Sheridan Gym Elective (Mississauga Campus)
Sheridan college Pilon School of Business is now offering a fitness gym class as an elective for all students in the Mississauga campus. The fitness center is pleased to announce that 60 students will have the opportunity each semester to earn three credits towards their program. This is a highly interactive, and engaging course. It will help students develop healthy lifelong habits to carry on after college. Many students do not sign up for a gym membership because of the monthly subscription fees that are not sustainable for some students. Students who enroll in Sheridan’s gym elective will be learning while staying physically active throughout the semester. A student who is physically active during their period of study can stay mentally sharp and in return will perform better in their studies.
What will Sheridan’s gym elective offer?
Students who choose to take Sheridan’s gym elective will explore mental health stigmas, and how staying physically active can help in some cases. They will explore how to deal and coup through these times by learning how to live an active, and healthy lifestyle. Mental health development will help students focus by boosting self-confidence by raising awareness.
The Sheridan gym elective curriculum will include the collaboration of nutritionists and dietitians to assist in meal preparation classes. Customized to the student’s specific needs, based on conditioning, height, weight, and physical condition. They will have the opportunity to learn about different food groups, and how these food groups target certain parts of the body to help maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Students who decide to enroll in Sheridan gym elective will also team up with the gyms personal trainers to educate students how target specific muscles, and how to maintain proper form to avoid injuries. Students will also integrate their customized meal plan to their workout regimen during the semester.
Other features/Services
Students who enroll in Sheridan gym elective are encouraged to purchase wearable technology that tracks physical fitness data, such as heart beats, body mass index, step counts, and calorie counts. Students will learn how to analyze the data to their benefit to see how they can improve performance.
The gym will be equipped with oxygen supplementations to help increase oxygen levels to help students perform better at their work outs, some rooms will also be pumped to certain oxygen levels to help with overall performance.
Benefits of Sheridan’s Gym Elective
Sheridan offering credits for students to attend their fitness center is not only for fulfilling program requirements but to encourage students to build a healthier lifestyle.
Students will have the opportunity to speak to personal trainers on proper form, and how to target certain muscles, to improve their overall physical physic. They will have the opportunity to speak to dietitians and nutritionists to build custom meal plans according to their specific needs. Students will learn the benefits of oxygen supplementations and how it assists to improve overall performance. Students will also learn how to properly analyze fitness data to their benefit.
Most importantly they will learn about mental health development, as so many teens and and young adults do not know how to coup with their mental health, we will provide the tools and information for student to attack it heads on.
All these tools provided throughout the curriculum should encourage students to live a healthier lifestyle and be health conscious far after they complete their time at Sheridan. That is why we are committed to put our resources to good use and offer this elective to all our students in PSB.
Register for gym membership at:
https://eight.psbdigital.ca/category/campaigns/group-06/
Enroll in Sheridan courses at:
https://www.sheridancollege.ca/programs/courses