Lose that gut!

Students find it easier to contract their waistbands as the SRC expands and opens its doors. Texas State’s 31 million dollar project has added a variety of activity centers for Bobcats who seek to get fit.

This new expansion adds to the existing recreation center with four additional basketball/volleyball courts, two indoor soccer courts and a new aerobic multipurpose room.

The weight room is in a new location and has received an upgrade of machinery and size. It is now 18, 000 square feet and is surrounded by over one hundred cardiovascular machines. What about the old weight room? Well, plans are to install a golf simulator in its place.



Is that chewing gum on the wall? No, those are just the colorful climbing holds on the new rock wall. Yes, two rock walls have been constructed for students to climb on! These two 52 foot formations, along with the bouldering(practice wall) area consist of 2,200 square feet of climbing surface. The wall will be free for the rest of the semester. Starting in January, students will have to pay a fee each time they use the rock wall.



Aaron Velasquez, industrial engineering and mathematics double major, found the wall exciting and a bit of a challenge.



There will also be a new natatorium center opening in December. It will include a 6 lane lap pool and a leisure pool complete with underwater benches.

The SRC has a new entrance location off of Academy street. Access into the center is made easier with new card readers that activate when the student’s ID is placed within inches of the reader. Forget your ID at home? No problem! Students can register the back of their hands to be scanned upon each visit instead of using their ID for entrance.

Quick and easy access coupled with all the new various activities should leave students with no excuse to staying fit during their college careers.

What's your excuse? You have none? Well, get out there then!