After a year and a half of continued work and dedication to further develop a program for college students’ fitness, COREiculum is set to hit the shelves of the University’s Book Store in January 2013.
COREiculum is a program that includes a variety of kickboxing, yoga, cardio dance, a boot camp and more with two additional courses that they label as “extra credit,” keeping the school theme.
The reason for keeping the school theme revolves around the idea of making this a program for college students, which has not been done before.
Many typical 90 day programs like Insanity or P90X are built for people with a steady job, who have regular working hours and can plan when to eat meals, as well as work out on a daily basis. For college students it becomes much more difficult due to the different hours of classes each day, eating late night snacks or even meals, as well as the irregular sleeping patterns.
Andy Stern, the creator of COREiculum, wanted to do all that he could to create a program that would work for college students. He explained, “I carefully developed the program that combined aerobic and cardiovascular training with body weight resistance. In spring of 2011, the pilot program launched at Monmouth University and since then over 200 students have participated in a COREiculum COREse.”
When the program first came out in the spring of 2011, Andy Stern and Alissa Catalano (COREiculum’s head graphic designer), were a part of an entrepreneurship class. With the help of Professor John Buzza, COREiculum’s launch of their first set of DVDs, called the1st Semester, will be ready for the book store, but Stern has bigger plans for the workout that he created.
“The plan is for COREiculum to go on the road to each college and university. We look to sell the1st Semesterin university bookstores and hold COREientation at each school. We will team up and fundraise for a participating department, club or organization where students will enroll in a one day COREse at their school,” said Stern.
Additional plans included having those students come and work out with COREiculum and giving everyone the option to purchase the1st SemesterDVD. Stern proudly mentioned that the proceeds will benefit the participating parties including such organizations as fraternities, sororities, student government, or an athletic team.
COREiculum’s program has spread around campus through word of mouth and online as of late. Students at the University are starting to become aware of the program, like Samantha Tartas, a senior, who said, “I heard about COREiculum through social media and some of my friends have taken the classes. I’m always at the gym, so I think trying one of their classes will be a good break from my usual routine.”
Even Stern’s co-worker Alissa Catalano participated in the program, not only to get in shape, but to really help promote the program. “I attended every class twice a day to support Andy and get my body into shape. I am a proud graduate of COREiculum,” said Catalano.
Catalano is the graphic designer for the COREriculum team, but has also become Andy’s right hand woman to help push the program along even further. “I designed everything from the logo, to the actual package of the DVD case to the actual DVDs,” she said. “You name it, I designed it. Right now, my position with COREiculum is pretty much Andy’s right-hand woman. Since the entrepreneurship class ended, Andy and I have continued to finish the product.”
To keep the product’s name out there, these two are not just sitting around waiting for it to take off. Every Wednesday at 7 pm a COREiculum work out group can be found in Cedar Hall basement and all are welcome to join. This is an opportunity to try the program without paying for it first, and can be located on the residential side of campus.
Stern knew the pains of finding a program that was right. “I knew the feeling was mutual amongst other college students. They wanted a program that they could do in their bedroom. They wanted a program that they could afford,” he said.
Currently the1st SemesterDVD is online for $30. To find out more information about the product you can visit their website www.coreiculum.com, follow them on Twitter @COREiculum, or find their Facebook page. Stern will give updates for future events on the social media sites, and remember COREiculum is, in their words, “Where the freshman 15 is an elective.”
