Anteater Recreation Center
The Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) is an 89,000-square-foot (8,300 m2) indoor gym facility that is part of campus recreation at the University of California, Irvine (UCI); the anteater is the mascot of the UC Irvine Athletics team (see University of California, Irvine#Athletics for the mascot's origin and history). It is in the Non-Academic Department of Student Affairs and was opened in the year 2000. Through student fees and operational income, recreational programs, facilities, and services available to enhance campus life[1]. It is open for all UCI students, faculty and staff members, alumni, and other university affiliates, including spouses[2].
Facilities
ARC facilities[3] include, but are not limited to:
- The main gym, which features three basketball or volleyball courts or nine badminton courts and utilizes hanging dividers to separate each court
- A fitness lab, consisting of state of the art cardiovascular equipment, weight machines, and free-weights, as well as eight flat screen televisions
- An indoor jogging track with a clock timer and rubber flooring
- A 36’ high rock wall for beginning to advanced climbers
- Three glass enclosed racquetball courts
- Five activity rooms for various fitness classes, clinics, and programs
- Physical Forum is the largest activity room and is home to Group Exercise classes, like Step, Pump N’ Sculpt, Aerobics, and Zumba
- Sports Studio has matted flooring and can be used for Martial Arts, wrestling, and stretching
- Activity Annex is the main facility for table tennis, fencing, and instructional dance classes
- Workout Shop is utilized by Yoga, Kendo, Capoeira, and Belly Dance classes
- Training Zone offers Studio Cycling, Meditation, and Massage classes
- A back court gym, a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) gym with rounded corners, team dugouts, and inset goals, perfect for floor hockey and indoor soccer
- A newly added Wellness Lab, geared towards functional training and featuring a Kinesis Wall and kinesis circuit machines, as well as cardio equipment and free weights and ten flat screen televisions
- An aquatics plaza with a 25 meter by 25 meter lap pool
- ARC fields, a 25-acre (100,000 m2) outdoor complex, for sports such as softball, soccer, football, rugby, basketball, roller hockey, and tennis
- Exercise Testing Rooms, where various fitness tests, such as “Bod Pods” and “VO2 Submax Tests”, are conducted
- Massage therapy rooms with have fully adjustable beds
- A test kitchen and classroom that is used for demonstration and cooking classes
- ARC Bar, offering fresh smoothies and light snacks
Services
ARC services[3] include, but are not limited to:
- Classes and clinics that follow a non-credit, class format for learning or developing sports
- Club sports directed to clubs centered around interest in one sport or fitness activity and involves competition among other collegiate club teams
- Intramural sport leagues designed for student, faculty, and staff competition
- Team Up and ULead activities
- Fitness and wellness programs designed to support participant physical exercise and health goals
- Certified personal training
- Kinesis circuit training
- Pilates reformer
- Exercise testing
- Massage
- Outdoor adventures, including kayaking and surfing, that provide an opportunity to overcome a psychological or physical challenge or barrier
- Sailing
- CPR/First Aid classes
- Gear Up, which checks out equipment ARC participants might need, including basketballs, racquets, swim goggles, rock climbing shoes, and shower towels
- A play station for kids
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