Meramec’s Fitness Center has opened for regular use by students, staff and faculty
BY: JACOB POLITTE
Managing Editor
Just after the conclusion of Spring Break, STLCC’s Fitness Centers expanded its hours for free use amongst STLCC students, staff and faculty. While the Wildwood campus has been left without a campus fitness center, the rest of the college’s campuses host one, including Meramec.
Alec Reeves, one of the attendants on duty at the Meramec location, said the center had previously been open from 11:00am to 4:00pm in the two and a half months prior to the extended hours being instituted. He’s noticed an increased amount of foot traffic in the room lately.
“It’s picking up,” Reeves said. He also said that classes are still hosted in the facility.
The Meramec location is located, fittingly, in the PE Building on its bottom floor. It’s open every Monday through Friday from 7:00am until 4:00pm. On the college’s website, Meramec’s Fitness Center is described as being “perfect for all of your fitness goals providing a full-body Cybex circuit, dual-adjustable pulley machine, four-station functional training studio, multi-station cable unit, group training suspension bays, four squat-racks, dumbbells and barbells up to 100lbs and a full line of cardio equipment.”
Before using the equipment, participants need to register for and undergo a few brief training modules that go over the Fitness Center’s policies, as well as general fitness and workout information. Registration for these modules can be accessed through the college’s website. The modules, collectively, shouldn’t take longer than 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Once a participant has completed the course, they’ll need to fill out some additional information and complete a liability waiver.
When arriving at the Fitness Center for the first time, participants will need to inform the attendant on duty that it is their first visit and that they have completed this course. At that point, the attendant will verify that the appropriate documents are in order and may ask for additional registration information that will be entered into the Center’s check-in system. Participants will need to be photographed, and then will receive a key tag that they’ll use to scan in each time they use equipment in the Fitness Center after.
While the training modules can be seamlessly completed online, they also can be completed in person at the fitness center if one so chooses. Any patron who has any additional questions should contact the Fitness Center Coordinator Tony Dattoli at adattoli@stlcc.edu or Faculty Supervisor Joe Swiderski at jswiderski@stlcc.edu.
Patrons should also review the attached rules for The Fitness Center:
