Word: cardio
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...faculty, staff and alumns living in the area are all allowed to use athletic department facilities—with only 8 treadmills, 10 elliptical trainers and a bunch of exercise bikes and Stairmasters. By contrast, Yale has an eight-story athletic complex with a 13,000 square foot cardio and weight-training space dedicated to recreational use. Students there rave that their facility is “better than Gold’s Gym,” and speak about “a serious pride in Yale’s athletic facilities...
...luxury that not everybody can afford, and some undergrads have resorted to taking part-time jobs at the Business School’s Shad Gymnasium so they can gain access to the gorgeous facilities across the river. They find it well worth the effort. Shad has a cardio space about the same size as the MAC’s (but serving a population less than one-tenth the size), men’s and women’s saunas and whirlpools, squash courts, a golf training facility and free towel service, among other amenities. It’s also...
...meantime, some interim measures have already been taken: in 2000, the Athletics department contracted with Boston Sports Clubs (the same group that runs Shad gymnasium) to take over the management of the facility, and much of the equipment in the weight rooms, as well as many of the aging cardio machines, were replaced...
...only all Houses were created equal. If Winthrop House (and others like it) had decent exercise rooms, I wouldn’t have to trudge up the MAC’s ice-encrusted steps just to wait for a cardio machine in a sweaty room for an hour and a half. Instead, I could strut down the heated corridors of Winthrop and not have to wait at all. Even if revamped house gyms did become crowded, I could add my name to a list and easily return later...
...line extends out the Cardio Room door. Those at the front of the line fashion a look of utter triumph. Three minutes later, most of the machines are booked until at least 8:00 a.m. The treadmills and elliptical machines are all reserved until...