Stay Fit and Green

The Johnson Recreation Center also known as the JC has been opened since 2003. With the JC allowing all UK and BCTC students and staff with ID to use the facility, there is something for everyone. In the JC there is a Four–lane elevated jogging track, Fitness/conditioning center, Group fitness studio, and a Cycling studio along with many other things to suet your needs. This states of the art facility pushes healthy living with the open atmosphere and on staff trainers, it’s a very welcoming place. A New technology advancement turns the working student into a true “power student”. The new technology in the elliptical turns users into a power generating hamster on wheel. Through the elliptical each user generates energy by the movement of their arms and legs which creates electricity that is uses the juice to put electricity back into the JC. It's not much electricity in the greater scheme of things, but the byproducts are sweat and stronger hearts, not strip-mined land and greenhouse gases. Since 2003 to now and in the future the elliptical technology will begin to pay for itself.

The machines are on a long list of things the university touts as moves toward sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint. The list ranges from environmentally friendly building construction to recycling cooking oil from the dining halls. The JC is just one of the places on campus that helps the community. The people are being helped by the JC providing a softer carbon footprint and having a place to stay fit and healthy.