: the poly Escapes office. And this is super cool if
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  Speaker 2: you're into all of that outdoorsy stuff they have. You
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  Speaker 2: can rent equipment to go camping. You can rent paddle boards, surfboards, wetsuits,
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  Speaker 2: all that fun stuff. And they also have guided trips
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  Speaker 2: and you can get certifications.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so they offer like training and certifications such as CPR,
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  Speaker 1: Wilderness First Aid, and like BLAT qualification. So like you
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  Speaker 1: with the free climbing, you know, we can go get
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  Speaker 1: blayed and then help you out.
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  Speaker 2: I know, but you should get your bullet certification.
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  Speaker 1: And now I got it in middle school because we
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  Speaker 1: had a rock climbing unit for pe and I was
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  Speaker 1: the only one in my class who decided to be
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  Speaker 1: a blayer and then I was stuck never getting to
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  Speaker 1: rock climb and I had to belay for everyone. So
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  Speaker 1: kind of a poor decision on my part.
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  Speaker 2: But but you're really good, is what you're saying.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm a plan bro. Actually. Anyways, one important thing
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  Speaker 1: to note about the rec Center, apart from all the
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  Speaker 1: facilities and things that it has to offer, is that
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  Speaker 1: it also has fitness classes, both for class credit and
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  Speaker 1: for fun.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so let's start off with those kinesiology classes that
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  Speaker 2: actually count towards your graduation credits if you have any
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  Speaker 2: free units. So I was fortunate enough to have a
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  Speaker 2: couple of units in there that I just got to
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  Speaker 2: take for fun.
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  Speaker 1: I'm jealous.
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  Speaker 2: So I took a jogging class, which literally put me
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  Speaker 2: in the best shape of my life so far. And
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  Speaker 2: I went around like back to track out there, and
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  Speaker 2: I was just doing a thing, running like three miles ever.
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  Speaker 1: Class, and she would have this right after our class together,
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  Speaker 1: and so she would show up and be like, I
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  Speaker 1: got my jog after I'm already show.
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  Speaker 2: Up in my like same worry out clothes all the time.
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  Speaker 2: And then I also took the weightlifting class, so that
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  Speaker 2: was fun. It's just like obligatory workouts, which I really
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  Speaker 2: like because like, I love working out, I absolutely love it,
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  Speaker 2: but I won't do it unless there's some sort of obligation,
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  Speaker 2: whether it be like a class or like I pencil
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  Speaker 2: it into my calendar, like you need to work out
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  Speaker 2: at this time.
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  Speaker 1: Right, just hold yourself accountable.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but other than that, they have like tennis, swimming, yoga, pilates,
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  Speaker 2: and even pickleball that could count towards class credits.
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  Speaker 1: And pickleball is all the rage I would face. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: my parents have a set, so every time I go home, cute,
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  Speaker 1: I like force them to come out with me and
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  Speaker 1: do pick a ball.
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  Speaker 2: That's super fun.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, love pickleball.
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  Speaker 2: You can also opt for the free workout classes, which
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  Speaker 2: happen throughout every weekday and Saturdays. There's nothing on Sundays,
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  Speaker 2: but these examples include Breakaway which is cycling, body Pump
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  Speaker 2: which is weights, Zoomba one of my personal favorites, yoga,
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  Speaker 2: aqua Fit, and more so, so many different things to
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  Speaker 2: choose from. It's so fun because it kind of takes
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  Speaker 2: all the pressure out of working out off of you
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  Speaker 2: because you don't have to think about designing your own workout.
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  Speaker 2: They're telling you what to do, they pick the music
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  Speaker 2: for you, and I really enjoy that because it's my list,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm able to put my one hundred percent effort
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  Speaker 2: in well.
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  Speaker 1: I also feel like Zoomba is almost like just dance
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  Speaker 1: for adults. It's so fun, like live action. Yeah, like
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  Speaker 1: just dance because like.
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  Speaker 2: I take it a little too seriously. Like my friend
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  Speaker 2: and I are at the very front row at every
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  Speaker 2: single class, Like go to Zoomba at six thirty pm
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  Speaker 2: on Wednesday, you will see me there. Love it, Like
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  Speaker 2: it's practically like a class that I'm obligated to take.
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  Speaker 2: My presence is necessary.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a real classify, it's not there.
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  Speaker 2: So much fun. And to tell us more about these
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  Speaker 2: classes and what it's like to teach at the rec Center,
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  Speaker 2: we have a special guest, Christiana, and she's just gonna
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  Speaker 2: tell us all about what it's like to be a
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  Speaker 2: rec center teacher here and give us so many fun
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  Speaker 2: tips and tricks.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, we're so happy to have her here with us.
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  Speaker 2: So why don't you introduce yourself? Just your name entitle
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  Speaker 2: to get us started off.
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  Speaker 3: All right, So I'm Christiana Schrute. I'm a fittest instructor
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  Speaker 3: at the Capollio Recreation Center. I'm really excited to be
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  Speaker 3: here today.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're so excited to have you because I single
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  Speaker 2: handedly credit the abs that I have coming into you.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm excited about that.
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  Speaker 3: I take full credit in seeing her in my classes,
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  Speaker 3: and that's probably the beauty of this episode you today
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  Speaker 3: that we are kind of connecting in real life. Believe
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  Speaker 3: it or not. The Recreation Center is gorgeous right now,
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  Speaker 3: it was not always gorgeous, right, and there was a
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  Speaker 3: time and you you can maybe ask your parents if
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  Speaker 3: they studied here or maybe like dig a little bit
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  Speaker 3: through the archives when the Recreation Center was a little
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  Speaker 3: bit that's maybe some more.
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  Speaker 1: A cake.
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  Speaker 3: Right. So it was a long stretch up building didn't
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  Speaker 3: really lead to community interaction and anything like that. So
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  Speaker 3: just after it got remodeled, I want to say in
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  Speaker 3: twenty thirteen, right, that's when I became really active in
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  Speaker 3: the recreation center. It really made sense for me. And
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  Speaker 3: you need to pick that time in your life out personally,
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  Speaker 3: because my daughters are born in two thousand and seven
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  Speaker 3: and in two thousand and nine, right, so you kind
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  Speaker 3: of need to think a little bit in your own life.
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  Speaker 3: It's like, all right, so what in my life is it?
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  Speaker 3: What's my why that makes me go to the recreation center.
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  Speaker 3: So for me, I wanted to be a role model
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  Speaker 3: for my children, but I also want to take care
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  Speaker 3: of myself. I'm a busy mom, I work full time,
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  Speaker 3: and I needed some incentive to do something fun, and
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what better way to do it? Because I'm
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  Speaker 3: a professor on campus I teach innovation entrepreneurship to do
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  Speaker 3: it right there where I work, So I kind of
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  Speaker 3: put the workout classes on my calendar. That's my first secret.
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  Speaker 3: You have to schedule your workout classes. And then in
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  Speaker 3: between my academic classes, I went and I worked out,
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  Speaker 3: and eventually the fitness instructors started noticing me. They were like,
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  Speaker 3: oh my gosh, I see you here all the time
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  Speaker 3: and it's really great. And then I thought, well, hold on,
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  Speaker 3: if I were to teach these classes, I have an
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  Speaker 3: extra bonus of showing up even more because I need
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  Speaker 3: to teach the class and I'm already a professor as
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  Speaker 3: it is. So I love teaching and I love inspiring people.
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  Speaker 3: And then I became certified.
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  Speaker 2: That's incredible. That balance is extremely impressive. The fact that
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  Speaker 2: you're able to be a professor and an inspiring and
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  Speaker 2: motivating workout in structure as well.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. I also love the like penciling it into
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  Speaker 1: your schedule, so it's like holding yourself accountable and being like,
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  Speaker 1: I have to show up and other people will show
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  Speaker 1: up as well.
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  Speaker 3: When people walk in honor that they spend this time
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  Speaker 3: with me. I want to make it as special as possible.
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  Speaker 3: I just taught a spin class and I heard somebody
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  Speaker 3: say I heard you singing, and I was like, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I'm incredibly bad and I'm singing. But the reason why
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing it is not to impress you, is just
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  Speaker 3: to let you know that I'm doing this to make
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  Speaker 3: this a fun workout, and if it involves me singing
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  Speaker 3: really badly, let's.
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  Speaker 1: Do it right totally.
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  Speaker 2: Can you just tell us a bit about the different
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  Speaker 2: RAC classes that you teach, and like, do you have
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  Speaker 2: a favorite one or are they all like your babies?
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  Speaker 2: You all just love them equally.
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  Speaker 3: That's such a great word, because that's how I look
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  Speaker 3: at them, right. It's just like if you have siblings,
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  Speaker 3: you might be drawn closer to one sibling or another sibling,
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  Speaker 3: but in reality, you know, you kind of relate to
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  Speaker 3: all of them. So when I started with les Mill's
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  Speaker 3: Body Pump, I would say, if you have not tried
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  Speaker 3: that class, it's a barbell based, choreographed weightlifting class, that
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  Speaker 3: one will change your body a lot, right.
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  Speaker 1: It's as it's.
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  Speaker 3: A one hour you're running through all muscle groups with weights,
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  Speaker 3: and especially as females, we tend to not want to
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  Speaker 3: work out with the machines or with weights. That class
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  Speaker 3: will change your body a lot. So that was my
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  Speaker 3: first baby, and then after that I became certified as
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  Speaker 3: a spin instructor. And I know I'm using the word
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  Speaker 3: spin now at the recreation center, please look for the
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  Speaker 3: word breakaway. It's taught in Studio one. You need to
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  Speaker 3: look for the word breakaway. So that's how we call
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  Speaker 3: it because it's cycling or breakaway. So that studio one,
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  Speaker 3: Studio three is where the weightlifting and cardio classes take place.
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  Speaker 3: In Studio two, I'm teaching the class that Cage just
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  Speaker 3: talked about, which is that bar or pilates class, and
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  Speaker 3: that's another certification that I have. And in a little
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  Speaker 3: while I'm going to go over there and teach total
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: body resistance training, which uses straps that I attached at
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: an anchor point and you're using that to use your
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: own body weight to build brasilience and using bait. Basically
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: very simple things that you could do at home, but
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: you get stronger without always using weights. And then I
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: teach a six back apps class as well, and again
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: my goal is to look at them like they all
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: work together, like you're creating a really good meal and
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: you're using spices. So they're all spices in my little portfolio,
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: and I wouldn't want to put any other ones in
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: there right now, and my spice cabinet is pretty full.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: But at the same time, they all have a great
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: place in there, lovely.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: And then as far as your class is going, it
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: might be different for each class. But are they for everyone?
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Are they for like people who are beginners, experts, things
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: like that, or can anyone show up?
• 17:42
  Speaker 3: Oh, that's a great question. So it's kind of like
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: the mind and the body connection. Right there is a
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: beautiful schedule when you walk in a weekly schedule, look
• 17:50
  Speaker 3: at the schedule and then read the class description and
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: see whether that's something that your mind and your body
• 17:57
  Speaker 3: kind of resonates with. And I would say say that
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: all classes could be beginner friendly.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: What I appreciate about your teaching style is like, for example,
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: I just keep using bar because that's the class that
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: I take with you, whenever someone's doing a modification, you'll
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: look at them and say, I love that. Keep listening
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: to your body. So I feel like that's the appeal
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: of these recenter classes that maybe come off as a
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: bit more challenging when you're looking at the overall description,
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: but like you are able to modify, which kind of
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: leads me to my next question. So Emma and I
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: were talking before this and I was like, you have
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: to come to one of Christiana's classes with me, like
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: there's so much fun. She's like, I'm scared, Like it's
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: a it's an intimidating environment being in that room with
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: all those people, having to push yourself physically. So what
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: would you say to someone who is like more hesitant
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: to take one of those challenging fitness classes.
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: So it helps to go with a friend, right, because
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: that friend then can help you, Especially in body pump,
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: there's a lot of setup that goes into this and
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: the other thing that helps, and I'm picking body pump
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: non purpose is to go a little bit earlier and
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: connect with the instructor. So I always help people get
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: set up at the beginning of class. I always ask
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: is there anybody here for the first time, And then
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: people raise the hand and we give them like a
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: good round of applause and they're like, oh my gosh,
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: it's great. I'm getting like you know, and standing ovation
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: here so the instructor will help you, and that is
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: something that's really important. You can't walk in when the
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: class is starting because at that point the instructor has
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: to get started. So sometimes in body pump, I have
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: people that come in just as I'm starting, and I
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: know that they are there for the first time, and
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: I so wish I could go over and give them
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: like a welcome spiel about what they need, et cetera.
• 19:40
  Speaker 3: And it makes it challenging because that class again needs
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: a lot of setup, or a spin class which might
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: need a setup of your bicycle. So go earlier, ten
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: minutes earlier, and tell the instructor I'm here for the
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: first time, can you get me set up? I actually
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: celebrate modifications because it's just like having allergies or food sensitivities.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: If you're aware about it, you can really like thrive
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: in your life. Right. I mean, it's no like one
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: box fits all. If you know how your body responds
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: to a certain exercise and you need to modify it,
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: I love it.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: Yeah. So, then once you have people set up and
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: in your classes, how do you keep people motivated and
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: keep people going during the actual work.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: I know the answer to this, but I want to
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: hear it come from you.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, I mean, like I just pointed out, I
• 20:32
  Speaker 3: was singing this morning, I am definitely. I don't want
• 20:37
  Speaker 3: to say you know that it's it's really good, especially
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: with my accent. And then I change the words of
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: the song to match what we are doing. Okay, it's
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: like making it like about a hill because we're going
• 20:51
  Speaker 3: up a hill on the bike right now, making it
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: about a sprint because now we's sitting in on my
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: going fast. And so the people, whether they like to
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: singing or not, just have to laugh. They're like, oh
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: my gosh, this lady, she's.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: Like you're squeezing exactly exactly.
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: So I make the song work, and that helps. Another
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: thing that helps is again sharing a little bit about yourself, right,
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: so I weaven little stories about my daughter, about my daughters,
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: about my husband. Again, speaking about the mind and the body,
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: to not only work your body, but also do something
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: fun with your brain and maybe just do something listening
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: to something different than and I usually talk about inspiring
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: things too, and how people are like, oh my gosh,
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: this lady she's actually doing some fun things. Maybe I
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: should try something like that too. She's already smiling right there.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: I was just thinking about how, like when I'm just
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: in pain, trying to like be in the moment, I'll
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: play Christian A Bingo in my head because you'll like
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: break up similar things. My ones for you are your daughters,
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: the color pink, tailor swift and right now Valentine's Day.
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: Oh gosh, it's the best.
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: So I'll be like, there it is. It's so funny
• 22:04
  Speaker 2: and it definitely keeps me engaged. So it works.
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: This is one of the biggest compliments, Christiana Bingo. I
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: love it. How amazing, Thank you.
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: You're welcome. And then so a lot of people show
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: up for your classes again and again and again. So
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: what would you say is your key to having those
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: same students show up to your classes a week after week.
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: I think the results build the movement that you're kind
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: of generating buzz, and I think that's really really important.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: I would see people taking selfies after my class and
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: they post it, and I think that's just the very
• 22:45
  Speaker 3: best thing because it builds accountability. You could take a
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: picture before you walk into the rec center and take
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: a picture after the rec center and say this was
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: really fun. I'm so glad I did that and somebody
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: will see it and they were like, oh my gosh,
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: let's do it together next time. So I think that
• 22:58
  Speaker 3: I really treasure that you do that and please coming back. Yeah.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: Perfect, So switching gears here, We're coming up in our
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: last three questions and we wanted to keep it kind
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: of fun. But what is your favorite part about being
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: a rec center instructor?
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: The people? For sure, Yeah, it's the people. It's making
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: the people smile, appreciating that they are there to get healthier,
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: and really sharing that moment with them.
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: Wonderful.
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: And then we also wanted to know do you use
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: the rec center for your personal fitness or are you
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: just there to teach classes.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: That's a great question. So now with my schedule, how
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: it is. I mostly use the pool for my personal fitness,
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: not in the wind, I have to be honest.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: And then our last question here is just in general,
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: which you might have already answered it, but what is
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: your favorite part about the rec center? Just overall?
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: I like that there is so much light coming in,
• 23:59
  Speaker 3: I think.
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: But actually I really thought to think about that, all.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: The big windows, it's really smoothing your path to a
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: successful workout because you see the sun coming in, you
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: connect with the world outside. And it's just such an
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: important piece that there are all these windows everywhere. You
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: can see the pool outside, you can see other people
• 24:21
  Speaker 3: working out. It's very open and airy and filled full
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: of light.
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: And then, real quick, before you have to go teach
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: your TRX class, go ahead and plug your podcast in
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: case people want to tune in your Instagram where people
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: can find you.
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so please connect with me. My podcast is called
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: Happy Healthy Hussle. Of course, now listening to me, I
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: see nodding heads here, You're like, that totally makes sense
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: because I want that you keep hussling, but that you
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: stay happy and healthy. And yeah, it's actually ranked top
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: one percent globally, so I would love for you to
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: check it out. I have cool interviews with other fitness experts,
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: but also lots of business advice there for the students
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: that want to maybe start their own companies or just
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: interested in management or marketing tips in general. Check out
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: my website. I have lots of recipes on there, including
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: some amazing workout smoothies. It's called Hello Happy Nest, hellohappinest
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: dot com. And then, of course come to my workout
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: classes see me in real life right, check out some
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: podcast episodes, check out the website, grab a recipe, and
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: then schedule that first workout.
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for doing this interview, Christiana. We
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: loved hearing from you.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: And we're gonna link all of her resources and like
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: where you can find her in the bio, so please
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: check that out. I know that we will. Right after this,
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: I'm definitely gonna make one of those smoothies.
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: Yes, no, that sounded so good. Well, that's all the
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: time we have for today. One last piece of advice,
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: don't be afraid to go to the rec center and
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: try something new. Whether you are looking for an intense
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: cardio workout, or same day at the pool, or just
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: a place to study, the rec has it all, so
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: make sure to get your money's worth while you're still paying.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah, when are you going to ever have this opportunity again?
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: But anyways, we'll be back with more tips and tricks
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: next time on CP one on one learn by listening.
• 26:14
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• 26:16
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• 26:17
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• 26:27
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• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Signing off, I'm Kate Lopensky.
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: And I'm Emma Hughes. Thanks for keeping up with all
• 26:35
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