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Be Exam Ready: Top tips to stay active

With exams now underway, students across campus are revising hard to prepare for their assessments. Sometimes, it can be overwhelming to stay inside your bedroom or library all day, and so it’s important to take a break. Staying active is proven to boost productivity and concentration and we’re here to help as part of the …

Just breathe – how to relieve stress around exam time

With exams taking place across campus we’ve had a look at some of the best and simplest ways to relieve the stress often felt by students at this time of year. The key to staying in the peak performance zone – whether that’s physically whilst training/playing sport or keeping your concentration whilst revising – is …

Five key points for achieving fitness goals in 2023

Are you ready to reach your new health and fitness goals over the next 12 months, or continue the fantastic progress you made last year? Whatever the answer, even if you haven’t decided on your aims for 2023, ensuring that you are completing five 30-minute activities a week fulfils the NHS recommended amount of exercise, …

Fitness Class in Focus: Pilates

University of Nottingham Sport Membership gives members access to a wide range of weekly classes. These are held on-site across all of the 3 Sport Centres at David Ross Sports Village, Jubilee Sports Centre, and Sutton Bonington Sport Centre. Pilates is a range of non-impact exercises designed to help develop strength, flexibility, balance, and inner …

Getting started with blood flow restriction (BFR) training

Have you heard of blood flow restriction (BFR) training before? BFR training is a highly researched training method that is used to reap the benefits of heavy weight training whilst using low to moderate weights. Here’s all you need to know to find out if blood restriction training is for you…   What is BFR …

What is the Wings for Life World Run?

So, you’ve signed up to the Wings for Life Warm Up 5K and 10K challenges on the UoN Sport Moves+ app, and you could be in with winning an entry into the Wings for Life World Run, but what actually is it? Well, it is a race unlike any other- there is no set distance… …

Getting the best out of your Sport & Fitness Membership in 2022!

With the majority of students now returned to campus and well underway with term two, we wanted to provide a reminder of all that’s on offer with UoN Sport. From access to our fantastic campus-wide facilities, to being able to utilise the knowledge of our expert fitness team, you can #FindYourActive this year without leaving …

Girls’ Night In returned and was a huge hit!

Girls’ Night In returns after an 18-month COVID break and what a night it was! On Sunday 7 November, over 225 girls descended upon the David Ross Sports Village for another hugely successful Girls’ Night In. Organised by the Just Play team, the evening filled with ‘fun, fitness and freebies’ was aimed at encouraging and …

An Open Letter to Gym… It’s been a while

Dear Gym, Or do you prefer Gymmy? Gymothy?! Anyway, it’s been a while. Months have passed since I’ve seen you properly. Internally, you’ve been idle while the world outside hasn’t moved much faster. I know the lockdown has been lonely for you when you’re used to hosting so many guests all the time. But things …

What is the Wings for Life World Run?

So, you’ve signed up to the Wings for Life Warm Up 10K challenge on the UoN Sport Moves+ app, and you could be in with winning an entry into the Wings for Life World Run, but what actually is it? Well, it is a race unlike any other- there is no set distance…   About …