Dedman Recreation Center offers a variety of machines and classes. The Rec Center also has an indoor track, basketball and racquetball courts, a lap pool and a climbing wall. (Spencer J Eggers/The Daily Campus)

Derek Ruiz, a personal trainer at SMU, created the Mustang Shed and Shred program last year as a way for students to get together in a group or with friends for a more intense work out.

“The class is a cross training, high intensity twist on boot camps,” Ruiz said.

Mustang Shed and Shred is supposed to shed fat and shred muscle, advertising itself as the “toughest exercise program offered at SMU.”

The class is $100 for five weeks, which includes 10 sessions, a polar body age assessment and a nutrition and cardio plan.

Personal training and Mustang Shed and Shred are just two of the many programs that the SMU Dedman Recreation Center has to offer.

However, most people who use the gym do not realize the variety of classes and programs that are at their disposal.

Many students enter Dedman and immediately walk over to the gates, swipe their ID card and head down the stairs to the cardio and weight room.

Many people do not realize that just behind the weight room is the cycling room and TRX Suspension Trainers.

The room is used for the cycling and some of the Group X classes.

There are only 10 TRX machines and “everything is first come first serve,” Tracy Veliz, the associate director of the

Dedman Facility, said.

Another area downstairs that isn’t used as frequently is the outdoor activities center.

This is where students can learn about and sign up for zip lining, skydiving, kayaking in Fiji and many other outdoor adventures that the center offers.

Veliz says that the great thing about the outdoor adventures is that members can go on incredible adventures at amazing deals.

The outdoor activities center is also the place to go if you and your friends are planning an outdoor or camping trip.

This is where members can rent equipment such as tents, sleeping bags, kayaks and bicycles at a low price.

One more area to take note of downstairs is the massage room. Most people see the massage chairs sitting directly below the stairs, but Dedman also has a room where members can purchase private massages for $60 an hour.

For people looking for non-sport, recreational fun the third floor is where you need to be.

There are two pool tables, a ping-pong table and shuffleboard.

All of the equipment can be rented at the front desk and is a great place for friends to get together and hang out at night.

No matter how many times you have visited Dedman there is probably something there that you never knew existed.