UT Recreational Sports introduced a new exercise format at a Sept. 22 launch event: a reformer pilates class without the traditional reformer machine. RecSports also announced that they would host group line dancing courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reformer pilates is a type of pilates that utilizes a reformer, a specialized machine that uses a sliding platform, springs and straps. The new class substitutes this machine with yoga mats and Flex Kords, a type of resistance band, creating a format that can accommodate more students than a typical reformer pilates class, said Maddie Kuehne, an assistant director of fitness and wellness for RecSports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re always looking at fitness trends and trying to introduce and bring new things to campus for our students to experience,\u201d said Adrienne MacKenzie, the associate director for fitness and wellness for RecSports. \u201cThat\u2019s something that (shows) we\u2019re lucky to work in fitness: there\u2019s always new trends coming.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new class is available to students with a TeXercise pass, an exercise pass for UT students that costs $30 a month. Kuehne said the reformer machine makes the class more accessible than traditional pilates.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of having big, clunky machines and studios, we\u2019re able to do (pilates) with just the band,\u201d Kuehne said. \u201cYou\u2019re able to offer a lot more options and modifications throughout class.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Line dancing classes are not included in the TeXercise pass and cost $75 each. They will be offered every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. from Sept. 30. to Oct. 21 and Oct. 28 to Nov. 18. Students can purchase a TeXercise pass and register for pilates classes and group line dancing through the UT RecSports website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Civil engineering senior Maddie Moshaver, who works as a program assistant for Fitness and Wellness at RecSports, teaches the new human reformer pilates class on Mondays and Tuesdays.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve just had a lot of fun teaching this new format; it was a lot of fun to learn,\u201d Moshaver said. \u201cI think the perception has been really good overall, and I\u2019m really excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UT Recreational Sports introduced a new exercise format at a Sept. 22 launch event: a reformer pilates class…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-452825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}