Weight room needs repairs
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April 3, 2002
Walk into the cardio weight room in Yosemite 107 during class, and you may have a hard time telling whether the groans you hear are from students straining muscle against weights, or from the weight machines themselves.
Broken cables, missing parts and clutter characterize the equipment in the approximately 30-foot by 30-foot room near the men?s locker facilities.
“I?ve been to four college weight rooms, and this is by far the worst one,” Recreation Sports staff member Taylor Tipton.
The poorly lit room has a couple of worn universal weight machines in its center and is ringed with older cardio weight units around the walls. All are well-worn and a couple have broken cables or missing parts that render them useless.
A small clock radio plays treble-heavy music near a tiny room cluttered with a few strewn free weights, a broken stationary bicycle, a stack of dirty exercise mats, a bookshelf and metal cabinets.
“The least they could do is put mirrors around the place to lighten things up,” Tipton said.
One of the few modern pieces of equipment in the room is a programmable treadmill near some dirty water fountains on the east wall. It?s the main attraction for many people who want to work out.
“People will walk in to use the treadmill and leave if it is being used,” Tipton said.
One man comes 15 minutes before the opening of the weight room to scout out the treadmill, he said.
The most of the weight machines that do work have loose cables and wobbly seats.
“In theory they work, in reality they don?t,” Tipton said, when asked about the condition of the machines.
Sac State alum John McDonald commented on the need for another treadmill and repair to the existing equipment.
“I appreciate the fact that it is here, but I think they need to add a few machines to the room. They need another treadmill and they need to fix the existing machines that aren?t working,” McDonald said.
The weight machines that are currently used in the weight room are not the latest technology.
“Most of this was here when I was a student, it has been awhile,” McDonald said.
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