On Oct. 19, the Undergraduate Student Government brought forth two new clubs at its council meeting, one of which is a health and well-being focused club: Tommie Strength.
Tommie Strength will aim to educate its members about dieting, fitness and personal wellness, according to sophomore Logan Scholla, who presented the idea about the club to the council.
“We give people the tools to achieve their goals,” he said. “Whatever they may be.”
In order to educate its members, the club plans to bring in speakers, from professionals who teach fitness to people who share personal stories about their journeys, to talk to the group in a classroom setting.
The fitness professionals will teach things like proper “nutrition, supplementation, workout programs, technique, form, physical therapy and recovery,” according to junior Jordan Dick, who also presented the idea to the council.
“It’s just going to be trying to spread knowledge on anything that might help the wellness industry,” he said.
“[Members] will be able to put it in a digestible format,” Scholla said. “You don’t have to know human anatomy to be able to figure out what’s going on.”
The club not only has a St. Thomas focus, but a community focus as well.
“We saw the need in the community for our niche of people in the gym and people around that can really benefit from having a supportive community as a whole,” Scholla said.
Scholla and Dick will hold the very first meeting in the coming days, and biweekly after that.
“It’s almost all going to be in a classroom setting,” Scholla said. “I bet if we’re going to workout at all it would be at an off-campus facility. We might be touring other facilities to give people an idea of what else is out there besides what we have on campus.”
Scholla encourages people in the community to find their passion, and, through Tommie Strength, hopes that passion becomes fitness, health and well-being.
“I just think it’s really important to be able to set goals and achieve those goals,” he said. “To feel dedicated and to feel passionate about something is super important.”
Gamiel Hall can be reached at hall0211@stthomas.edu.