The Center for Healthy Living (CFHL) is hosting a series of open house events beginning today and running through Friday, including free use of fitness facilities, free fitness classes, facility tours and giveaways.
The CFHL is located in the Student Life Center and offers a variety of activities and services that encourage wellness among faculty, staff and students. Memberships, intramural sports, special events and fitness classes are available to all UNMC, University of Nebraska at Omaha and Nebraska Medicine faculty, staff, students, retirees, alumni, volunteers, contracted employees and affiliated organizations. Additional information on membership is available on the CFHL website.
“We want the med center community to engage with the Center for Healthy Living as a wellness resource,” said Andrea Swett, interim director of the center. “Movement and physical activity can be a great method of self-care, and our facilities are available for members to schedule their workouts at times that work best for them right here on the Omaha campus.”
Activities planned for the CFHL Open House include:
Tours
CFHL staff members will provide guided tours of the facility, including its multi-purpose gymnasium, men’s and women’s locker rooms, health and fitness classrooms and the Thomas M. Heiser Strength and Fitness Facility. Twenty-minute tours are open to individuals or groups on a walk-in basis between 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. each day.
Fitness consultations
Current and potential members can schedule a free fitness consultation with fitness specialist Peter Pellerito to determine helpful starting goals and receive hands-on guidance for the most effective ways to stretch and use CFHL’s cardio and weight machines. Appointments can be made via email between 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. each day.
In-person fitness classes
Potential members can attend one of two instructor-led fitness classes for free on Tuesday and Thursday. Choose between “Full Body Fitness” from noon-1 p.m. or yoga from 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Smoothies with CFHL
CFHL staff will have a limited number of 12-ounce Juice Stop smoothies available for $2.75 each on Tuesday, beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the front entrance of the Student Life Center. The following flavors will be available:
- America's Cup: Strawberry juice, yogurt, banana, strawberries
- Squeeze Play: Pineapple juice, yogurt, pineapple sherbet, banana
- Freestyle: Mango juice, pineapple sherbet, strawberries, peaches, mango
Open-play pickleball
UNMC’s intramurals teams will hold “learn to play” sessions on pickleball on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sessions will be held in the CFHL gymnasium. No prior knowledge of pickleball is required.
For information on open house events or CFHL membership, please call the front desk at 402-559-5254 or email.