Wright State offers multiple areas of fitness for its community. The Student Union is filled with options such as an indoor basketball court, racquetball courts and a full fitness center. The fitness center offers a variety of options including weights and dumbbells, treadmills, and other machines for students, faculty, and other members of the community to exercise on their time.
Since it is free and easily accessible, many students utilize this amenity. Students enjoy the variety that the gym provides, as well as the other features it includes. Student Madison Leonhardt spoke about how the gym allows her to work out with friends whenever they would like to.
“I enjoy the union gym because it is easy to go to. I can go when I don’t have class or if I just want to do a little bit in between or after class,” she said. “I normally do cardio, so the different options allow me to not just do one thing and then leave. All in all I feel that it is a great place.”
Other students feel some things should be changed to provide a better experience. Bradley Steen feels the WSU fitness center should try and be more efficient with equipment due to the limited space.
“There are many different machines that offer workouts on different muscle groups. There are a couple duplicates in the machine area that couple be replaced with other options. There are a lot of treadmills and I have never seen even 75 percent of them in use at the same time. Maybe some of that space could be used to open up the dumbbell area which is a tad cramped.”
Overall, Steen really enjoys the atmosphere it produces.
“Having it on campus and accessible for majority of the day is very convenient. It is never overly busy to where I have trouble getting my workout done in a reasonable amount of time.Overall though the atmosphere is not off-putting, which is very nice.”
The fitness center is open from 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. on weeknights, 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
