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provides the Yakima Valley Community College campus and the Yakima Valley community the opportunity to pursue personal health, fitness, and wellness goals in a professional environment and spacious facility.

The mission of the YAK Fitness/Wellness Center, integrated with the Physical Education-Recreation-Wellness Department at Yakima Valley Community College, is to provide a campus facility that allows the students, staff, faculty, and the Yakima Valley community members to engage in the pursuit of physical fitness and wellness. 

The YAK Fitness/Wellness Center, through its strong educational domains, is also dedicated to increasing the physical, health, and mental wellbeing of each client/student to meet the daily, fast-paced demands placed of body by college/occupation, and increase awareness and proactive concerns about self-care.

The YAK Fitness/Wellness Center objectives are:

• To create an inviting, friendly atmosphere welcoming people at all levels of fitness.
• To educate and encourage fitness that provokes the concept of "total body fitness."
• To offer wellness/fitness course instruction that develops a solid foundation of physical fitness components, student understanding, the internal drive to meet personalized wellness/fitness goals.
• To educate and promote to the YVCC campus members and the Yakima Valley community the positive benefits of wellness, health, and physical fitness.
• To be receptive and proactive to the unique needs of the various constituents that use the facility.
• To ensure a quality, state-of-the-art environment where intercollegiate athletic team members can develop the optimal level of fitness and sport specific skill that provides them the competitive edge on the field/court/mat.
• To offer injury preventive, proactive care techniques, and excellent rehabilitation services for the YVCC athletic department and advisory care prevention services to YVCC employees.  
• To serve as a professional development employment  opportunity for students who qualify for work-study and the international students.  Student employees assist  in the daily operation, upkeep, fitness supervision,and   client/member encouragement and teaching professional instructing  serving others through providing and sharing educational information in fitness/wellness aspect of life.

The YAK Fitness/Wellness Center, located in Sherar Gym on the YVCC campus, offers an inviting atmosphere for registered members of any fitness level the unlimited opportunity to stay true in beginning, maintaining, or building your personal health and fitness.

Our newly remodeled and expanded facility offers ample space to ensure that the YVCC Fitness/Wellness Center helps to fulfill the YAK’s Fitness dedication to building healthy habits and promoting physical and emotional wellbeing through fitness.  

State of the Art Equipment in the Fitness Center


 

Recline Bikes / Upright Racing Bikes                                                                            

Gym Facility

Treadmills

Free Weights

Cybex Machine Weights

Theraball / Stretch Area

Outdoor Marked Walking/Running Course

Fitness Level Testing in alliance with CWU Human Performance Lab

Day Lockers / Locks

Separate Staff/Faculty Locker Rooms

Fitness Workout Program Development Assistance

YVCC Student, Staff, Faculty Individual, Yakima Valley Community Member

To become a YAK Fitness/Wellness Center member, please register for YAK WORKOUT - PE 076.

Registration and $10.00 membership payment fee

The fitness/wellness center is open Monday – Friday during the following hours.

Fall 2005                       6:15am - 5:45pm            Winter 2006                  6:15am - 5:45pm

Spring 2006                   6:15am – 5:45pm           Summer 2006    TBA

Reminder:  The fitness/wellness center will be closed on all college observed holidays.

Any change in hour times or special closures will be posted at the entrance to the facility.

The YAK Fitness/Wellness Center strives to provide quality services and inviting accommodations to our clients, students, staff/faculty, and competitive   intercollegiate athletic department team members.

Employee Incentive Programs: Check back for future programs.

Self-Care Series: Prevention Techniques & Posture

Physical Education Courses (1credit or 2 credit):

Courses Available:

PE 180                                  Wellness Life I

PE 181                                  Wellness Life II

PE 182                                  Wellness Life  III

PE 184                                  Fast Track Wellness

PE 130                                  Beginning Weight Training

       PE 132                                   Advance Weight Training

Fitness Assessments/Hydrostatic Weighing: (Available through an educational articulation with Central Washington University Exercise Science Department.  Contact Bonnie Smith at blsmith@yvcc.edu for further information.

Fitness Program Design: If you would assistance meeting your fitness/wellness goals and would like to input and guidance on a personal fitness program, contact Bonnie L. Smith, MEd. ATC, PTA at blsmith@yvcc.edu or (509) 574-6822 to set up a meeting appointment. 

Athletic Enhancement Performance Programs:  Fitter, Faster, Stronger…. Intercollegiate athletes can develop the skills they need to maintain and enhance the sport specific ability that will give them the competitive edge.  Email Bonnie Smith, M.Ed., ATC, PTA at blsmith@yvcc.edu to get further information.

Fitness Center Front Desk Attendant

Applications for employment in the Fitness Center are available at the beginning of each quarter for students that qualify for work-study.  We encourage our international students that attend YVCC to apply!