PD Primer - PennDesign - University of Pennsylvania

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EXERCiSE
front door. Request a towel and a lock and avoid a
trip back to the front desk by remembering the locker
number they give you (it’s not written on the key). The
men’s locker room is straight back, down the halfflight
of stairs. Follow the stairs going up, then along the
long hallway and down again for the women’s locker
room. One more flight up, on a balcony overlooking
the gym floor, is the fitness equipment, which officially
requires a $175-peryear (or $120 per semester) membership
to use.
PottRUCK CEntER
If you are serious about your workout routine, you
can’t go wrong with the Pottruck Center. Opened in
2003, Pottruck has become a fitness Mecca serving
everyone from Penn undergrads to the residents of
West Philadelphia. But watch out: the gym is packed
on weekdays between 4 and 8pm, so it is advisable to
schedule your workout routine during off-peak hours.
If you can only make it during rush hour, the upside is
that you can ogle undergraduate booty while waiting
in line for a treadmill.
Pottruck is on Walnut Street, just west of 37th. Pottruck
fees for 2011(which include use of Hutchinson’s
fitness equipment) are $300 for the year. A spouse or
dependent can get a membership at for $275. Add
$120 for climbing wall or group classes. Sign up at
Pottruck’s membership office, or you can mail in the
form posted online (www.upenn.edu/recreation).
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PENNREC
www.upenn.edu/
recreation
3701 Walnut Street
215-898-6100
EXERCiSE
LoCKERS
If you shower at the gym, a permanent
locker is a worthwhile investment. The
men’s and women’s locker rooms in
Pottruck have full lockers, while half
and quarter-sized lockers are installed
throughout the rest of the building to
accommodate high demand.
To obtain a full-size locker ($150) at
Pottruck, you must have entered the
PennRec lOTTERY SYSTEM online
or at the membership office over the
summer. Arrive at Pottruck at least 30
minutes ahead of the locker offering as
you will be competing with a flock of
vultures for a limited supply. Half and
quarter lockers are issued on a firstcome,
first-serve basis on September 6.
Unloved Hutchinson, by contrast, always
has a surplus of full and half lockers
available beginning September 7.
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