Currently, the Berman Fitness Center at Manhattanville College is only open five days a week, with reservations being required to access, but that’s not the main point of this. The point is, that the fitness center is not open on weekends, which can have an impact on not only my schedule, but other Manhattanville Students that have pretty busy schedules during the week.

Getting exercise is very important, as health officials say, but with the fitness center not being open every day, with busy Monday-Friday schedules being problematic for working out, then that should change immediately because it’s not healthy if you don’t do some type of exercise other than walking. Schoolwork is definitely important, but so is self care, which includes getting exercise after a long day and/or week of classes and events. 

For the past few weeks, I haven’t been able to go to the Berman Fitness Center because I’ve had quite a busy schedule which prevents me from going to work out during the week. Preferably, I’d like to get at least one day a week of exercise, but two would be better, which to me I would prefer at least having a Saturday and/or Sunday open to work out, and so would other Manhattanville students (those that live on campus)

We, as college students have a pretty busy schedule during the week as we take our beginning steps to conquer our future endeavors. But doing so also requires exercise, which should allow time and flexibility. If the fitness center would be open 7 days a week, then there’s a 95% chance I would be getting my weekly workouts in as I would prefer to.