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Renaud Center expands classes and youth orientation; fitness staff add equipment and trainers
Summary
Renaud Center recreation specialist Jenny Davidson reported growth in group classes and personal training, said youth weight-room orientations increased to 70 in 2025 (from 38 in 2024), and outlined new cardio and rehab equipment purchases; policy requires ages 12–15 to pass an orientation to use the fitness center.
Jenny Davidson, a recreation specialist at the Renaud Center, presented staffing, program metrics and planned equipment upgrades to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Aug. 12. Davidson said the center currently fields 22 group instructors offering 53 weekly classes and about five personal trainers; instructors and attendants support an average of roughly 2,500 class participants per month.
Davidson highlighted growth in supervised youth programming: to date in 2025 the center has completed 70 youth weight-room orientations (ages 12–15), up from 38 in 2024. She said youth who complete the orientation receive wristbands for staff identification and that their training focuses on selectorized machines before any free-weight progression. When asked about supervision rules, Davidson said ages 12–15 must complete the weight-room orientation even if accompanied by an adult.
The center plans equipment updates driven by member requests and wear-and-tear: two Octane rowers, an additional incline trainer, two replacement treadmills, recumbent ellipticals, a SkiErg for circuit training, a glute-thruster plate-loaded machine and an updated SciFit rehab machine with pedaling capabilities. Davidson said cardio replacements will swap out high-mileage pieces rather than expanding the footprint, and an outside vendor assessed layout compatibility.
Board members asked about space for stretching and training; Davidson said staff will consider reconfigurations during a scheduled shutdown week to preserve areas used by trainers and members. She also proposed expanding the youth orientation into phased training (phase 2/phase 3) to enable supervised progression into free-weight areas.
No board action was required; the presentation provided program updates and staff plans for equipment procurement and space optimization.
