Get Ready for the “Sports as a Way of Life” Fitness Challenge

03 November 2014 Comments Off on Get Ready for the “Sports as a Way of Life” Fitness Challenge

Are you ready to compete in Bilkent’s annual “Sports as a Way of Life” Fitness Challenge? The challenge begins on November 10 and runs through December 7. It will be held at the Dormitories Sports Hall and is open to all students. (Students taking GE250-251 will receive 75 points for the course by participating in the challenge.)

Fitness events will include:

– cycling (30 minutes)

– rowing (30 minutes)

– stepper (15 minutes) and cycling (15 minutes)

– rowing (15 minutes) and cycling (15 minutes)

– cross-training (30 minutes)

– treadmill running (30 minutes)

– one set of strength training station exercises

The rules are as follows:

Participants can do, at most, two different activities in one day.

A participant will get 5 points for each activity, each day that it is done.

Participants are to work out at least two times and at most five times per week.

Participants who have accumulated 120 points or more by the end of the challenge will receive special T-shirts; the three male and three female participants with the most points will receive medals. In addition, all participants will have a chance to win special gifts.

Registration continues until November 9. For more information, please call the Sports Center at

ext. 1993 or 1325, or e-mail spor@bilkent.edu.tr.