facilities for sport
Improving member engagement in university gym facilities
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HE UNIVERSITY of Dundee, home to more than 14,000 students, recently completed a £450,000
refurbishment and redesign to its Institute of Sport and Exercise (ISE) gym facilities. The six week redevelopment of the suite, which began in May, included the addition of a functional training suite, along with re-flooring, re-wiring, extending network capabilities, redecoration and new equipment. The 150-capacity, 450 sqm gym features
a range of 88 pieces of cardiovascular and resistance machines from Precor, including the new AMT with Open Stride, along with a range of Discovery Selectorised strength machines and Icarian functional cable equipment. The new 50 sqm functional training suite is located adjacent to the main gym and provides additional opportunities for personal training and more specialised functional training equipment. The new ‘gym@ise’ is an integral aspect of a range of modern facilities at the
University that include two six-court indoor sports halls, two dance/exercise studios, a specialised combat studio for boxing and martial arts and a Regional Strength Performance Centre, funded in partnership with sportscotland, to enable the training and preparation of high performance athletes. There are also three squash courts, swimming pool, a sauna, treatment rooms and a BASES-accredited Human Performance Centre. Outdoor facilities include a 33-acre sports ground with changing facilities and floodlit training area, four all-weather tennis courts and a water activities centre for sailing.
Networking The gym facilities were fully redeveloped in 2007. According to Brian Ewing, director for the University’s Institute of Sport, the latest upgrade reflects the changing needs and aspirations of the wide range of gym users. Innovations designed to improve the user experience include the
equipment’s Preva networking capability. Preva offers a suite of tools to help attract, engage, motivate and support members and has millions of workouts logged worldwide since its 2010 launch. Recent additions include Preva Mobile, an iPhone application allowing exercisers to capture all of their activity on the go, and Preva Token, RFID enabled key fobs that allow users to simply tap the equipment to sign into their Preva account. “Precor’s Preva networked fitness will add considerably to our programme activity,” says IoS director Brian Ewing, “in particular our ‘specialist’ population programmes in coronary rehab, diabetes and cancer.” The facilities are used by both students and staff at the University, community members, high performance athletes, professional athletes, the Scottish Institute of Sport and the Regional Institute of Sport.
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