Health & Recreation
Explore our 80,000 square foot recreation and fitness facility featuring a full array of intramural leagues and sports, over 60 group fitness classes weekly, a full cardio fleet, multiple weight lifting options, an indoor track, club sports and more. There are many ways to enhance your wellbeing at our Power Center.
| Hours of Operation | |
|---|---|
| Monday through Thursday | 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. |
| Friday | 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. |
| Saturdays & Sundays | 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| Holiday closures | November 1, November 27-December 1, December 21-January 2 |
| Elevator doors close 20 minutes prior to closing | Check our Instagram for special holiday hours. |
Towers Pool, Duquesne's on-campus swimming facility, features six 25-yard lanes. Be sure to check current hours of operation.
Thanks to the full scope of services offered by Duquesne's Center for Student Wellbeing,
including Counseling Services, Health Services and Recreation Services, student Lily
Faith DeLong has all the resources she needs to train hard and meet her boldest goals
as she approaches her next competition. There are many ways to enhance your wellbeing at the Power Center! Our ADA-compliant
facilities include wheelchair-accessible entrances and elevators, and signs and buttons
with braille. Locker rooms and restrooms have bathroom stalls, sinks, water fountains
and showers all accessible by wheelchairs. A 90-foot by 50-foot multipurpose court is available for basketball, pickle ball,
badminton, volleyball and other activities as well as the FITT (flipping tires, battle
ropes and sandbags), dumbbell studio, spin studio and cable machine studio. A 90-foot by 50-foot multipurpose court is available for basketball, pickle ball,
badminton, volleyball and other activities. There's also a racquetball court, bench
room, leg room, plate loaded studio, and Synergy 360 room. Get Involved, Get Moving
Four Floors of Fitness
With more than 65 cardio machines, a selectorized weight circuit, a main group fitness
studio and HIIT zone, and plentiful locker rooms, you're sure to have what you need
to achieve your goals.
Our group fitness and multipurpose studios are ADA-compliant, and include four wheelchair-accessible
lockers with changing benches. All upper-body selectorized machines, Smith Machine,
dumbbells and cable units are also wheelchair-accessible.
Various weight machines are available in Room 302 and dumbbells in Room 303, all of
which are wheelchair-accessible.
Two wheelchair-accessible lockers are available with changing benches.
All four exercise rooms are wheelchair-accessible. There are no locker rooms on the
4th floor.
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Free Group Fitness Classes
With two studios, our Power Center offers classes to meet all of your needs. Whether you are interested in kickboxing, zumba, spinning, pilates, or yoga, we believe you can find a high quality class to fit into your demanding schedule. Bring a mat and join us!
Special Wellbeing Programs Fall & Spring Semesters
Fitness Bash, Blacklight Spin and Yoga, Spin-a-thon, self-defense classes, a meditation series and more!
Recreation Services
Intramurals
Our intramural program offers an opportunity for interesting and rewarding competition in Men's, Women's, Co-ed, Greek, First-Year and Faculty/ Staff/Administration divisions. It provides a variety of activities that the entire University community can participate in regardless of preference or athletic ability. Leagues and tournaments include basketball, soccer, touch football, volleyball and many more.
Club Sports
Club Sports at Duquesne are to fill the recreational and extramural competitive needs of students. Our programs can emphasize instruction and/or competition. We offer the following sports: Baseball, Dukettes Dance Team, Field Hockey, Golf, Ice Hockey, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Rugby, Men's Soccer, Swimming (co-ed), Tennis (co-ed), Track (co-ed), Women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball, and Wrestling.
“I've been in Pittsburgh for about 16 years now, and I've seen such big changes in
the city over that period of time, such as access to public bikes, the addition of
new parks and all of the trails by the river that are so well maintained.”