GroupX classes at the University Recreation Center started again Monday, attracting students, faculty and staff who have decided to stick around for the summer.The classes’ turnouts in previous summers have been smaller than in the fall and spring semesters.”Obviously, it’s a lot less crowded here in the summer, mainly because most of the people that come to our classes are students,” said Amy Kokemor, Healthy Lifestyles interim coordinator. “But we still have an adequate turnout to where each class is maybe not maxed out.”Kokemor said the later sessions are busier because students who are usually in school are working 8 a.m to 5 p.m. jobs in the summer.Students in particular are more interested in the “mind and body” classes, such as Yoga and Pilates, she said. Faculty and staff, on the other hand, participate more in the specialty courses, which require a fee and adhere to a separate schedule. Another class well-liked by UREC members is the 30/20/10 class, which involves 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise, 20 minutes of resistance training and 10 minutes of flexibility activity.”In 30/20/10, there is strength training, and it’ll encompass either using your own body weights, to using a stability ball, to using dumbbells to using body bars,” Kokemor said. “It’s a wide range of types depending on the instructor.”Since the GroupX classes became free to UREC members, the number of patrons has gone up drastically, Kokemor said. They have even had to turn away 100 to 200 members per month from the classes, due to full capacity. In addition to the GroupX classes held at the UREC, several online classes are offered through the UREC’s Web site. These classes are free to anyone who visits the site. Kokemor said the classes have been viewed by users in other states, and even from users in other countries. The UREC will also begin offering several new classes in the fall. —-Contact Jennifer Raines at [email protected]