Over winter break, the Nelson Fitness Center underwent a number of modifications, together with the addition of a turf space, 5 squat racks and deadlift platforms.
Funded by the University’s Division of Athletics and Recreation, this mission aimed to “elevate the expertise” of scholars, wrote Amy Dean, Brown Recreation health and wellness supervisor, in an e mail to The Herald.
Dean added that Brown Recreation strove to open up area whereas nonetheless including new tools. “Some of the brand new tools has a number of features, so we have been capable of buy one machine that does two issues, which allowed for extra open areas,” she wrote.
According to Dean, the upgrades sought to “enhance scholar engagement and eradicate boundaries to health by offering various tools in a number of areas all through the Nelson.”
The Nelson opened in 2012 and “incorporates a 10,000 sq. foot multi-purpose health loft with over 85 train machines for college students, college and workers,” in keeping with the Brown Recreation website.
“The Nelson Fitness Center tools had been closely used over the previous 10 years, and it was time for it to get replaced,” Dean wrote.
Dana Magana ’25, who realized concerning the improve to the Nelson from Brown Recreation’s Instagram page, has heard “combined evaluations.”
“It’s a great change, particularly due to the added squat racks,” Magana mentioned. According to Magana, a scarcity of sufficient machines to satisfy scholar demand had brought on lengthy wait instances in previous semesters.
“It’s positively a step in the fitting course,” Batisse Manhardt ’26 mentioned. “More tools means extra folks can go.”
Rayna Simons ’24 mentioned that the improve was wanted. “It was normally pretty crowded to the purpose the place generally I’d say it was, at finest, a hindrance to a great exercise,” Simons mentioned. She added that some benches have been “form of falling aside.”
According to Magana, having a much bigger health heart would resolve overcrowding in gymnasium services. “The gymnasium is an effective approach to de-stress, and it’s essential that Brown prioritizes that and the services which might be obtainable to college students,” she mentioned.
Manhardt mentioned {that a} answer to overcrowding within the free weight part of the Nelson may very well be shifting the cardio part to a separate space.
“We plan to repeatedly consider the tools and areas as time progresses,” Dean wrote. “We have loads of plans to proceed to enhance the areas and programming with Brown Recreation, and we recognize the help as we proceed to develop.”
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