College clubs are interactive experiences for students, helping them build social connections and have a hobby outside of school that will keep them occupied during the semester.
The number of events that college organizations host brings the community together for entertainment, keeping the campus evolving with fun activities. This club does not shy away from feeling pressure to set up activities on campus and chooses to take over at the right time.
Mercy’s Exercise Science Club is more about going to the gym for a workout and making fitness a main priority in building strength in the body. Exercise science focuses on physical fitness and health, which involves the movement of the body to become fit through the response of exercising the muscles.
Amanda Bireline, President of the Exercise Science Club, explains the organization’s mission as teaching the community about ways of being fit other than exercising the body.
“The goal of this club is to engage with the people by setting up activities and giving lessons about the importance of exercise for health,” said Bireline.
The Exercise Science Club starts planning in the fall, coming up with ideas for events that they usually host in the spring when the weather is nice. Events hosted include spike ball tournaments on the campus lawn and King of the Court in the Victory Hall gym last semester. The club also helps the Dobbs Ferry community with the 5K run every Sunday in April.
The organization allows members to learn about the importance of being fit and participate in fun activities with the community. Students interested in Exercise Science are welcome to join the organization to express their interest in exercise and nutrition.
The club mainly provokes discussions about exercise-related instruction lessons to help the audience understand the importance of using the body to stay active. The teachings allow the members to interact with essential talks and use the events as a fun engagement with the community.
Bireline talks about the club promoting the knowledge of exercise to be taught so people can be reminded of being actively fit with the body.
“The lessons about exercise topics discussed by the members build great engagement for this club and help us work in teams to produce our work towards the people on campus to take care of their bodies,” said Amanda.
Students who become members of this club have received a fulfilling experience of learning exercise science and have chosen to go into the field in the future. The club establishes connections between people and the enjoyment of being active with the body instead of limiting muscle movement.
The next step for the Exercise Science club is continuing to teach the lessons of exercise and trying to host more events on campus so people can be actively engaged. The organization has not done much to be active on campus and plans to return the activities to the Dobbs Ferry community soon.
Bireline predicts how the Exercise Science Club will grow in the future and attract more members, who will use the club to generate fun ideas for events on campus.
“Hosting more events on campus is the focus for this club and welcoming the students to participate in the activities that are fun and engaging with the members,” said Amanda.
To learn more about Exercise Science and upcoming events the organization hosts, visit www.engage.mercy.edu/organization/exsc.
