With the 121st Boston Marathon less than a week away, MIT Recreation is thrilled to highlight a few members of our community who will run this year. Training for a marathon takes hard work and discipline, and we applaud these runners for their dedication. We especially wish them luck, safety and maybe even some good
READ MOREFlexibility. In the world of athletics, it’s an essential element for fitness. Forget to stretch those newly minted leg muscles and they might just trip you up – literally. In life, flexibility is equally essential. Things change, after all – jobs, goals, even weekend plans. If you can’t go with the flow (at least some
READ MORESo you want to add running to your workout routine! Congratulations – running is fun, energizing, and even social. But what do you need to get started? Is it going to cost you a lot? Is it hard? Good news. Running is a very inexpensive, easy-to-start sport. You can run indoors on a track or
READ MORENutrition Coaching is not just for the chronic junk-food eater, or the brand-new to healthy eating. Sometimes we all could use a little help in the nutrition department, no matter what our current menu looks like. Grace Chua, originally hailing from Singapore and welcomed to the MIT Recreation community with her husband, is a great
READ MOREFor many of us, the workout year is pretty similar. Some of us are ‘runners,’ others are ‘swimmers’, and some will mix it up – maybe weight lifting with some kickboxing thrown in. Not Tarek Fadel though, MIT Recreation Member and Assistant Director at the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine. He approaches fitness a little
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