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By Meg Nielsen
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August 28, 2006
Second-year College student Jessie Shields said she doesn't like to run regularly. Instead, she said she swims, plays tennis, takes a volleyball class, goes rock-climbing, hiking, mountain biking and follows Jane Fonda workouts by on cassette tapes.
"Running is hard and boring, especially in the winter, so I do lots of other things for fun and because it's good socially, too," Shields said.
Shields is one of many University students who choose to stay in shape by participating in a variety of activities that are not all traditional ways of working out.
At the University ranked "Hottest for Fitness" in Newsweek's 2005 Kaplan College Guide, some students choose to exercise in a variety of different ways that don't simply revolve around the treadmill and weights.
"We try to offer a comprehensive program that offers different opportunities to lots of people," said Mark Fletcher, associate athletics director for U.Va.