UM Recreation Services

💪 Ready to kickstart your fitness journey?

Whether you’re new to the gym or looking for extra guidance and accountability, our Jump Start and Jump Start Plus packages are designed to help you build confidence and train with purpose 🙌

🔥 Jump Start
Start with a 30-minute consultation, receive an individualized training plan, and work one-on-one with a certified trainer through three personal training sessions tailored to your goals and lifestyle.

📊 Jump Start Plus
Includes everything in Jump Start, PLUS a Healthy Fitness Assessment to measure body composition, strength, flexibility, balance, and cardiovascular fitness. Your results are compared to Canadian age and gender norms to help guide your training recommendations.

👉 Learn more and get started through https://bit.ly/PersonalTrainingregistration

🧗 Spring Open Climb Time

With daytime and evening climbing available, there are plenty of opportunities to climb on your schedule 💪 Purchase same-day at Customer Service, or swipe in with your climbing pass as usual!

📍 ALC Climbing Wall
Monday: 12:00 – 4:00 PM & 6:00 – 9:30 PM
Tuesday: 6:00 – 9:30 PM
Thursday: 6:00 – 9:30 PM
Friday: 12:00 – 4:00 PM & 6:30 – 9:30 PM
Saturday: 3:30 – 7:30 PM
Sunday: 12:30 – 4:30 PM

📍 FKC Boulder Room
Tuesday & Thursday: 6:30 – 9:30 PM

🔥 Looking for even more climbing? Join the Climbing Club this term to stay active, connect with fellow climbers, and keep progressing all season long.

Build lifesaving skills, refresh your certifications, or prepare for healthcare-related placements with Canadian Red Cross-certified training. Courses are offered at the Joe Doupe Recreation Centre (Bannatyne campus).

🫀 Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider & Renewal - June 16 & 23
Learn CPR, AED use, and emergency response skills for healthcare and professional settings or refresh your current certification and stay up to date on lifesaving protocols.

⛑️ Emergency First Aid - June 6, 7, 13 & 20
Learn how to respond to common emergencies and provide immediate care in urgent situations.

💊 First Aid + BLS for Pharmacy Students - July 25 & 26
Designed specifically for pharmacy students needing certification requirements before placement

👉 Register via https://bit.ly/FirstAidandBLS

Campus Beautification Day is a great reminder of what community is all about 🌿☀️

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, said hello, and spent time outside with us throughout the day🌸 It was amazing to see so many people getting involved and helping make campus look its best for the summer ahead!

Hope to see you during Staff Appreciation Week June 15-19!

💃🏽 Bollywood Dance Workshop ✨🔥

Get ready to move, groove, and bring the energy at our Bollywood Dance Workshop led by ! Whether you’re brand new to dance or already love hitting the dance floor, this fun, high-energy session will have you learning vibrant choreography to upbeat Bollywood music 🙌

📆 Saturday, June 20
🕔 5:00 – 6:30 PM
🎟 $16 (Members & UM students receive 20% off)

Don’t miss your chance to dance, sweat, and celebrate the energy and excitement of Bollywood ✨

👉 Register today by clicking this link
https://bit.ly/49o0Vny

🥳 UM Staff Appreciation Week is here! 🥳

As a thank-you for your hard work, UM faculty and staff can enjoy free access to sport and rec facilities at both Fort Garry and Bannatyne campuses during June 15 - 19. Please drop by the Customer Service desk with their staff card and fill out a waiver to take advantage of free gym access for the week.

Ways to take advantage of staff appreciation week:
💪 Take a group fitness class (see schedule via https://bit.ly/ScheduleGroupFitness)
🏀 Come to open gym and courts times (check schedule via https://bit.ly/casual-rec-use-schedules)
🏋️ Workout in our fitness facilities
🧗 Visit our Climbing wall (pre-registration required via https://bit.ly/StaffAppreciationClimbing)
👟 Participate in Sneaker Day (pre-registration required to get a free t-shirt and post walk snacks. Register via https://bit.ly/SneakerDayRegistration. Form closes May 28.)

✨️ UM Staff can get a Recreation Services membership for under $20 biweekly through payroll deduction, with options to add spouses and dependents. Learn more about memberships via link in our bio (under Membership) or visit our Customer Service desk!

Climbing courses are filling up fast!
Our Advanced courses are officially SOLD OUT, and Intermediate Sport Climbing is filling quickly with limited spots remaining 👀

🧗 Intermediate – Sport Climbing
Build the essential skills and techniques needed to begin sport climbing on artificial climbing walls with confidence.
📅 Mondays | 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. | June 1 & 8

There’s still space available in our Beginner – Top Rope Belaying.
Learn the basics of partner belaying while building confidence, communication, and safe climbing practices.
📅 Tuesdays & Fridays | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. | May 26 and throughout June

👉 Register via https://bit.ly/ClimbingCourses
If courses are full online or the current schedule doesn’t work for you, reach out to us at [email protected] and we’ll see what we can do to fit you in! 🙌

Looking for a way to stay active and meet new people this summer? ☀️🙌

🏐 Don’t miss the UM Volleyball Club Co-Ed Tournament! With limited team spots and a cash prize on the line, it’s set to be a big weekend 👀
📅 June 6 (10 AM - 5 PM) & June 7 (10 AM - 4 PM)
📍 Brown Gym, Frank Kennedy Centre
Visit for more information and on how to register!

🔥 You can also join our Rec Clubs! They are open to UM students, staff, alumni, and community members.
This summer’s lineup includes:
Badminton (both campuses)
Climbing
Soccer
Tennis
Volleyball
Wrestling
Pickleball (Bannatyne only)
Racquet Sports (Bannatyne only)

👉 Register via https://bit.ly/RecclubsRegistration