Services

Wellness Coordinator and Health Educator, Jennifer Di Prete, offers individual consultation and group programming on a variety of wellness topics. The comprehensive wellness program addresses the mind, body, and spirit. The following wellness services are available complimentary by appointment only to all Bryant students, faculty and staff.

Heart Health:
In this program, you will learn why the body’s most important muscle should be taken care of at any age. We will explore how diet, exercise and stress all impact this vital organ.

What is Wellness?
In this workshop, we will discuss the latest “buzz word” on the health and fitness scene. Questions such as, “what is wellness?” and “what is the difference between being healthy and being well?” will be addressed.

First Steps Program:
This five-week session will help get you started on the road map to fitness. We will discuss past practices that did not work and present and future tactics that may be utilized. We will monitor your progress throughout the five-week session. Gain a renewed sense of confidence as you accomplish your goals.

Weight Management:
This is an on-going series of one-on-one counseling sessions or small group seminars monitoring your weight loss and maintaining the weight that recently has been taken off. Pitfalls and temptations, along with positive ways of dealing with frustration will be discussed.

Eating-on-the-run:
Whether you are rushing to work in the morning with one hand on the wheel, and the other suffocating your
cup of coffee, grabbing a bag of chips in between mid day meetings, or inhaling your dinner before you pick your kids up from practice, learn healthy ways to keep your energy level high without skimping on important nutrients.

Cholesterol: “What do these numbers mean?”
In this seminar, we will address what cholesterol is. We will discuss the difference between “good” and “bad” cholesterol and what your levels should be. We will identify foods that will keep your “good” cholesterol high and foods that will help decrease your “bad” cholesterol. Fitness implications will also be stressed

Diabetes: Type I and Type II:
In this two - part series, the difference between juvenile-onset diabetes and adult onset diabetes will be explained. Lifestyle implications, including stress management techniques along with diet and exercise protocol will be covered.

Working it out: finding a balance in life:
This program is built around taking charge of the major parts of your life (home, work, leisure). We will list goals in each area, and break them down into bite-sized tasks. We will then decide which tasks are most important towards reaching the goals.

Stress Management Series:
In this series we will be discussing what happens physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially when stress pikes up. We will explore the options of de-stressing your life with several relaxation techniques.

Healthy Snacks:
Believe it or not, snacking is good for you. It is what you snack on that makes a difference.
In this program, you will learn how to enjoy some of your favorite snack foods without over indulging.

Brown bag lunch series:
Take your lunch, and eat it too! We will discuss the many options that are available for your mid-day meal. We will discuss the pros and cons of eating out versus “brown bagging” it.

Healthy backs:
This program will cover ways to protect your back from undue stress and strain. Areas that will be covered include proper lifting techniques, correct posture, and exercises to help strengthen and condition the muscles of the back.

Spirit, mind, and body connection:
The body does what the mind tells it to do. Our overall moods are usually determined by how we are feeling as a result of what our environment is like. Are you at peace with yourself and those around you? All of these areas are related to one another in some shape or form. How they all play a role in our every day lives will be discussed.

How to jump start your metabolism:
You exercise three to five times a week and watch your diet, but the scale gives you the same reading time after time. You have hit a plateau. Chances are your metabolism needs to be jump-started. We will go over ways to boost your energy level so that your body is burning calories more efficiently.

Rules and Regulations
Modeled after private-sector health clubs, the fitness center features state-of-the-art Life Fitness cardiovascular machines: treadmills, elliptical cross trainers, recumbent and upright bikes, rowing machines, and stairsteppers. The two cardiovascular exercise areas are equipped with Cardiotheatre™ which allows people to tune into their favorite tv stations via their personal Walkman while they work out.In addition, there are 38 pieces of cardiovascular equipment and three separate weight circuits featuring selectorized Body Master machines, plateloaded Hammer Strength pieces, and a free weight area. Fitness Director Lisa-Ann Wallace and her personal trainer staff can instruct users on proper training technique, as well as set-up workout programs.
1. You must sign in at the Fitness Desk upon arriving.
2. Persons using the fitness center must wear gym shoes and appropriate gym attire. Normal street shoes and clothes are unacceptable. Blacksoled athletic shoes are not allowed in facility. Note: No bare feet allowed.
3. Valuables should be locked and stored in the locker room..
4. Food, drink and chewing gum are not permitted in the fitness center. Water and water bottles are permissible.
5. You must rack all of your weights after use.
6. No dropping of weights. Any individual who persists in dropping weights after an initial warning will be required to leave the facility.
7. After use, wipe down equipment with paper towels and cleaning solution provided.
8. In order to listen to the televisions you must bring in a Walkman with a radio receiver. At no time may the volume on the televisions be adjusted. Ask the attendant for the remote to change the channel.
9. Sessions on cardiovascular equipment are limited to 30 minute, when ALL machines are being used.
10. Injuries must be reported immediately to the Fitness Desk and or the building supervisor, and an accidental injury report completed.
11. If medical assistance is needed or and emergency arises, contact the fitness desk and the control desk and state the nature of the emergency.
12. No loud noises or profanity are permitted in the fitness center.