Fitness Center renovation brings new equipment and excitement to Wright State’s Campus Recreation

A major renovation of Wright State University’s Campus Recreation Fitness Center will give students, faculty, staff and alumni a modernized space, with new equipment, improved lighting and flexible areas that support strength training, functional fitness and overall wellness.

The project planning began last March to replace 20-year-old equipment and flooring in the Fitness Center with 88 new fitness machines and new rubber flooring throughout the space.

Drew Corbett, director of the Student Union and Campus Recreation, said when the space was last renovated in 2005, treadmills and cardio fitness machines were in high demand.

“Now everything has turned over to functional fitness and free weights and spaces to be able to do floor exercises,” he said.

In addition to upgraded lighting and flooring, the renovation includes several pieces of equipment new to the Fitness Center, including stair steppers, a hack squat machine and a glute bridge machine.

“I’m really excited to use a lot of the plate-loaded stuff,” said Ty Molfenter, a junior majoring in exercise science. “We didn’t have a lot of that in the old gym.”

The Fitness Center closed during Winter Break while the space was renovated and officially reopened on Jan 12. To celebrate the reopening, Campus Recreation gave out a stress-relieving gift shaped like a dumbbell to the first 200 users who checked in.

Campus Recreation leaders noted that the project was a collaborative effort involving Wright State Facility Operations, painters, electricians and the Campus Recreation staff.

For more information, stop by the Recreation Desk in the lower level of the Student Union or contact 937-775-5505 or rec@wright.edu. Download the Wright State Recreation mobile app or visit rec.wright.edu for open hours.