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A Great Way to Learn More about Bicycling: WhimCycle

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Whimcycle

Anteaters, come celebrate WhimCycle at Aldrich Flagpoles, where you can learn about bike safety, race adult-sized tricycles, eat delicious food and ice cream, and win great prizes. The festival will be on Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

  • Demonstrations
  • Free Food
  • Great Prize Drawings
  • Register your bike
  • Safety Education
  • Tricycle Races
  • Used Bikes for Sale $15-40

Bike to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Wednesday, May 25, 7pm, Crystal Cove at the Student Center. If you arrive on your bike, you receive a free bike light. Valet bike parking. Complimentary: popcorn, drinks, ice cream

More details can be found here:  http://bike.uci.edu/events/whimcycle/

Feel Good Exercise of the Day :)

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Seated Stretch

Perch on the edge of a chair or bench. Sit tall with feet firmly planted on the floor.

  1. Place right ankle over left knee. Let the knee fall open toward the floor.
  2. Bend forward at the hips and place forearms on shins. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds, then repeat with left leg.

Tips: Keep the crossed-leg foot slightly flexed to maintain stability in the knee. Use a contract-relax action to deepen the stretch by placing a hand on the inner thigh just above the knee so the outer thigh drops slightly closer to the floor. At the same time, push up against the hand. Hold for 10 seconds and repeat.

Sweating in Libraries

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So this is kind of a cool idea (?), and obviously the library in question got quick (huge)  pub for their innovative wellness efforts, but isn’t this one of the most forlorn looking spin areas imaginable? [ tech services ? ] …  Anyway, Troy University is off and spinning …  Can UCI be far behind?  BW

College Adds New Spin To Studying, Installs Exercise Bikes In Library: “Humans were not meant to sit still all day.”
HuffPost 03/07/2016 – Elyse Wanshel, Associate Editor

Reading, writing and aerobics?

Troy University in Alabama is making physical health part of its core curriculum by installing exercise bikes — with a spot for a laptop or book — in the library so students can break a sweat while they study.

“Humans were not meant to sit still all day,” Christopher Shaffer, dean of Library Services told HuffPost. “But because our lives all revolve around computers now, we don’t move enough.”

In an attempt to break the vicious cycle, three exercise bikes were assembled and ready for use, last Thursday. And due to positive response from students, the library has already ordered three more. If they’re used, Shaffer believes the library can squeeze in an additional six bikes, making it an even dozen. The library is also planning to add six elliptical machines that can go under desks or tables as well.

“For now [the machines] are first come first serve,” Shaffer said. “If riots break out, we will develop a reserve system.”

Shaffer heard about exercise bikes that allow students to study two months ago when he stumbled upon FitDesk, the company that makes them. The bikes were reasonably priced, which meant it would be easy to buy a few and see how they were received.

“I also thought that the idea fit nicely into Troy University’s motto ‘Educate the mind to think, the heart to feel and the body to act,’” he said.

Shaffer hopes the bikes help students learn to embrace balance in their lives, noting:

“It is important to study, but while you are developing your mind, you also have to keep your body in shape.”

Spoken like a true educator.