UCSC FitLife

Help us celebrate the 2026 Spring Give Campaign!🍌🐌

Today through April 20th we’ll rally around the UC Santa Cruz Athletics and Recreation Department to help grow our Banana Slugs Fund and build a lasting impact on our students and the Banana Slugs community!

Spring Cleaning!🧽🫧🧹 We’re always working hard to keep our equipment and facilities as clean as possible so you can have the safest, healthiest, and most enjoyable workouts possible. Lookin’ forward to reopening on Monday for another great Spring quarter!

Get ready! Our Spring quarter Group Exercise classes begin on Monday (3/30). We’ve got almost all of your continuing favorites from this winter as well as a couple of new options for you to try! All classes are open to drop-ins or you can reserve your spot ahead of time. We look forward to seeing you in class soon!

GET READY for the start of our Winter ‘26 GX classes tomorrow (Monday-1/5)! This quarter’s schedule has lots of awesome classes, great instructors, and fun workouts waiting for you, and they’re all FREE for students and Slug Rec members. Please drop-in to join us, as no pre-registration is required (though you can register if you want to save a spot). See you in class soon!

Congratulations to Lucy Bovet for winning our September prize-drawing for a $25 Amazon.com gift card after submitting her Group Exercise Feedback/Evaluation form last month!

If you weren’t aware, everyone who submits their feedback/evaluation after participating in our GX classes or Personal Training services will be entered in our monthly prize-drawing. The link to the survey form can be found in our bio. Thanks, Lucy, and enjoy your gift card!

Happy 1st Day of Fall Classes, Banana Slugs!

It’s time to Find Your Fall Fit at UCSC! Our Fall schedule of weekly group exercise classes begins TOMORROW (Thu-9/25). All classes are FREE for Slug Rec members (which includes all UCSC students), appropriate for all levels of experience and fitness, and can be joined by just dropping in or by pre-registering at campusrec.ucsc.edu. We’ve added some new class-types to the schedule this quarter, as well as some new instructors! We’re all looking forward to having you in class soon and helping you to find your fit!

Celebrate Good Gear! We’ve just added some awesome new equipment options to our Fitness Center for you to make use of this Fall! Stop by soon to put them to use and get your FIT on!

Say hello to Alyssa Merced, our awesome Yoga Sculpt instructor! She’d love to have you join her for an invigorating 50-minutes of stretching, strengthening, breathing, and relaxing on Wednesdays from 12:00p-12:55p this Spring. Drop-ins are always welcome or you can reserve your spot in class by pre-registering online (link in bio). We hope to see you in class soon!

Congratulations to Mariella Di Agostino for winning our March prize-drawing for a $25 Amazon.com gift card after submitting her Group Exercise Feedback/Evaluation form last month!

If you weren’t aware, everyone who submits their feedback/evaluation after participating in our GX classes or Personal Training services will be entered in our monthly prize-drawing. The link to the survey form can be found in our bio. Thanks, Mariella, and enjoy your gift card!

Shout out to our new Cardio Kickboxing instructor, Isabella, and the awesome group of Sluggies she had in class Friday morning! Come join them on Mondays and Fridays at 10:45am this Spring. Isabella will take good care of you and give you a great workout!