Fitness Challenge
Are you ready to compete in this semester’s “Sports as a Way of Life” Fitness Challenge? The four-week event, organized by the Physical Education and Sports Center, kicks off on Monday, March 21, and will run through Sunday, April 17. It will be held at the Dormitories and Main Sports Hall and is open to all students.
Participants are to workout at least two times and at most five times per week. They can do, at most, two different activities in one day, and will get 5 points for each activity each day that it is done.
Students taking GE250/251 who collect points in the challenge will also receive points for the course as follows: 30 GE points for 60 Fitness Challenge points; 40 GE points for 80 Fitness Challenge points; 50 GE points for 100 Fitness Challenge points; and 60 GE points for 120 Fitness Challenge points.
Swim Challenge
The Sports Center’s Swim Challenge also begins next week, on Tuesday, March 22, and will run through Sunday, April 17 (for men) / April 24 (for women). It will be held at the Dormitories Sports Hall Swimming Pool and is open to all students.
Participants are to swim a minimum of half an hour at least two times and at most five times per week during the challenge period. They will get 5 Swim Challenge points each time that they swim between 30 and 45 minutes, and 10 Swim Challenge points each time that they swim more than 45 minutes. Swimmers should inform the lifeguard that they are participating in the challenge each time they come to the pool.
Students taking GE250/251 who collect points in the challenge will also receive points for the course.
For more information: ext. 1993 or spor@bilkent.edu.tr