Art Kraft Fitness Center

How do I sign up to use the Fitness Center and Pool?

The following are ways you can receive access to the Fitness Center.

Full-Time Students

For students seeking a certificate or degree, the best option to utilize the facilities is to enroll in PED106 Total Fitness for one credit hour.  This credit counts toward many certificate and degree programs and is transferrable.  This is a great way to improve GPA and accumulate more credit hours.  The class can be taken up to 4 times for college credit.  Also, full-time students who are enrolled in 12 or more credit hours may access the Fitness Center using their student ID after completing the required paperwork and waiver forms. Please check with the Fitness Center staff to obtain and complete the necessary documents. 

Part-Time Students

Part-time students enrolled in fewer than 12 credit hours may access the Fitness Center by enrolling in PED106 for one credit hour or by paying a $40 fee each semester (Summer, Fall, and Spring). Visit the Fitness Center with your student ID to complete the required paperwork, waiver forms and to pay the $40 fee.  Accepted forms of payment are credit card or Apple Pay.

Community Members and Triton College Employees looking to use the Fitness Center and/or Pool

Register for the Continuing Education course PED C37, Total Fitness. 

The Total Fitness instructor will guide students in developing knowledge of fitness, health, and wellness while helping them create a personalized exercise program to improve overall health, and fitness.  The instructor will be in the Fitness Center during the course's scheduled time period.  You must attend orientation on the first scheduled day and time of the course, after which you may use the facilities anytime it is open.  It is not required to attend the remaining scheduled classes.  There are no assessments or coursework.  This is recommended for community members and Triton employees. 

Register for a credit course

Students enrolled in the following classes have access to the Fitness Center if you register for any of the following courses.

PED 106 - Total Fitness

A fitness class emphasizing the safe, effective, and efficient use of strength and cardio exercise equipment to improve cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, physiological strength, and flexibility.

PED 168 - Theory and Practice of Weight Training

This course covers the theory and application of weight training, including strength, power, endurance, flexibility, body composition, lifting techniques, and spotting techniques. Students will develop an individualized exercise program while studying the anatomy and biomechanics of the skeletal and neuromuscular systems.

This is a lecture and lab course that requires attendance on scheduled days and times throughout the semester.

PED 125 - Boxing for Fitness

This course includes the practice and application of boxing skills to improve fitness for beginning students. Boxing skills are used to improve balance, coordination, strength, and endurance. 

PED 153 - Foundations of Exercise

Introduction to exercise science and fitness training. Anatomy, exercise physiology, and kinesiology of the human body as it relates to programming for cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility.

PED 230 - Techniques in Sport & Exercise Science

Instructional techniques and skills necessary to become a competent sport and exercise professional, while incorporating the knowledge from previous coursework into this capstone course.

Contact Us

---