Worth the Weight: An Inside Look at UA's Recreation Centers

Against a blue sky stands a building with several brick pillars and trees.

The Student Recreation Center is one of three centers on campus for students, faculty, staff and community members. The center is open seven days a week.

Rondell Smith, a student at UA, shows off bent over rows with a dumbbell weight at the Recreation Center.

The weight room offers dozens of free weights ranging from five pounds to 100 pounds for strength training.

Students work out on an elliptical machines.

The second floor of the Student Recreation Center is home to dozens of cardio machines, including treadmills, ellipticals and stair climbing machines.

An arial shot of an outside pool surrounded by greenery.

Take a dip in UA’s outdoor pool, featuring a lazy river and water slide, when the weather is right. The pool is only open during warm months.

A Black woman is working out on a step climbing machine.

University Recreation offers one-on-one training for customized fitness programs.

UREC continues to add new equipment, like rowing machines, for patrons to add to their workout routines.

Cycling, yoga and dance are just a few of the group exercise options offed by UREC.

A bronze statue of a man stands in front of people.

The Robert E. Witt Student Activity Center houses a recreation center, a rock climbing wall and hangout spots for students.

A student climbs up a rock climbing wall.

Under careful supervision of trained staff, thrill seekers can challenge themselves on the rock climbing walls at the Witt Activity Center and Student Recreation Center.

Students play dodgeball in a recreation center.

A great time to explore University Recreation facilities and meet fellow students who are into fitness is at UREC’s annual Rexpo event held each summer.