{"id":6899,"date":"2008-02-20T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=6899"},"modified":"2012-12-12T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T16:45:48","slug":"fitness-day-promotes-health-awareness-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/fitness-day-promotes-health-awareness-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitness Day promotes health awareness on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
Learning how to live a healthy lifestyle through sports, fitness and nutrition is the goal behind the annual Recreational Sports and Fitness Day on Friday, Feb. 22, at the NAU Recreation Center.<\/p>\n
The daylong event, held in conjunction with the\u00a0National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association<\/a>, comprises several free fitness activities that are open to all faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n “Fitness Day is a great opportunity for employees and students alike to take advantage of and be exposed to all that the Recreation Center has to offer,” said\u00a0Amy Laxton<\/strong>, program coordinator for Campus Recreation Services.<\/p>\n The goal of the event is to stress the importance of health and wellness and to show the campus community how to achieve a healthier lifestyle by participating in sports and fitness programs at NAU, Laxton said.<\/p>\n Free Fitness Day activities include:<\/p>\n Free Group Exercise classes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Open climbing wall with free rentals, noon- 4 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n Health and Wellness Fair, noon-4 p.m.<\/strong> Free body composition analysis, 2-4 p.m.<\/strong> Intramural Sports Weight Lifting Competition, 5-8 p.m.<\/strong> Faculty and staff also can take advantage of all-day free admission to the Recreation Center and all-day free racquet rentals.<\/p>\n For information, visit\u00a0nau.edu\/recreation<\/a>\u00a0or call (928) 523-1732.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
\nAn open fair with information on various health and wellness related topics.<\/p>\n
\nThis analysis measures one’s body fat content to see if it’s at a healthy level.<\/p>\n
\nA weight lifting challenge between intramural sports athletes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n