Outdoor climbing can be a difficult world to get into. While there are some climbing spots in protected areas, or natural parks with accompanying parking fees or closures, finding a location doesn’t have to be a headache. We’ve put together a few climbing spot recommendations for you below. Before you begin, please be aware that outdoor climbing is inherently dangerous; help is often far away and the conditions are not always ideal. Also remember that all outdoor climbing areas depend on folks like you to keep it clean and undamaged for future generations.
As we near the end of winter, we also approach the end of many gym-goers’ intentional weight-gaining phase known as “bulking.” For those whose main goal is to increase muscle mass, bulking is a routine part of their yearly fitness regimen. While there is certainly a time and place in which bulking can enhance the muscle-building process, there are far too many situations in which an individual bulks too far.
Comfort comes from understanding and feeling capable of doing exercise. Self-efficacy and feelings of mastery for exercise technique and form are essential to feeling comfortable at the gym, and no matter who you are or what your background is, everyone must start somewhere.
Tea has been consumed for ages, not only for its soothing taste, but also for its many healing and restorative properties. Each tea flavor yields a handful of unique health benefits for those who partake in its consumption. Learn about some of the holistic advantages of drinking tea below!
Art is one of the best ways to express yourself in any shape, form, or medium. However, it intimidates many people because they feel as if they do not have the talent to do it.
As we near the end of fall semester and are getting ready to enter a new year, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) has much to be grateful for in 2021. The whole SRWC team pulled together to prepare the building for reopening with a lot of uncertainty about how everything would turn out.
Rock climbing is a fun way to work out and test your problem-solving abilities. If you want to begin climbing, but don't know where to start, you're in the right place!
Each year the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) hosts the Owen’s Condition for Tuition challenge. By completing the challenge, participating undergraduate and graduate students who finish the challenge are automatically entered into an opportunity drawing to win a semester’s worth of free undergraduate-level tuition! Last spring, the Owen’s scholarship was awarded to Raya Torres, a current sophomore majoring in journalism.
Read more: Raya Torres - 2021 Owen's Condition For Tuition Winner
For the most comprehensive, all-inclusive workout yet, check out LB49! It is an instructional class that is the Student Recreation and Wellness Center's (SRWC) version of the popular "F45" workout.
Just an hour north of Long Beach in the city of Chatsworth lies one of North America’s great pioneering rock-climbing locations, Stoney Point Park. This natural formation has been a popular spot for climbers since the 1950s, hosting climbing legends such as Royal Robbins and Yvon Chouinard, the founder of the global apparel company, Patagonia.
The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) has a few rules for members to have an enjoyable experience within the facility and remain safe. The dress code is part of the facility rules that needs to be enforced at all times.
Whether it’s allocating time toward finishing a good book, or taking a much-needed nap, self-care is a revolutionary act in a society that values productivity over well-being. It's evident that self-care has many benefits. Not only can it improve your mental, physical and spiritual health, but it also encourages you to create a balanced routine that you can enjoy.
A difficult time for many of us occurred in March 2020 when the novel coronavirus first hit America and lockdown began. Then, adjusting to online schooling became a tedious and tiring task. In addition, if you are anything like me, the toughest transition throughout this time has been the inability to workout at a commercial gym.
Special Feature Archive
- Updates on How Alternative Instruction Will Impact SRWC Programs and Services
- Get Active with SRWC GO!
- First Ever: REC CON!
- The SRWC Outdoor Adventure Shop at Long Beach State
- Members Summer Wellness Program
- Summer Instructional Programs
- Personal Training
- SRWCAlert: New Equipment, New Floors, New Furniture at the SRWC
- Alumni Specials
- Student Summer Memberships
- FREE Nutrition Counseling from March to May
- You’re Invited to an SRWC Beach Clean Up
- New Low-Cost Personal Training
- Work Out During Winter Break!
- 5 Ways to De-stress During Finals Week
- Ensuring an Uplifting Experience
- Share Your Voice
- Winter Break Hours
- Facility Maintenance & Alternative Workouts
- Winter Fitness Schedules
- SRWC Focus Groups
- Things to Know About the SRWC
- Owen’s Condition for Tuition Winner
- Summer Memberships
- Meet The Associate Director
- E-Cigarettes, a Healthier Alternative to Cigarettes? Not Quite.
- CSULB Wins Healthy Campus Award
- The SRWC’s New Geofilter!
- SRWC Summer Memberships
- 5 Years at the SRWC
