{"id":5644,"date":"2021-08-23T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:25:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:25:43","slug":"free-sport-and-fitness-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/free-sport-and-fitness-membership\/","title":{"rendered":"Free sport and fitness membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re starting at Kent this academic year, you may have heard that you automatically receive free Kent Sport membership. So what does that mean? Take a look at the headings below for more information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who are we?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kent Sport is the University of Kent&#8217;s department of Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation. We provide most of the sport and fitness facilities you&#8217;ll see across campus during your time at Kent. We work hard to provide the widest variety of activities for you, from our extensive gym and fitness equipment, to our high-quality sports facilities and our social sports programmes. Our team is here to support you on your sport, fitness, and wellbeing journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sports\">Take a look around<\/a> our website for more information on our services. You can also take a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/hospitality\/virtual-tours\/student\/?\/canterbury\/social\/sports-centre\">virtual tour<\/a> of many of our high-quality facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free membership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Kent, you will receive our top-tier membership; <em>Premium Plus<\/em>. Free membership is also extended to some other student groups, check our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sports\/membership\/free-membership\">free membership<\/a> webpage to see if you&#8217;re eligible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFwmv_cNaZI\">Watch our free membership video for more information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Membership benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are loads of benefits of being a member of Kent Sport. With our Premium Plus membership, you get free access to almost everything. That includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gym access &#8211; book sessions in our extensive, split-level gym with a full range of cardio equipment, weights machines, and functional kit. You can also use our specialist weight training area &#8216;the Pit&#8217;, which includes Olympic lifting platforms and various<\/li>\n<li>Fitness and dance classes &#8211; a full, weekly timetable of popular classes for everyone. Whether you&#8217;re a beginner or a pro, there is a class to suit you. Popular classes include spinning (static cycling), Body Pump, yoga, and Zumba<\/li>\n<li>Recreational and competitive sport &#8211; join a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sports\/sports-recreation\/sports-clubs\">sports club\u00a0<\/a>and train with your team or just take part recreationally. Our facilities cater for almost any sport<\/li>\n<li>Discounted fitness services &#8211; get discounted rates on personal training, health consultations, and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sports\/sports-clinic\">Kent Sports Clinic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UNIversal gym membership &#8211; gain access to more than 60 University gyms across the country for free as part of your membership. Sign up at reception.<\/li>\n<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Returning students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re returning as a second or third-year undergraduate or postgraduate student, and you&#8217;re living in on-campus accommodation provided by the University, you&#8217;ll also qualify for free membership. If you haven&#8217;t booked a place to stay yet, there&#8217;s still time. Check out the options on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/accommodation\">accommodation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year we also reduced our membership prices for students not eligible for free membership. You can see the prices for membership on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/sports\/membership\/students\">student membership<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re new to Kent or returning for the next year of your course, we look forward to welcoming you back to Kent Sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re starting at Kent this academic year, you may have heard that you automatically receive free Kent Sport membership. So what does that mean? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/free-sport-and-fitness-membership\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5725,"featured_media":6516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40030,124],"tags":[143731,40030,19109,18199],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6592,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/6592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}