Delta State University’s Healthy Campus\/Community Initiative will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the addition of the DSU Outdoor Fitness Stations at the Delta State University Fitness Trail at 2 p.m., Friday, May 17, following Delta Council events on campus.<\/p>\n
Dr. Leslie Griffin, Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences invites community members to the ceremony, which will include a welcome from Delta State University President William N. LaForge and remarks from Shelia Grogan, Director of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation, as well as other Delta State and Cleveland officials.<\/p>\n
Demonstrations on how to use the new ENERGI Prime Total Body Fitness System equipment will follow the ribbon cutting ceremony. Attendees are encouraged to bring athletic shoes for a nice stroll around the walking track and to try some exercises on the fitness equipment.<\/p>\n
What started as a half-mile grass track for Coach Doug Pinkerton’s Delta State University women’s cross country team has been transformed into approximately a $300,000 fully equipped paved walking trail which includes strength and conditioning training for members of Delta State University’s campus and the Cleveland community.<\/p>\n
A shared vision of the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Foundation board and members of the Healthy Campus\/Community Initiative team at Delta State University produced the 24-hour outdoor fitness center that is safe and fun, and provides equipment for a total body workout.<\/p>\n
The half-mile paved fitness trail includes complete lighting along the trail, benches, and five fitness stations. A water fountain with a water bottle filler station will soon be added.<\/p>\n
Campus and community members are enthusiastic about the addition of the outdoor fitness lab; Facebook friends have posted fitness challenges to engage and motivate one another. “I do the DSU Fitness Trail challenge — eight exercises at each station with a full lap in between each station,” said Kevin Tripp, physical education teacher at Bell Academy. “I do a total of 3 miles and 36 exercises. I’ve done this three times and it’s pretty awesome if you push yourself to go fast with little rest.”<\/p>\n
The complete fitness system features 120 exercises, with a suggested three-day workout schedule designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced exercisers:
• Station 1 – static and dynamic stretches.
• Station 2 – pulling, back, angle bar and hurdle exercises.
• Station 3 – squat, dip, push-up and balance exercises.
• Station 4 – power and agility step exercises.
• Station 5 – core, torso, and balance disc exercises.<\/p>\n
Users can download a free Mobile Personal Trainer (Microsoft Tag) app at http:\/\/gettag.mobi<\/a> on their mobile phone browser; or search for “Tag app” or “Tag Reader” for the Microsoft Tag app in their mobile app store. Each station is equipped with an easy-to understand sign that instructs users on proper form and includes a 2D code for each exercise. Smartphone users may scan the 2D code and watch an instructional video on each exercise.<\/p>\n Fitness program guides will soon be uploaded to Healthy Campus\/Community Initiative’s website for those who would like to print them for personal use. Sample programs include: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delta State University\u2019s Healthy Campus\/Community Initiative will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the addition of the DSU Outdoor Fitness Stations at the Delta State University Fitness…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36871,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3730\/revisions\/36871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
• Advanced Boot Camp Programs for fitness instructors and activity directors: http:\/\/playworldsystems.com\/files\/images\/product_lines\/ENERGI_Advanced%20Boot%20Camp%20Program.pdf.<\/a>
• Athletic programs for coaches: http:\/\/playworldsystems.com\/files\/images\/product_lines\/ENERGI_Athletic%20Program.pdf <\/a><\/p>\n