Category Archives: Wellbeing

Community notice, Health and Fitness, Our Community, The Community, Wellbeing

Get Ready to Move (and Win) with the Coffee Culture UC Group Fitness Challenge 2024! 

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Calling all UC students – Are you looking to crush your fitness goals, try something new, have some fun, and maybe even snag your share of over $3000 worth of prizes? Then look no further than the Coffee Culture UC Group Fitness Challenge 2024! 

This epic challenge is all about pushing yourself, trying new things, and getting the most out of UC Rec & Sport’s amazing group fitness classes. Whether you’re a seasoned gym rat or a complete beginner, there’s a class for you. From heart-pumping HIIT to zen-inducing yoga, there’s something to get everyone moving. 

Here’s what you need to know: 

    • It’s FREE.  Yep, you read right.  Just sign up via the app, and you’ll get a BOGO voucher for Coffee Culture – just collect from our reception team.  
  • It’s going to be EPIC!  This year’s challenge is bigger and better than ever before, with over $3000 of prizes from Coffee Culture, Mobil, PaknSave and Daphne’s Restaurant – just for showing up 
  • Compete with your friends!  Find yourself on the challenge leaderboard and add a layer of friendly competition  
  • Try new classes! The challenge is a perfect excuse to step outside your comfort zone and discover your new favorite group fitness class.  
  • Starts Wednesday 1st May!   You’ll have 20 weeks to notch up 50 classes for maximum prize draw entries (but don’t worry, we have spot prizes, 25 class prizes and coffee giveaways for everyone).  

So, what are you waiting for? The UC Group Fitness Challenge is the perfect way to shake up your routine, get fit, and have a blast with the UC community. See you on the dance floor (or yoga mat, or spin bike…) 

Head to our website to read up a little more about the challenge, including the bonus bingo card for bonus prizes!  

Ngā mihi
Te Ratonga Hākinakina | UC Rec&Sport  

 

Community notice, Events and entertainment, Our Community, The Community, Wellbeing

Campus Foraging Tour 🍋

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Join us for a lunch-hour walk around campus to find the best spots to forage for edible fruits, native nibbles, herbs, nuts and berries! 🍋🍐🍎🍊

When: Thursday 2 May, 12pm – 1pm

Where: Meet at the fruit trees outside Cafe 1894

The walk will begin outside Cafe 1894 at 12pm and will end at Waiutuutu Community Garden just before 1pm. If you can, please stay for a cup of herbal tea in the garden afterwards.

Your guide Seamus is UC’s Biodiversity Co-ordinator and has years of experience working on and with the UC Grounds team.

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This event is part of Organic Week Aotearoa. Check out the other events happening in your community here.

More about UC’s edible campus and a foraging map can be found here.

Health and Fitness, Health and Wellbeing, Wellbeing

New term, new you! Get your free gym membership sorted today

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Congratulations on completing your first term at Uni, now that you’ve got that under your belt, it’s a great time to establish some new routines that support your wellbeing for the rest of the year. Read on to find out how to get your free gym membership to do just that.

Get moving 

If you’re not already moving for your health, all it takes is a small commitment of 20mins a day to start.   After a while, you may just feel better physically and mentally.  That improved ease of movement might just motivate you to increase that after a while (but no rush!)  

Use the gym – or don’t!

It doesn’t matter how you choose to move, as long as you do!   Getting outdoors for a walk, using the pool, or heading the RecCentre to play sport or use the gym or classes, all of it will help. 

Your RecCentre membership is FREE for UC students 

Ok, so technically you’ve paid for it via your student levy, but what we want you to understand is that you don’t have give us any more money to use the gym or group fitness classes.  The basics are all included, so you can get started anytime.  So, why pay for a gym membership in town, when all you have to do is head to our website and register.   

Once you’ve done that, head over to the gym and explore.  Bring your student ID card, that’s your membership card now as well.  

You’ll also be prompted to download the Rec&Sport app (we’ll send you emails once you’ve registered).  Definitely do that as well – this is how you’ll book into our excellent free group classes (like yoga, SkillX, Pilates and more), grab free gym programmes and virtual workouts to follow at home or in the gym.  

See you soon!  
Ngā mihi
Te Ratonga Hākinakina | UC Rec&Sport