Charlotte Gauja
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Keeping Connected in Lockdown and Beyond
August 12, 2020
While we ready our indoor sport and fitness facilities for our phased reopening later this month, we will continue to offer services to keep you fit. In this blog, we will discuss how you can best utilise these services to get the most out of your experience with us. Health and Wellbeing Home Over the …
Meet our Performance Director: Alex Perry
August 10, 2020
Elite athletes studying at the University of Nottingham benefit from a world-class sporting experience combined with an education from a global top 100 University. Our vision for sport is ambitious and student athletes join a proud history of sporting success. Our students and alumni have gone on to win Olympic, World and Commonwealth gold and we’re committed to developing the …
Meet Our Sports Officer: Josie Jessop
July 28, 2020
Each year the University of Nottingham Student Union elects an individual to represent and positively impact student sport at Nottingham. Josie Jessop was successfully elected, we caught up with Josie to find out what she is most looking forward to: “Hello, I’m Josie and I’m Sports Officer this academic year!” What inspired you to run …
A tasty way of life, with 5 healthy snack recipes
July 17, 2020
With many recommended diets, advisors giving their opinion and controversial information surrounding what healthy eating really is- healthy eating can seem like a minefield. It is not surprising that most of us will struggle to achieve our goal. The reason for this is we are all unique and we all require different types and amounts …
8 learnings from the 8-week Shreddy challenge
July 10, 2020
The University of Nottingham Sport partnered with Fit Tech Brand, Shreddy in support of the female activation programmes for students in February 2020. Ambassador Alex Pitt, works to promote our female activation programmes such as Girls Night In and Empower. She joined the Shreddy community in December 2019, after the partnership between her programmes and …
Make yourself familiar with the Foam Roller
July 6, 2020
The lockdown has created a situation nobody could have predicted and whilst it has caused peoples lives to turn upside down it is worth looking at the positives. Many people have now found new ways to stay in shape at home. Many people who would have previously avoided fitness training have now become more active. …
Training Your Back and Biceps at Home
June 25, 2020
During the lockdown period, with no gym facilities, it may be challenging to train mid-upper back and bicep muscles. Foundational gym exercises like the bent over row, pulldown and deadlift are ideal for working the posterior chain. But with most are unable to perform these movements due to limited access to equipment right now, does …
Training Methods: Speed
June 10, 2020
During our training methods series, fitness instructor, Cameron Whitham, will raise awareness to training methods. This week, Cam focuses on speed training. Speed is described as the motion of a limb or the body as a whole. “The definition of speed is simply distance / time, but this is a rather simplistic view of speed. …
#VolunteersWeek | A moment with student volunteer, Lana
June 4, 2020
In honour of #VolunteersWeek, we caught up with Lana, Volunteer Leader for Sport for Good Nottingham. Lana studies Humanities at the University of Nottingham and finds volunteering in her spare time a rewarding way to have fun! Tell us more about the Sport for Good Programme “Sport for Good Nottingham is a school-based programme. Volunteers …
Challenging the typical view of Health and Fitness
May 22, 2020
What comes to mind when you hear or read the words health and fitness? If it is setting some time aside to do repetitive movements with high intensity, getting sweaty, out of breath and tired, you wouldn’t be wrong. Read more as Fitness Instructor, Bharat, challenges our typical view of health and fitness. Maybe dedicating …
