What's New: Winter 2021

Hello Banana Slugs,

As we wave goodbye to 2020 in our rear view mirror, we remain excited and hopeful for the start of a new year and winter quarter in 2021. We encourage you to stay physically active and connected to one another through a variety of virtual fitness and outdoor recreational opportunities. By being proactive and wearing a mask, physical distancing, getting tested, and staying on top of University resources available to you, we plan to continue to resume additional outdoor fitness and recreation activities, programs, and services.
While not all of our Athletics and Recreation facilities are currently available to us, the pandemic has provided an opportunity for us to think creatively about how we can facilitate your wellness virtually while we configure our physical space to allow for the resumption of some activities. Recently, we reopened four of the six West Tennis Courts and the Outdoor Fitness Gym on the East Field Triangle, and East Upper Field jogging path. As the COVID pandemic continues to restrict many plans to resume operations, we are prepared to offer a limited number of reservations to students and membership where federal, state, county, and university requirements allow.
We are pleased to share with you just some of the following options for virtual, recreational programming for winter 2021:

Intramural Sports

- - Which college will lift the inaugural McHenry Cup this spring?! Download GooseChase for FREE now and rack up points for your college through virtual missions all at the convenience of your phone. Prizes will be awarded to participants who collect points along the way and to the college with the most points at the end of the year!
  - NBA 2k20, Fornite, Overwatch, FIFA 20, Trivia Nights, and More!
  - Please take a moment to give feedback in our Intramural Sports program survey

Adventure Rec

- - Behavioral First Responder certification course
  - GooseChase Scavenger Hunts (Search “UCSC”)
  - Outdoor summer jobs series: Fun jobs in beautiful places
    - Yosemite and our national parks
    - Healing in the outdoors: Wilderness therapy backpacking guides
    - Adventure travel gigs: Experience the West
  - Santa Cruz community adventures:

FitLife

- Group Exercise
  - 23 live group exercise classes offered each week via Zoom. Current students and Slug Recreation members can register for classes at no charge.
    - Classes offered in Yoga, HIIT, Pilates, Zumba®, Kickboxing, Barre, and several other exercise formats.
    - Winter schedule and registration links can be found here.
  - Online library of on-demand workout videos
    - New unique workout videos and recordings of live classes added every week.
    - Current students and Slug Recreation members can view the library here.
- Personal Training
  - 1-on-1 personal training is being provided via Zoom and is available to all current students and Slug Recreation members at varying prices.
  - Options, prices, and booking information are found here.

In addition to staying physically engaged and emotionally connected with the above programs, you will also have the opportunity to participate in shaping what our Fall quarter 2021 services, programs and facilities will provide our students and membership. We will be collecting survey responses from current students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members on what they’d like to see us develop, include, and or expand for the future minus a pandemic. We invite you to participate as we leave 2020 behind and look forward to being together in 2021.
On behalf of all Athletics and Recreation staff and #MoreSlugs2021 committee members, we hope you are staying physically active and healthy in the new year.
GO #MoreSlugs2021