The Whetstone/ Chole Dawson

By: Kelly Morgan (The Whetstone Staff)

The Malmberg Gym is ready.

With students, faculty and staff watching, SGA president Tanner Polce, vice president Bryan Zarou and Wesley College President, Dr. William Johnston cut the ribbon to the gym at the Feb. 4 ceremony.

[Zarou] deserves all of the credit, Polce said. “The layout and new equipment came straight out of his mind.”

The Student Government Association paid $55,000 for the renovations.

“This [gym] will benefit the students,” Johnston said.

Amanda Kinkade, special assistant to the president, thanked the SGA for their successful renovation of the gym and for supporting more programming to the students with staffing jobs.

“This gym is going to be great and safer,” Zarou said.

A full time staff, trained by Gym Source, will monitor the gym.

“We’re not here to develop a [workout] plan for students,” said sophomore Ben Biggs, an Intramural staff member. “But we can help you learn how to use the equipment and understand how it works your muscles.”

After the ceremony, Biggs gave Johnston a tour of the gym and showed him how to use some of the equipment.

“The people here can help you when you’re lost with the new equipment,” Biggs said. “This new equipment is so dynamic, that it’s more personal than the normal gym experience.”

Three new treadmills have been added that can interject with the iPod, Polce said. “It’s more user friendly.”

There are also two different workout bikes and two new ellipticals, he said. One is a regular bike and the other is a decline bike.

“The Octane elliptical has a more elongated stride,” Polce said. “It simulates running.”

Zarou’s favorite machine is the lat pull-down.

“It feels great on the back.”