Regents voting on new weight room this week
The $21 million project would construct a 32,000-square-foot weight room, including a 5,000-gross-square-foot mezzanine level, within the existing building for strength and conditioning training.
According to the Regents' action request, the project also would address infrastructure and life safety needs, including replacement of the existing roof, installation of new fire alarm and suppression systems and upgrades to the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and lighting systems throughout the 78,000-square-foot building.
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/02/new_football_weight_room_inclu.html
February 13th, 2017 at 12:44 PM ^
umbig11 was spot on with his post in November.
Rough outline of what will be built and when: - 31,000 sq. ft weight room (largest in the country) - Renovated Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation space - Upgraded Sports Performance Nutrition - Hydrotherapy The total project ($35 million) - $21 million already raised - Phase 1 in begins in May '17 (building the new weight room) - Estimated completion by January 2018 - Phase 2 (need to raise $14 million this year) Once the remaining funds are raised, phase 2 will begin. The plan is to have the facilities ready for the 2018 season.
February 13th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
1000 sq ft off on the weight room. He's an insider wannabe.
;)
February 13th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
Important to note that Oosterbaan can still be used as a practice facility for other sports. The field just got trimmed to 75-80 yards.
February 13th, 2017 at 1:51 PM ^
Oosterbaan will be cut further than that, down to roughly 65 yards of playable surface, I am a member of one of the teams that will be affected by this expansion. There's something like 9 club sports (many of which are very competitive, including Rugby) that WILL be displaced if this expansion is passed
February 13th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
That sucks but on the positive side you still have access to a great indoor facility... something many college varsity sports teams in the country don't have.
February 13th, 2017 at 5:22 PM ^
Fuck, that really sucks... Are there any decent alternatives for expanding? 65 yards is tiny.
February 13th, 2017 at 12:48 PM ^
The proposal thought to pass?
February 13th, 2017 at 12:50 PM ^
Unless its fireworks pretty much everything passes.
February 13th, 2017 at 12:54 PM ^
Only a dumbbell would say no to such a weighty issue.
February 13th, 2017 at 1:06 PM ^
that capital improvement through!
(am I doing this right?)
February 13th, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
Put differently, will we even lift, bro?
February 13th, 2017 at 1:11 PM ^
Why any need for a weight room upgrade? I would think simply adding a couple Jazzercise classes would do the trick.
February 13th, 2017 at 1:16 PM ^
I put them down.
February 13th, 2017 at 1:17 PM ^
to the public? if so, can i bring my dog with me?
February 13th, 2017 at 1:40 PM ^
Sandals, bad form, pets, weird set up.
What the fuck is going on here?
EDIT: I imagine these 2 dudes got wasted and was like,
"Bro, let's get our swoll on."
"Ight, my other bro got mad weights in his garage, let's borrow them and set this shit up in my room."
"Bro."
February 13th, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
As for the dog anyway, I imagine that he / she got into whatever the dude's $100 GNC haul and is now suffering the consequences. If there is an upside, the dog's imsides will be squeaky clean perhaps. As for the rest of it, not entirely sure.
February 13th, 2017 at 1:33 PM ^
is what happens when you don't read mgoblog off-season threads discussing canine glands.
February 13th, 2017 at 2:07 PM ^
in 1 easy step
February 13th, 2017 at 1:59 PM ^
badly needed if we expect to stay competitive in recruiting with the top schools.
February 13th, 2017 at 2:04 PM ^
Coach should send the team over to the construction site for some off-season weight training. He seems like a man that could get behind swinging some sledges around. I imagine they'd have that think built and ready to use in no time at all with his leadership/encouragement and a little sweat equity.
February 13th, 2017 at 2:05 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh asking for more things from regents is like the opposite of "and it's gone" on South Park.
JH: Hey can you guys build me a new-
BOR: Yes.
February 13th, 2017 at 2:06 PM ^
Miniature golf, bowling, etc. Need to keep up with Daboland
February 13th, 2017 at 2:21 PM ^
Wish we had the green light on this when we were recruiting Najee.
February 13th, 2017 at 2:33 PM ^
of Najee-, is already built like a brick, and will get bigger while flattening BIG10 defenses.
February 13th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
Will really 'raise the bar' when it comes to weight training facilities.
February 13th, 2017 at 5:10 PM ^
It's the one facility that Michigan lacks compared to other Power 5 teams. From the pictures I've seen of the weightroom, it looks woeful compared to other schools.
February 13th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
Weight room is 1980s horrible and embarrassing
February 13th, 2017 at 5:17 PM ^
Sometimes it's too bad to do such a big project on a weight room, but it is necessary to make sure that no condition hinders our recruiting success. The weight room is one of those conditions unfortunately. Especially when you have other schools setting such crazy high expectations when it comes to weight rooms.
February 13th, 2017 at 6:41 PM ^
$21 Million. Not $10 Million or $5 Million.
$21 Milllion for building upgrades. Wow!
February 13th, 2017 at 7:01 PM ^
This sort of stuff makes me go back and forth on whether to pay or not to pay players. On the one hand, big time football schools make money hand over fist off of football. OTOH, a free education at one of the finest universities in the world plus all the insane perks of being on the football team seems like a pretty nice payment
February 13th, 2017 at 9:30 PM ^
Instead of us agonizing over whether college athletes get paid something while pursuing their full-ride at a world-class university, maybe we should instead be asking what else could be done with $21M? There are hundreds of homeless people in SE Michigan who might be more interested in a meal, a place to sleep, clean and dry clothes, etc. Just one possibility.
February 13th, 2017 at 10:02 PM ^
I am sure Harbaugh will have some surprises in the final design.
February 13th, 2017 at 10:44 PM ^
they will come.
February 13th, 2017 at 10:56 PM ^
Can I buy access to the weight room cause damn....
February 13th, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
Has anyone been to the CCRB and/or IM post renovation? Those were also embarrassing just a few years back.
Edit* - Just looked at the IM renovations... Those are nice. Saw the CCRB pictures as well. Looks like lipstick on a pig. Free weight/dumbell section at the CCRB HAS to be bigger for a University like Michigan. It's really a shame when you compare it to OSU/PSUs/other universities i've been to. Even the small University of Miami has a better weight room when I took a trip down there.
Not saying the football team doesn't deserve a renovation, but you'd think the regents could siphon some money off to make two legit central campus gyms without raising student fees.
February 14th, 2017 at 2:00 PM ^
Absolutely.
And these kids need access to the latest equipment and plenty of it. Waiting in line for the squat rack or moving your routine around cause you can't get access doesn't cut it. There are only so many hours in a day and lots of equipment helps to allow the students to get in & out of the gym + juggle their studies.