Get fit with Fit-4-Life – Archive
Written by Crow's Nest Staff, Mar 7, 2011, 0 Comments
Instructor Terra Berlinski, left, helps student Brittani Normile, left, with a yoga pose during a Thursday evening class in March.
Photo contributed by Jordan Gault
Greg Lindberg
Sports Editor
Calories are burning. Music is playing. Students are getting fit.
The fitness center at USF St. Petersburg offers a variety of exercise classes that are all free for students as part of its Fit-4-Life program. This semester, 16 fitness classes are offered throughout the week at different times during the morning, afternoon and night.
Todd Clark, intramural and fitness coordinator, emphasizes the importance of having a variety of classes at different times each day to fit the needs of every student.
“Exercise when you feel you can get the most out of yourself,” he said.
Clark said the most popular classes are cardio boot camp, zumba and yoga because students can get some of their best workouts in them. Surveys are given to participants to determine which classes should be offered.
Terra Berlinski teaches classes on Hatha Yoga. Berlinski is a journalism major that became certified and started teaching yoga last summer at Yoga Energy Studio on Central Avenue. She talked about her passion for yoga and why she enjoys teaching it.
“It’s a very calming practice,” she said. “I like to share it with others.”
The 27-year-old instructor teaches two classes on campus, one on Thursdays at 7 p.m. and another on Fridays at 2:30 p.m. She said Hatha Yoga is primarily practiced in the West and concentrates more on movements and poses. It is also more physical than other forms of yoga, like Bhakti Yoga—“the yoga of love”—which is more spiritual in nature.
To sign up for a class, stop by the fitness center on campus, call 727-873-4589 or visit www.stpt.usf.edu/studentlife/campus_recreation/ for more details.
