Want a good safe run on campus ??

powhattan
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If you are like me and enjoy running outside more than being in a crowded gym , then Powhatan St. on campus is your best bet. It is a good five miles just going down one way, which is a decent run. I just feel that on campus there are bad parts ,so i would not recommend just running anywhere.It is a pretty busy street but luckily there is a sidewalk the WHOLE way. I know i am just as guilty as running on the street but i know i am risking a lot doing so.This street runs through the end of campus and through nice residential areas, with lots of trees and pretty even pavement. I think running outside is actually more relaxing and if you run to relieve stress, than there's nothing like fresh air to also help.So get your running shoes on and start off slow, im not saying jump right into five miles, but maybe do one then slowly but surely it will get easier.

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ODU Tennis Facility

ODU Tennis Facility
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Like to play tennis or give it a shot ? now you can rent rackets and go play with a friend all you want. There are twelve outdoor courts and eight indoor courts ! probably the biggest exercise facility we have and not enough people use that too their advantage. Just make sure that you wear the proper sneakers, from personal experience, they are strict with their rules. Then again the school did put $7 million into it !! I wont even go there , considering there has been no money given for the swim pool in three years. But i do think tennis is a great work out and if you are a social person, it can give you something to play and talk. So why not give it a shot ?

ODU SOCCER HOUSE

Soccer Locker Rooms
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You know there are just sometimes where you would love to go out and take a nice run, but do not want to run on the street. I have noticed, now i am not sure if this is allowed, but the soccer fields are always open ! The gate is rarely closed, so if you want a nice run on your joints, go hit up the soccer fields on campus. Heck if you love to play soccer , get a group together and go play. They have practice fields which are rarely used,so im sure if you got a group, it would be some fun exercise !

Athletic Training Room

Athletic Training Room
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You may wonder why you never see any of the athletes in the schools gyms but its because they have their own. The athletes at ODU did not use to be so fortunate , having a weight room the size of my bedroom. Last year they opened up a new weight room that has all new equipment but sadly it is not open for everyone. I felt like last year when the students at ODU had no where to work out, that it should of been open for everyone, but thats ODU for you. When renovating and making a new gym you can tell they put a lot of thought into it. If you have not been there before it is pretty cool place too see, and if you want nutrition information or work outs their is someone there to help you. I feel like it would be good too know that there is someone on campus that can make work outs and help you, all you would really have to do is walk in there and ask. It has many inspirational quotes all over the walls by famous people and coaches here, it is also probably one of the cleanest gyms i have seen.
Also you may not know it but there is trainers in the same building, so if you are at the any gym on campus and you get hurt, you can walk in and get help. A lot of people who go to the gym do exercises wrong and hurt themselves, so this way if that happens to you while on campus , it will be good to know where it is located !

Rollins Swimming Pool

I know i have written about this before but probably out of my whole three years of college here at ODU, i spent more than half of my time at the pool. I was part of the ODU swim team that reopened rollins hall pool to swim in and believe me, you could tell that it had not been used in decades. We heard all the stories about it though, that it was haunted, two people died from drowning in it, and the list goes on. Whats even more interesting too think about is that the pool i swim in, back in 1945 , the boys just came back from the war and decided to make a swim team, and they also swam in Rollins hall. There is so much history in this building and all this time i just looked at it as a really crappy pool. I mean do not get me wrong, i do not enjoy swimming in a pool built back in 1936 but it has become a part of me. What makes me even more sad is too know that no one at ODU even knows that this pool exists unless they are on the swim team or are on ROTC.

Some history facts that even shocked me was that Rollins Hall was built in 1936 containing the

pool, two gyms,a library,six classrooms,administrative offices,all costing $123,000 total ! Not

even did i just find out that , but also that there use to be a snack bar in the same building ! It

was called the bud and was built in 1945, was known for "the place to be". Now when you go too

rollins hall there is only the administrative offices and the lonely pool. Crazy hu ?

Ending this semester = goodbye blog

As the school year is ending and summer is arriving, there is no better time to be outside and do something fun. So if you are on your computer and reading my blog, get out of the house ! if i did not have two finals tom. i would be at the beach for sure. Well after doing a blog for the first time i must say it was interesting. I guess because i do not really spend a lot of time on the computer, blogging is something i would not use. I love it though when i type into google about something that im interested in and there is a blog, because blogs unlike other websites , will give you someones personal thoughts. Which when it comes to things like restaurants,bars,places too go, or even famous people; i love reading those. If i was going to do something differently i guess i would try to follow more bloggers posts and try to build relationships with them, to make mine better. The only thing i did not like about this blog was that i had to write about fitness , and it had to be around ODU. I guess whenever i feel like writing, i want to write about more personal experiences and stuff thats going on, instead of about fitness at ODU.I like the fact it has to do with local places though because we are all students here, i guess i just wish i had more freedom of what too write about. It definantly was a good learning experience though and opened up my eyes to google map,flicker and other places.

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the good old pyramid

So today in the locker room at swim practice one of the girls meantioned how she is SUPPOSE to be losing a pound a week. I asked her why she would even think that, and she told me how she put all of her information into a pyramid her teacher told her to do and it came out saying she should. Basically she had to put in how much she weighed, her hieght,what she eats daily,how much she works out and etc. I think that programs like that are giving people false hopes , i mean sure it may help you have some sort of idea but it isnt something to live by. We asked our weights coach about it and he said that the work out idea to the pyramid is not enough, Because what people burn during work out is very different. Since i have been swimming competitively since i was six, if i put in that i work out 4 hours a day swimming, i will not burn as much as someone who rarely swims and goes and swims for an hour. Since your body builds endurance too specific things you do everyday, thats why you have to change up your work outs. I know that post was random and really has nothing to do with much, but just trying to make people aware that if you are doing this pyramid method and not dropping weight, its not completely your fault, hang in there !