{"id":118,"date":"2011-09-20T13:23:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T20:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/parentsoncampus\/?p=118"},"modified":"2014-09-29T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T18:10:11","slug":"looking-for-ways-to-get-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/2011\/09\/20\/looking-for-ways-to-get-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for ways to get active?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently asked to pull together a list of resources for\u00a0subsidized, low cost and free ways to engage in physical activities on and around campus. I thought I&#8217;d share with you the list that was created:<\/p>\n<p>1) The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdcoop.ubc.ca\/\">Bird Coop<\/a> offers students access to the gym for $25 a term<\/p>\n<p>2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ams.ubc.ca\/services\/ams-minischool\/\">AMS Minischools<\/a> offers various workshops such as yoga and dance<\/p>\n<p>3)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldsgymbc.ca\/marketplace\/\"> Gold&#8217;s Gym<\/a> on campus offers a student discount<\/p>\n<p>4) There is information in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.students.ubc.ca\/access\/women\/programs-initiatives\/student-parent-resources\/\">Guide to Resources and Supports for Parents<\/a> on Access &amp; Diversity&#8217;s website to services on campus and in the Greater Vancouver area.<\/p>\n<p>5) All of Vancouver&#8217;s community centers offer low income individuals and families discounts on programs. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldbarn.ca\/\">Old Barn Community Center<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>6) U<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hkin.educ.ubc.ca\/fitness\/index.html\">BC&#8217;s BodyWorks<\/a> Fitness Centre offer&#8217;s classes and coaching.<\/p>\n<p>7) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquatics.ubc.ca\/\">The UBC Pool<\/a> (pool &amp; gym) is free if you&#8217;ve paid your athletics student fee. Check their schedule for details on swim times.<\/p>\n<p>8) UBC&#8217;s Rec has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoint.ubc.ca\/category\/health-lifestyle\/reercise-series\/\">Health Promotion Team<\/a>. They offer a weekly free activity every Thursday in Term 1 &amp; 2. For more information click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepoint.ubc.ca\/category\/health-lifestyle\/reercise-series\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>9) The City of Vancouver&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.ca\/parks\/rec\/lac\/index.htm\">Leisure Access Card Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please let us know if you have more resources to add.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';font-size: x-small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';font-size: xx-small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was recently asked to pull together a list of resources for\u00a0subsidized, low cost and free ways to engage in physical activities on and around campus. I thought I&#8217;d share with you the list that was created: 1) The Bird &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/2011\/09\/20\/looking-for-ways-to-get-active\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21918,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1096391],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parents-on-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21918"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":339,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/access\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}