Fitness; how to get started

At Sports Centre de Bongerd you can make use of a gym with the modernist equipment . The gym is open every day of the week. To make use of the gym you are obliged to be in possesion of:

  • Valid WUR Card
  • Sportsrights
  • Fitness rights, which you can obtain by following one of the four Fitness introduction courses below

Fitness introduction courses for beginners

Fitness introduction courses for beginners are specially designed for sporters with little or no experience in a gym. In the introduction lessons you will learn you how to train with the cardio and power equipment in an effective and safe way. How to achieve your goals?

  • Fitness introduction lesson beginners: This lesson will take up to 90 minutes. N.B. You are obliged to wear  sportsclothes, clean indoor sporting shoes and to bring a towel along with you!

Fitness introduction courses for more experienced and advanced

  • Fitness introduction Kick Off: This lesson is specially designed for sporters who used a gym weekly in the past half year. You are familiar with cardio/power equipment or free weights. The lesson will take up to 30 minutes. Explanation of our methods will be discussed. N.B. You are obliged to wear  sportsclothes, clean indoor sporting shoes and to bring a towel along with you!
    • Fitness introduction Free Weight Training: Have you been training at a gym over the past half a year on a weekly basis? Are you familiar with power machines or free weights​? Would you like to have instructions about a squat, pull up, shoulder press, push up/bench press? We have put together this introduction free weight training especially for you. Your instructors are qualified. The lesson will take up to 90 minutes. N.B. You are obliged to wear  sportsclothes, clean indoor sporting shoes and to bring a towel along with you!