Health and Fitness

Johnston Fitness Center
Baptist Medical Center, located at 800 Prudential Drive, has a health and fitness center located on the fifth floor of the Women's Pavilion. This is approximately a five-minute drive from the SHANDS JACKSONVILLE campus and can be reached by taking Interstate 95 South across the Fuller Warren Bridge and exiting at the San Marco Blvd. exit. Take a left at the first cross street and Baptist Medical Center is located approximately one block down on the left.

Special arrangements have been made with the Johnston Fitness Center facilities to provide discounted memberships for students rotating on the Jacksonville Campus on a monthly basis Prior to the first workout, you are required to fill out a medical health history/consent and schedule a 30-45 minute appointment to meet with one of the centers staff members to have an orientation to the equipment. Call 202-9708 to make an appointment.

This facility has the following available: treadmills, various exercise bikes, stairmasters, body trec elliptical machines, rowers, a variety of nautilus equipment, free weights, etc. Locker rooms and showers are available during your workout at no charge. Services available: towel service at no charge, massage therapy (you may inquire re: rates). Phone number: 202-9708.

Current Monthly Rate: $28

Riverside YMCA
Located at 221 Riverside Drive. Many students have taken advantage of monthly memberships - for more information, call 355-1436.

Current Monthly Rate: $38

Running/Jogging

There are a number of areas around town where students who are interested in running or jogging may want to go. These include the southbank Riverwalk area, between the River City Brewing Company and Crawdaddy's restaurants, Jacksonville Landing, River Road in the San Marco area, and of course the Beaches.