2008 Woodie Awards
Student's "sweat" daily workout classes
Samantha Marinko
Issue date: 4/17/08 Section: Features
Between exams, papers, studying, reading, researching, and the countless other scholastic tasks required by college students to maintain a decent grade point average, little time is left over for working out and keeping in shape.
Sacred Heart offers a few options that are both quick and effective to help out in that department.
"I set up all the fitness classes," said Bonnie Signore, operations manager at the William H. Pitt Center.
From spin to yogalates; these fun-yet-vigorous classes provide students with a great workout.
All classes are about an hour long, which makes them convenient and easy to fit into daily schedules.
"When I saw that SHU had spin bikes, but no spin classes, I decided to get certified so I could teach here," said Judy Ann Riccio, the woman responsible for the birth of the spin classes at Sacred Heart.
Riccio had been taking spin classes for twelve years prior to her arrival at Sacred Heart as the spin teacher.
The classes have been getting extremely popular and as a result, they have been filling up at a rapid rate. At pilates, it's sometimes hard just to get a mat.
The same goes for spin.
"People are now getting to the class an hour early just to reserve a bike," said Riccio.
Not only do the classes provide students with a top-notch physical workout, but they are also beneficial in other ways.
According to the Revolution Health Web site, stress "creates physical response in the body and, as such, can be managed with exercise - in particular, with yoga." Pilates is also recognized as a stress-relieving workout.
"Pilates is a really good workout," said sophomore, Brittany Knote.
"I felt it in my abs for the next few days."
Spin is also an excellent way to let out some steam.
Between the fun and upbeat music that Riccio blasts to the occasional 10-second sprints, there is a great deal of intensity in every workout.
Another bonus to spin is that, unlike with running on a treadmill, there is no stress on the joints.
Sacred Heart offers a few options that are both quick and effective to help out in that department.
"I set up all the fitness classes," said Bonnie Signore, operations manager at the William H. Pitt Center.
From spin to yogalates; these fun-yet-vigorous classes provide students with a great workout.
All classes are about an hour long, which makes them convenient and easy to fit into daily schedules.
"When I saw that SHU had spin bikes, but no spin classes, I decided to get certified so I could teach here," said Judy Ann Riccio, the woman responsible for the birth of the spin classes at Sacred Heart.
Riccio had been taking spin classes for twelve years prior to her arrival at Sacred Heart as the spin teacher.
The classes have been getting extremely popular and as a result, they have been filling up at a rapid rate. At pilates, it's sometimes hard just to get a mat.
The same goes for spin.
"People are now getting to the class an hour early just to reserve a bike," said Riccio.
Not only do the classes provide students with a top-notch physical workout, but they are also beneficial in other ways.
According to the Revolution Health Web site, stress "creates physical response in the body and, as such, can be managed with exercise - in particular, with yoga." Pilates is also recognized as a stress-relieving workout.
"Pilates is a really good workout," said sophomore, Brittany Knote.
"I felt it in my abs for the next few days."
Spin is also an excellent way to let out some steam.
Between the fun and upbeat music that Riccio blasts to the occasional 10-second sprints, there is a great deal of intensity in every workout.
Another bonus to spin is that, unlike with running on a treadmill, there is no stress on the joints.
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