The Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center is a state-of-the-art exercise athletic facility that is many UM students’ haven for health and stress relief during the strenuous academic year.
Since 1996, the center has served recreational and fitness needs. The center is conveniently located near the Hecht and Stanford Residential Colleges.
Just the Facts
Students must bring their ‘Cane Card to be admitted into the Wellness Center. Students planning to exercise in the fitness room should bring a towel, or plan to purchase towel service at the center’s Pro Shop
The center’s facilities include:
- A fitness room stocked with well-maintained cardio and weight equipment
- A pool designed for laps and aerobics
- A spa and two saunas
- Racquetball courts, which can be reserved in advance
- A large gymnasium that contains a jogging/walking track and three full basketball courts that can be converted to volleyball or badminton courts
- A smaller gymnasium made for indoor soccer, floor hockey, basketball, volleyball or badminton
- Two squash courts
- An instructional kitchen designed for cooking classes and events
- A studio cycling room
- Two classrooms
- A conference room
- A juice bar that offers health food choices and smoothies
- The William Butler Atrium lounge area
- Locker rooms and showers
- A fitness lab
- Multi-purpose rooms for group exercise, martial arts and more
- Outside facilities include:
- Tennis courts
- Michael Yaron Building, which stores intramural equipment
- Illuminated playing fields for evening intramural sports
- George Smathers Courtyard
Fitness classes
The Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center’s fitness class schedule includes Cardio Kickboxing, Strength Interval, Yoga, Studio Cycling, Guts N’ Butts and a variety of dance and stretch classes. Sign up at the Wellness Suite located on the second floor of the center.
CHAMP
(Canes Health Assessment and Motivation Program) is a peer-based fitness/wellness program that is free to UM students. Students receive a fitness assessment followed by peer-based counseling and follow-up assessments.
An instructional kitchen offers students the chance to learn from a local chef about how to prepare simple meals and make healthy food choices.
Discussions and forums pertaining to relevant topics such as binge drinking, smoking cessation, date rape and sexual responsibility serves to spread awareness that may lead to responsible choices.
The fitness lab is staffed and equipped to perform fitness tests, including body fat composition, blood pressure screening and VO max tests.
The Wellness Center also offers 30 intramural sports. With most of these activities you don’t have to be experienced at all to join, and you can decide whether you want to play competitively or recreationally.
Hours of operation
During the academic year, the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center is open Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to midnight, Friday from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Access for the fall semester begins on the first day of orientation.