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Spring In-Person Physical Activity Classes Include Fitness Center, Self-Defense and More

Jan. 18, 2022

In-person fitness and other physical activity classes at Hartnell College are still accepting students for the Spring 2022 semester, including the popular Strength Conditioning Lab, which offers convenient, low-cost access to the college Fitness Center six days a week.

For spring fitness-activity classes, the per-course cost is $46 per unit plus a $12 student activity fee. Students who wish to repeat a previous course without receiving credit – known as “auditing” the class – only have to pay $34.50 for the semester. That compares to commercial fitness centers, which typically cost $40 or more every month.

The Strength Conditioning Lab on the Main Campus in Salinas (Building F) is open Monday-Saturday for a total of 56 hours a week: 7-9 a.m., 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 4-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 7-9 a.m., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday.

The Swim Fitness Lab offers similar flexibility for use of the Hartnell pool, with open hours from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every weekday and from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Other spring activity course offerings include introduction to self-defense/martial arts, as well as weight training, yoga, Zumba aerobics, beginning futsal, volleyball, basketball, beginning swimming, volleyball and tennis. Classes will be held in accordance with COVID-19 safety protocols. The spring session runs from Jan. 24 to May 21.    students learning self-defense

These courses provide 1.5 units of course credit toward a degree. They are also open to community members who simply want affordable access to fitness and wellness training. Those individuals can also repeat the cost as often as they want by paying the lower audit fee.

Self-defense/martial arts instructor Joel McKown, who also the head coach for Hartnell’s swim/dive team, offered an example of how life-changing physical activity classes can be.

Men and women students in one of McKown’s classes this past fall said the course not only taught them specific self-defense skills but also made them feel more confident in how they moved, more ready to use their voices in an emergency situation and more prepared to fend off an attacker.

Sophomore Biance Calderon of Salinas said “wanted those extra tools in my belt,” including when venturing out to places like the mall or supermarket.

“The knowledge now that I have is going to help me feel way more confident,” she said, “and I wish even more women would take this and learn more about it.”

The course names and numbers for the Spring 2022 term are:

(PEAC classes are 1.5 units)

  • PEAC-47-3045 Strength Conditioning Lab (open hours) – Mon. through Thurs. (7-9 a.m., 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 4-9 p.m.); Friday (7-9 a.m., 10 a.m.-12 p.m., 1-3 p.m.; Saturday (8 a.m.-12 p.m.)
  • PEAC-32-3000 – Core Strengthening & Flexibility, Tues. and Thurs., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-36-3005 – Yoga, Tues. and Thurs., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-36-3007 – Yoga, Mon. and Wed., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-36-3008 – Yoga, Mon. and Wed., 8-9:25 a.m.
  • PEAC-41-3039 – Beginning Futsal, Mon., 6-9:10 p.m.
  • PEAC-43-3022 – Strength Training, Mon. and Wed., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-43-3021 – Strength Training, Mon. and Wed., 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
  • PEAC-46-3009 – Circuit Endurance Training, Tues. and Thurs., 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
  • PEAC-52-3043 – Volleyball, Mon., 6-9:10 p.m.
  • PEAC-74-3044 – Advanced Volleyball, Mon., 6-9:10 p.m.
  • PEAC-56-3011 – Self-Defense/Martial Arts, Tues. and Thurs., 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
  • PEAC-56-3012 – Self-Defense/Martial Arts, Tues. and Thurs., 6:30-7:55 p.m.
  • PEAC-58-3049 – Beginning Tennis, Sat., 9-12:20 p.m.
  • PEAC-59-3050 – Intermediate Tennis, Sat., 9-12:20 p.m.
  • PEAC-61-3023 – Beginning Swimming, Mon. and Wed., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-66-3013 – Zumba Aerobics, Mon. and Wed., 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
  • PEAC-66-3014 – Zumba Aerobics, Tues.-Thurs., 5:15-6:40 p.m.
  • PEAC-68-3048 – Swim Fitness (open lab hours), Mon. through Fri., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Mon., Wed. and Thurs. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
  • PEAC-69-3017 – Intro to Weight Training, Tues. and Thurs., 8-9:25 a.m.
  • PEAC-69-3015 – Intro to Weight Training, Tues. and Thurs., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-69-3016 – Intro to Weight Training, Tues. and Thurs., 9:40-11:05 a.m.
  • PEAC-70-3047 – Basketball, Tues. and Thurs., 4:20-5:45 p.m.

In addition, Hartnell is offering these six online Health Education (HED) courses, which are all 3 units:

  • HED-2-3030 Individual Health & Wellness
  • HED-6-0702 Multicultural Health Belief
  • HED-6-3051 Multicultural Health Belief
  • HED-6-3052 Multicultural Health Belief
  • HED-7-0731 Women’s Health
  • HED-8-3055 Weight Management – Fitness & Nutrition

To learn more about physical activity courses or kinesiology classes available during the Spring 2022 semester, email Joanne Venegas (jvenegas@hartnell.edu) or Cristina Westfall (cwestfall@hartnell.edu) on the physical education staff.

To register, visit www.hartnell.edu.