In this free-weight upper body session led by Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer Tracey Gairns-Brioux, learn to perform free weight exercises using dumbbells, barbells, plate-loaded and body-weighted exercises. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! ONLY 12 SPACES AVAILABLE! Pre-Register with the Fitness Centre Supervisor Desk Staff at (902)566-6074 or fitnesscentre@upei.ca.  ID number and e-mail required to register. Available only for UPEI students, faculty, and staff.  For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

Join Campus Life and Jack.Org for a peer discussion group about mental heath. Talk about your experiences, listen to others, or just join us to de-stress by making crafts.   For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

In today’s environment of competing demands, relentless commitments, and a consistent feeling of shortage of time, balance often does not come easily or naturally. A conscious effort, deep commitment, and clear priorities are required to create and protect one’s sense of balance. A signature Health and Fitness Week event, this session will help participants explore how their current choices impact their work-life satisfaction and help them to develop strategies to achieve a greater balance in life. Space is limited so please pre-register by contacting Glenda Burgoyne by email at gburgoyne@upei.ca or telephone 902-566-0605, no later than Wednesday, November 23, 2016.   For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

As part of Health and Fitness Week, students in Kinesiology 343 will be overseeing tests of aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and balance. To sign-up for a testing session, please contact Travis Saunders at trsaunders@upei.ca For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

At this Powerlifting Session led by personal trainer Kris Lutwick, you will learn the basic technique of the squat, bench press and deadlift. The session will review the basic technique of each lift.   PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! ONLY 12 SPACES AVAILABLE! Pre-register with the Fitness Centre Supervisor Desk Staff at (902)566-6074 or fitnesscentre@upei.ca.   ID number and e-mail required to register. Available only for UPEI students, faculty and staff.   For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

A signature Health and Fitness Week event! Want to relive your childhood while being active and having a ton of fun at the same time? Swing by the gym this Thursday evening for the ultimate Throwback Thursday with some phys ed activities from your elementary school days. Dress comfy and be ready for some laughs!  For more information contact Shannon Fenelon, at sfenelon@upei.ca For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

Pre-registration required. Call 902-566-0616 to book your 10-minute individual appointments with the UPEI campus nurse to measure your glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure and body mass index levels. For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

A signature Health and Fitness Week event, this Sound Meditation with Trevor Grant's "SoundEscapes" will feature the sounds of crystal bowls, wooden flutes, shamanic drumming and more. Journey through sound to get more in touch with subtle vibration, leaving you relaxed, refreshed and with a deeper connection to yourself. Active listening in this way improves concentration and promotes a deeper connection and awareness of your surroundings and how your environment can affect you. No experience necessary, come soak up the good vibrations! Pre-Registration required.  Only 15 spaces available. To register contact Angela Marchbank at amarchbank@upei.ca or 902-566-0606.  Available only for UPEI students, faculty, and staff. For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

As Health and Fitness Week draws to a close, come out dressed in your green and cheer on our Panther basketball teams for the chance to win major prizes!  The Women's team take the court at 6 pm while the Men's team are on at 8 pm, both against the Memorial Seahawks. Staff have the chance to win a FREE gym membership. Students have the chance to win a FREE course. (Receive one ballot when you arrive at the game, one extra ballot if you are wearing GREEN and another extra ballot if you take a photo of yourself, tweet with hashtag #UPEIPANTHERPRIDE before the end of the first quarter of the UPEI Men’s Basketball game.) For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.

In this signature Health and Fitness Week event and led by yoga instructor Rebecca Gass, you will learn how to pair your breath with movement in ways to release stress and decompress tension. The clinic will also breakdown yoga poses of the flow sequence. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Pre-register with the Fitness Centre Supervisor Desk Staff at (902)566-6074 or fitnesscentre@upei.ca. ID number and e-mail required to register. Available only for UPEI students, faculty, and staff. For the full week's schedule, visit the UPEI Health and Fitness Week webpage.