Personal & Group Training

• Request a fitness assessment and consultation session now 

In this one-hour, one session assessment, the Personal Trainer will guide you through a body composition analysis using the MyMade app and evaluate movement patterns from cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, flexibility/range of motion. Once your assessment is completed, the Personal Trainer will develop a 4-week program for you to complete on your own. This program will be given to you within 3-5 days of your completed assessment. 

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• Request a one-on-one personal training session now 

One-on-one sessions with a certified trainer who will help you achieve your fitness goals through motivation and guidance! Sessions can be held at the Intramural Building, White Building, or Hepper Fitness Center during open hours. All session packages over 5 will include a Fitness Assessment and Consultation with your Personal Trainer. 

• Request a buddy training session now 

You and a friend of a similar fitness level can work together with a certified Personal Trainer to achieve both of your fitness goals! Some people choose this option to add a competitive edge to their workout, or just to have some extra motivation. 

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• Complete the registration form to get started 

You will be provided with a personal trainer based on schedule/availability at the facility of your choice. Sessions will be conducted at that facility for the duration of your package unless approved by the Personal Training Coordinator. The Personal Training Coordinator will contact you, within 2 business days via your Penn State email account in order to pair you with a trainer. 

• Payments are to be made prior to the first meeting with a trainer. The Personal Training Coordinator will track all paid session(s).
• Only personal trainers that are affiliated with Penn State Campus Recreation Fitness and Wellness are permitted to conduct sessions within our facilities. 

The Fitness Assessment and Consultation gives the Personal Trainer baseline information about your current fitness level. The results from this assessment allow the trainer to create an exercise program that best fits your needs. It will also allow you and your trainer to develop your goals to work towards during your training sessions. 

• Wear fitted exercise attire for your Body Composition Analysis and Assessment.
• Do not eat or exercise 2-3 hours before your assessment. This will skew results of the analysis.
• Bring water and a towel.
• Bring your Health History Questionnaire with you 

• We require a 24-hour notice of cancellation. Failure to notify the Personal Training Coordinator or Trainer will result in forfeiture of your session(s). The session(s) will be deducted from your package total.
• Any training sessions that are not used CAN BE rolled over to the next semester. Any sessions not used are non-refundable.
• In the event of a schedule conflict, Penn State Campus Recreation Personal Training reserves the right to transfer you to a different trainer for your session(s).
• All sessions are expected to begin on time and will last 60 minutes. The trainer will wait for 15 minutes past the scheduled start time.  If you fail to arrive, it will be considered a missed session and will be deducted from your package total. 

• Find available Athletic Conditioning classes now 

This sports conditioning Small Group Training class combines skills and drills that will inspire your inner competitor to show up and perform.  Build strength, speed, power, agility, muscular endurance, and balance with sprints, jumps, tucks, and specific weightlifting patterns utilizing various pieces of equipment in our Functional Fitness Room (Room 12).  Take your sport, whatever it may be, to the next level with completing this small group training.   

• Find available Boxing Circuit classes now 

This high intensity boxing circuit combines heavy bags and boxing gloves with strength and cardio to deliver an empowering workout. Whether you are an experienced boxing student or a beginner, this workout will raise your heart rate and train your muscles in a short amount of time by using intervals.   

• Find available Boxing Circuit classes now 

This progressive Small Group Training class develops power, momentum, balance, creativity – and attitude.  Learn fun routines that will increase your endurance and challenge your coordination and agility with creative movements.  Each class will consist of specific choreography to a popular song broken down and repeated until the end of class – the finale.   

• Find available Express Bootcamp classes now 

This is a 30-minute total body workout. Workouts will consist of plyometric, cardio, and strength training exercises all on our Queenax training system and in our functional training space. The instructors will incorporate multiple types of drills and exercises to get a lot of work done in a little amount of time.   

• Find available Kettlebells 101 classes now 

The Kettlebell is a valuable tool for all fitness levels.  This Small Group Training is focused on utilizing full body movements to challenge the entire body and any fitness level.  Learn how to train your body using different techniques and kettlebell movements (swing, clean, snatch, etc.) in this small group training.  

• Find available TRX Training classes now 

Suspension training uses body weight exercises that develop strength, balance, flexibility, and core stability.  

A mix of cardio and strength intervals utilizing the TRX suspension trainer and the Queenax to challenge strength, balance, flexibility, endurance, coordination, and core stability.  

Mobility and Core focused workout combining yoga-inspired movements on the TRX suspension trainer. Blend postures together to create fluidity in movement and increase performance and recovery with each workout.   

• Find available Weightlifting 101 classes now 

Ever walk into a weight room/fitness space and wonder where to start?  This Small Group Training is focused on teaching the basics of weight training, navigating a fitness space, how to use equipment, and more.  After this small group training, participants will leave feeling comfortable in the weight room and designing their own basic workout program. 

• Find available Tang Soo Do classes now 

The Korean martial art of Tang Soo Do develops physical fitness, confidence, and self-defense skills. Designed to be accessible to all participants, we stay fit through a combination of flexibility and cardiovascular training. The instruction combines traditional Tang Soo Do with other styles such as Jeet Kune Do, Kali, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With more than 30 years of history at Penn State, this class goes beyond physical fitness to forge lifelong friendships within a worldwide community of martial artists.