Category Archives: Wellbeing

Activate your FREE RecCentre gym membership TODAY!

Did you know that your student levy gives you a FREE MEMBERSHIP to the RecCentre gym? Now you do! You’re just a few steps away from boosting your health and wellness.

RecCentre – More Than Just a Gym!

We offer all the traditional gym amenities like modern cardio equipment and weights, but there’s so much more:

  • Over 50 FREE group fitness classes per week, catering to all fitness levels.
  • Social sport leagues for futsal, basketball, volleyball, and netball.
  • Sport courts for squash and pickleball, free to use before 3pm.
  • Free equipment hire.
  • A rock-climbing wall (join the Climbing Club for climbing nights).
  • A boxing room, functional training room, women’s only gym area, and a stretching/yoga room.
  • Massage chairs, hairdryers, and straighteners for after your shower.

All of this is included with your membership, except for social sport leagues (which have a small team fee) and court bookings after 3pm.

You can even get discounted massages and personal training!

How to Activate Your Membership

  1. Register Online: Visit our website and follow the instructions to register using your UC student email.
  2. Download Our App: Find it in your app store.
  3. Activate Your Card: Bring your UC Student ID card to the RecCentre desk, and we’ll activate it for you.

Once activated, explore the app to book classes, discovery sessions, and more!  And of course, remember to wear your sport shoes – we have a strict no shoes, no train policy for your health and safety.

Stay fit with us, your friends, and hall buddies. Your body and brain will thank you!

Ngā mihi

UC Rec&Sport | Te Ratonga Hākinakina

Activate your RecCentre gym membership right NOW!

Did you know you have free access to the RecCentre gym as part of your levy?   Well, now you know!   You’re just a few short steps away from amping up your health and wellness.

RecCentre – more than just a gym!

The RecCentre has all the traditional stuff a gym has – modern cardio and weights for example. But did you know that we also have….

  • Over 50 FREE group fitness classes per week, with something to suit everyone?
  • A bouldering wall (check out the climbing club for climbing nights)
  • Social sport leagues for Futsal, Basketball, Volleyball and Netball*
  • Sport courts, including squash & pickleball that you can use for free before 3pm
  • Free equipment hire
  • A boxing room, functional training room, women’s only gym area and a stretching/yoga room away from it all
  • Massage chairs, hairdryers and straighteners for after your shower

All of this is FREE with your membership – except social sport leagues, they have a small team fee, and court bookings after 3pm.

You can even get discounted massage and personal training if you’re feeling boujee.

How to get your membership activated
  1. Head to our website now and click the link to register, following all the instructions (use your UC student email, or it won’t work)
  2. Visit your app store and download our app 
  3. Then, wander over with your UC Student ID card and we’ll activate your card at the desk, so that you can come in whenever you like

Then explore the app, and book into classes, discovery sessions and more! Read this blog on the different ways to get started with us at the gym.

Stay or get fit with us, your friends and hall buddies. Your body and brain will thank you for it!

Ngā mihi
UC Rec&Sport | Te Ratonga Hākinakina

 

 

Pathway closure between Science Road – University Drive

Users of the footpath between Science Road and University Drive will need to take an alternate route from Tuesday 4 June until Wednesday 26 June.

Work to widen the pathway to allow for more foot and bike traffic will be undertaken between those dates.

Contractors will be working from 7.30am and finish at 5pm daily and the footpath will be closed for the duration of the works.

Pathways on Science and Ilam roads, and University Drive will remain open and available as alternate routes during this period.

For any questions, please email FMAssist@canterbury.ac.nz

 

Ngā mihi,

Facilities Management Team