Rick McNeil is the director of MSU Recreational Sports and Fitness Services, and he joins Spartans Athletic Director Bill Beekman on the MSU Today podcast. McNeil talks about the physical activity that can be done virtually and what students can do outdoors on campus safely.
“We have 27 acres of outdoor recreation like intramural fields and tennis courts,” McNeil says. “We have a gorgeous campus for outdoor activities like biking, walking, and running.
“We want to remind people that we're continuing our virtual activities. We've been virtual since the 1st of April, and we've actually expanded on that. It’s a membership-based system where Spartans across the globe can have access to our fitness offerings and our virtual platform, and they can get their exercise that way from wherever they are. And then we're also going to have a few locations outdoors that are going to have live, in-person, with mask distance group exercise classes at about 15 different outdoor campus locations.
“Our mission is to engage Spartans. We identify Spartans as students, faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni. And especially now that we have this virtual platform, we have Spartans who are physically not on our campus but who want to engage in healthy lifestyles through fitness, sports, and recreation opportunities They can do that through us.”
McNeil talks about the breadth of activities available at MSU and about the state and future of some of the campus fitness facilities, some that have been upgraded recently. And he details how Spartans can gain access to all the recreational sports and fitness opportunities. And he talks about MSU’s 28 club sports and over 900 student organizations.
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