Students Favorite Place to Workout – the Ramsey Center
The Ramsey Center at UGA is located at 330 River Rd, Athens, GA, 30602 and is a free recreational facility available to all students, graduate, and undergraduate, of the UGA community. They also offer memberships to specific people related to UGA such as UGA Student Spouses & Dependents, Faculty and Staff, Faculty and Staff Spouses & Dependents, Retired Faculty and Staff & their Dependents, UGA Alumni, and UGA Affiliate.
This building, dedicated to working out, fitness, and wellness, has many state-of-the-art facilities that make it such a great place to train. From the three pools and 19,000 square feet of weight room space to the indoor track, sports courts (basketball, squash, and racquetball), to the three different gyms, you are for certain going to find your workout niche here. They have many different pieces of equipment available: weights, cardio machines, cross-training abilities, as well as classes for those who do better when someone is telling them what to do. These pieces of equipment scattered everywhere around Ramsey are perfect for people who love creating their own workouts and doing it on your own, but there are group fitness options if that type of training is more your speed.
Ramsey also has an extremely impressive fitness and wellness center embodied right in the heart of the facilities. The options through this center are group fitness, personal training, small group training, and an outreach program that are all focused on a healthy mind just as much as a healthy body. To work out in group fitness, personal training, and small group training settings, you need to purchase a group fitness pass, the Fall Fitness On Demand Pass is $25 per semester and the Fall Unlimited Pass is $56.25 per semester. These two passes are different, the Demand pass gives you digital access to 100+ classes on your phone, while the Unlimited pass is 55 in-person classes as well as the 100+ digital classes.
They also offer many different forms of student employment at Ramsey to allow students to get a firsthand experience with fitness, health, and wellness. Typically, 600 students are employed yearly by the rec department alone for jobs such as lifeguard, swim instructor, sales/customer service representative, intramural sports official, scorekeeper, admissions desk, event set up team, building supervisor, outdoor complex staff, S&C supervisors, equipment maintenance team, group fitness instructor, personal trainer, fitness monitor, wellness outreach staff, graphic designer, social media, photographer, videographer, rental center, trip leader, climbing wall staff, challenge course facilitator, and more! Applying to work at Ramsey is a simple online form that will allow you to answer questions and will in turn let them see if you are a good fit for the specific position. They also have Graduate Assistantship positions that give grad students at UGA an opportunity to work and gain experience in their field.
Another fan favorite about Ramsey is the fact that it is located right next to the Joe Frank Harris dining hall on campus, which is the healthiest dining hall. It has an entire station devoted to smoothies, yogurt, and healthy snacks, which is a great place to stop at after a workout. Regardless of whether you choose to take advantage of Ramsey for the working out or the employment opportunities, it is a great place to be on campus.
Madeleine Morris, Intern
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