At Aberta
y University the sport is an important part of University life. That’s why Abertay Sport offers lots of choice of sports for everybody. You really have time to do sport so enjoy this opportunity!
Club
Abertay sport offers lots of diverse competitive sports which compete in the British University and College Sport (BUCS) leagues where they have had much success in recent years. But Abertay Sport also offers non-competitive and recreational club sports.
18 sports club are proposed in Abertay: Basketball (women and men), Football (women and men), Badminton, Hockey (women and men), Golf, Rugby (women and men), Netball, Tennis, Volleyball, Dance, Swimming, Triathlon, Boxing, Snow sports.
Elite
The Elite Athlete Development Programme (EADP) was created to help the national standard athletes to combine their studies with high performance sports. In the past, the Programme has supported athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships.
What the EADP can provide to the athlete?
The EADP permits the successful to athletes insuring they stay in the best possible shape. The EADP provides physio therapy to ease any pains, and a financial support to enable them to make competitions around the UK and Europe. It also provides academic flexibility to insure the athletes succeed at school.
Gym
Abertay Sport also offer a gym on the campus. You can become membership for £30 per term, which is really cheap!
Gym has lots of quality equipment such as treadmills, exercise bikes, machines for arms, legs, abdominals… It is open every day: from 7:30am to 8:30pm during the week, from 10am to 4pm the Saturday, and from 12am to 4pm the Sunday.
Abertay Gym
The gym also offers a range of exercise classes at £1 for one class or £10 for a block of 13 classes: Bums, Tums and Thighs; Spinning; Tae-Bo; Stress Buster; Step Aerobics; High-Intensity Circuits.
This year there is a new exercise class, Kangoo Jumps. It is more expensive (£3 per class) because they provide you special shoes.
Kangoo Jumps classes are very dynamic and allow to develop the muscles in the whole body and also to develop the cardio-respiratory endurance. This class is a high calorie burning and enable to improve balance, co-ordination and agility.
Kangoo Jump poster
I have personally tried Kangoo Jump, Step Aerobics and Tae-Bo. I love this three fitness classes but if you have to choose just one, I advise you to try Kangoo Jump that is really fun and enable you to work the whole body.
