Health on campus - Activities with requiring pre-registration

Aqua is a gentle and effective form of exercise in water that works your whole body and helps put you in a good mood. We invite you to “get your feet wet” with us at IKSU Sport, small pool.

Do you want to get tips on how to make badminton even more fun and you even better? Come and try, instructor is on site. Choose between the times 10-11, 13-14 or 14-15. The only things you need to bring are indoor shoes and training clothes. Rackets available to borrow. Shuttlecocks are available for purchase. The possibility of a sauna is available. Manager: IFK Umeå Badminton.

Take a walk to Bildmuseet for a tour of the exhibitions Loulou Cherinet/State Design and Mandana Moghaddam/Woman Life Freedom. The activity closes with a short tour of Umeå Arts Campus. Please be aware that there will also be a yoga session in the exhibition hall at 14:30; see the other side of this programme.

You will learn the technical and tactical basics of the game and get a chance to play a game or two. Boulehallen, Regementet. Transport from Universum and back is available.

Breaststroke may be the swimming style that you learn first, but it is difficult to master. Spend time refining your technique with IKSU’s Jelena Nääs. Basic swimming skills required.

FULLY BOOKED! Bring out your inner caveman and learn the “Caveman Cooking” technique, which involves cooking directly on the coals without a grill rack. The instructor is “Wild Chef” Erik Brännström. In the campus fields regardless of the weather. Vegetarian food.

FULLY BOOKED! Come and develop your classic skiing technique. We will go through the different techniques and give tips on important things to keep in mind. The instructors are Elbert Karlsson and Joel Kärrman, together with national team coach Andreas Domeij. In the campus fields below SLU.

Get your breath on with an interval session on cross-country skiing with coaches from IKSU Cross-Country Skiing! Suitable for everything from beginners to experienced skiers, you can choose whether you want to ride classic or skate. Collection at the mill at Gammlia (Spårstarten Stadslidens Skidspår). Ski equipment is available to borrow for a few, indicate in the registration if you want to borrow - first come, first serve applies.

FULLY BOOKED! Instructors Elbert Karlsson and Joel Kärrman, together with national team coach Andreas Domeij, offer their best tips to help you take your skiing to the next level. For both beginners and experienced skiers. In the campus fields below SLU. You will need your own equipment.

The Student Health Service offer you to join and practice dance for health! In the undemanding dance, you can learn to find the pleasure and joy of moving in a way that feels good, without requirements that it has to look in a certain way. Curiously and playfully, we explore your own, unique movement and you are encouraged to challenge yourself. Dance for health is a researched-based method, you can dance for your mental and physical health.

FULLY BOOKED! Learn to swim the front crawl or take your swimming to the next level with instructor Per Gedda at Navet in the centre of Umeå. Basic swimming skills required.

FULLY BOOKED! Try your hand at ice fishing using a pimple jigging lure on Lake Nydalasjön. All equipment, including safety equipment, can be borrowed on site. The instructors are fishing consultants from Umeå Municipality.

Try your hand at padel. Instructor and rackets available on site at Tegs Padelcenter. Different time slots. Booking by the hour, choose between the times 10-11, 13-14, 14-15 or 15-16. (You can only book one hour/person).

Join us for an inspiring running session in running training with IKSU and instructor Lars Bergström. Running training is a collective name for various technical exercises that aim to make running more gentle, efficient and fun. During the session, you also get to try different exercises that challenge your coordination, strength and flexibility. The session takes place outdoors, gathering indoors at IKSU Sport at the North entrance.

Try your hand at squash, one of the most fun racket sports in the world! IKSU Squash will teach you the basics of the sport and help you develop your technical and tactical skills No prior knowledge is required. We will provide the rackets.

Enter the path of health & harmony by learning an ancient Qigong method inspired by the philosophy of Buddha and Dao. This cultivation method has given people around the world better health and inner harmony. The sessions are led by Mai Svensson, and are held in the faculty office of the Umeå School of Sports Science.

FULLY BOOKED. Join IKSU Frilufts and experience ski touring in Tavasten, Skeppsvik archipelago. Equipment rental, minibus transport and light refreshments are included. A limited number of touring skis are available to borrow, indicate in your registration if you need to borrow. IKSU Frilufts will offer coffee.

Workshop beginner FULLY BOOKED! Workshop in squats, bench presses and deadlifts. You will practically try the different lifts mixed with theory. The workshop at 13:00-14:30, addressed to you as a beginner. The workshop at 14:40-16:30, aimed at those who already have good experience of training in squats, bench presses and deadlifts. Leaders: Emil Johansson and Josua Lipka from Umeå Power and Hanna Eriksson and Leonard Sundelin from IKSU Kraftsport.

FULLY BOOKED! The workshop includes hands-on cooking to inspire and motivate people to cook more vegetarian dishes. The workshop is led by Björn Norén and Albina Granberg from the Department of Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science.