SYKETTÄ Sports Services utilises four gyms: the new gym Portti54, the Aurora gym on the UEF campus, the Tikkarinne gym at the Karelia UAS Tikkarinne campus and the Joensuu Areena gym. A valid SYKETTÄ sports sticker is required to use the gyms. Users do not need to enroll on gym turns via the sports calendar. Access rights to all gyms (except Aurora gym) are applied for on a separate form. Access rights to gyms are valid according to the validity of the SYKETTÄ sticker, i.e. the form must be filled out again every time you purchase a new SYKETTÄ sticker.
NB! The mobile keys of Portti54 and Tikkarinne gym do not work in the same Smart Key application at the same time, because the facilities belong to different universities. For this reason, you cannot apply for access to both gyms, but you must choose which gym you want to use. Once you have chosen the gym you will use, you commit to using the chosen gym for at least one semester.
All those working out in our gyms must have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker. Bringing your own external coaches (e.g. PTs) is strictly prohibited! As an exception, non-commercial rehabilitative activities, e.g. physiotherapy. However, these must be agreed separately in advance.
Portti54
Portti54 is located in the address Tulliportinkatu 54, 80130 Joensuu. Nuorisoverstas and Combat Heaven are located in the same building. Access to the gym is from the right side of the building. An electronic key or mobile key is required to enter the gym (instructions further below). The changing rooms are located on the right side of the gym where the side of the free weights are located.
Basic information
The size of the gym is about 300 m² and there are four separate training areas: room for warm-up, area with exercise machines, area with free weights and room for stretching. In addition, the gym has two changing rooms, showers, two toilets and a kitchen area. The gym has new machines and equipment for versatile training.
Note:
– UEF staff and students who have an electronic key to the library can request access right to a physical electronic key using a separate application form
– Students and staff of Karelia and UEF students who do not have an electronic key to the library can request a mobile key using a separate application form
– The mobile keys of Portti54 and Tikkarinne gym do not work in the same Smart Key application at the same time, because the facilities belong to different universities. For this reason, you cannot apply for access to both gyms, but you must choose which gym you want to use. Once you have chosen the gym you will use, you commit to using the chosen gym for at least one semester.
- By arriving to train at the gym, each user undertakes to follow the rules of the gym
- Only indoor sports shoes may be worn at the gym
- The lights turn off automatically
Opening hours
Mondays to Sundays from 4:30 am to 11 pm
(Instructed group between 5.9.-28.11.2023 on Tuesdays at 3pm-4pm when the area with exercise machines and the room for stretching are available for gym users, but the group has the privilege of using all the machines and equipment on the free weights side and the mirror area on the equipment side)
Mobile key of Portti54
A mobile key is used for the access to the new gym Portti54, if the user does not have a UEF physical electronic key (students and staff of Karelia and UEF students who do not have an electronic key to the library). Here are the instructions for using the mobile key:
1. When the user has been activated as a Smart Key user, a text message will be sent from Stanley to the user’s phone with a link to download the application and an encryption key.
2. The application is installed from the link that takes you to the application store.
3. Next, download the encryption key to the phone. Open the text message you received and the second link will take you to the key download. The phone may suggest options to open the link, then select Smart Key for Timecon.
4. When the encryption key is successfully downloaded, the program will open. There aren’t any doors in the view yet, but they only appear when the user goes near the Smart Key lock of the gym door with their phone.
Portti54 gym rules
By arriving to train at our gym, you agree to follow the attached rules. The rules are to guarantee everyone’s safety and comfort, and everyone working out at the gym must read them and, without exception, also follow them. It’s nice and safe to go to the gym when everyone plays by the same rules.
All gym goers must have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker!
1. Clean up after yourself and treat the equipment and machines well
You can and should sweat in the gym, but always wipe the equipment and the machines after use. Also take the plates, bars and other equipment to their place, so that the next person can find them, and of course put the garbage in the garbage. Plates must not be left on equipment and bars. Plates should ALWAYS be returned in pairs, i.e. both plates of the same pair of plate weights are located in the same place. It’s really frustrating to hunt around the gym for another pair of plates.
Equipment and tools must be treated with care. Breakages caused by intentional negligence will be billed to the person who caused the damage. The so-called dribble is not allowed on equipment or free weights. If you need to drop free weights, the gym has thick mattresses for that. Dribbling on the bare floor without the aforementioned mattresses is prohibited.
If the machine or equipment breaks down, it must be reported to the SYKETTÄ staff immediately. It is a good idea to put a note on the broken machine to warn others, and the broken equipment can be put aside in e.g. the hallway or the kitchen.
2. Use appropriate clothing and shoes
You may not enter the gym in outdoor shoes, but take them off in the hallway and leave them on the shoe racks or take them with you to the locker room or storage lockers. We recommend using indoor shoes intended for gym training.
3. Be aware of other trainers
It is polite to say hello. You can chat and it’s even recommended, as long as you remember to give others peace of mind and not interrupt others’ training. However, very loud conversations and talking on the phone should be handled elsewhere than on the gym. Do not cause dangerous situations by walking too close to the person doing the training, he/she may not notice you. Now, if someone happens to make deadlifts on your route, you can wait a while or go around another way.
The volume of music devices should be kept at such a level that you do not disturb others.
4. Do not reserve equipment or machines
Between sets, it’s good to get off the machine and give others the opportunity to do their own set with a break. Disassemble the barbell if you are not going to use it for a while, and don’t reserve weights or exercise positions for yourself if you are not going to use them right away. If someone asks if they can do it in between, it’s polite to agree.
5. Choose the training place according to the training
Don’t waste your training space on something you don’t necessarily need it for. For example, stretching is done in a room intended for stretching, not under a squat rack. Please also note that when you are doing it, block the passage of others to e.g. the dumbbell racks.
6. Use of magnesium
Powdered magnesium makes a mess, and it is difficult to clean if from the rubber mat. However, if its use is an absolute requirement for you, it should be used wisely so as not to mess up equipment, plates, floors, walls and other people’s clothes. Liquid magnesium doesn’t mess up so easily, but it’s also not allowed to pour it on the floors. If magnesium stains start to be found here and there, its use will be completely prohibited, so you can influence the matter yourself with your own actions.
7. Eating and drinking in the gym
There is a kitchen in the gym where you can eat and make coffee. The training area is not intended for eating. Clean always your own messes and wash your dishes or put them to the dishwasher. If you drink something other than water during the workout, make sure you won’t splash the drink around (of course you shouldn’t splash water either). If damage happens, you should clean up the mess yourself immediately before it gets sticky everywhere.
Aurora Gym
The Aurora gym is located in the Aurora building on the University of Eastern Finland campus, in the address Yliopistokatu 2, 80100 Joensuu. To find the gym, go between the Aurora buildings to the backyard, turn left and continue walking straight to the end of the backyard. At the end of the road is the front door of the building, from which you enter through the door on the right. Aurora gym and sauna are accessible through the same door, the gym door is located at the end of the short corridor on the left. The changing rooms are to the right when entering the gym.
Basic information
The Aurora gym has a good selection of basic exercise machines. In addition to exercise machine, the gym also has a bench press bench and a squat rack. The gym is well-suited for training with both exercise machines and free weights. The gym has six barbells: two 20kg bars, one 15kg bar, two short bars and one curve bar. The gym also has a dip rack and a box. The equipment is safe and easy to use! Please notice that gym is meant only for gym training and not for other exercises, studying or hanging around.
Note:
- If you are a member of the UEF staff and have purchased the SYKETTÄ sticker on the online shop, please email one of the SYKETTÄ employees and ask us to activate the access at the Aurora gym. Before the activation, the gym cannot be accessed when the entrance is closed.
- Observe the gym opening hours
- You’ll find gym rules in the gym and you’ll have to follow them
- Only indoors sports shoes may be worn at the gym
- The last user to leave in the evening must turn off the lights. The light switches are located next to the gym doors.
- If you are not certain whether other users are coming after you, turn off the lights
Opening hours
Students:
- Mondays 7 am to 4 pm (the doors are locked on 3:30 pm)
- Tuesdays 8 am to 4 pm (the doors are locked on 3:30 pm)
- Wednesdays 7 am to 4:30 pm (the doors are locked on 5 pm)
- Thursdays 8 am to 4 pm (the doors are locked on 3:30 pm)
- Fridays 7 am to 4 pm (the doors are locked on 3:30 pm)
- Saturdays closed
- Sundays closed
Please notice that the gym is always closed on midweek holidays (e.g. May Day, Independence Day, Epiphany, Christmas…)
Staff:
- Mondays to Sundays 7 am to 10 pm (the gym is reserved for an instructed group between 5.9.-29.11.2023 on Tuesdays from 4:30 pm to 6 pm, and on Wednesdays from 4:30 pm to 6 pm)
Tikkarinne Gym
The Tikkarinne gym is located on the ground floor (2nd floor) of the E Building of the Tikkarinne campus of the Karelia University of Applied Sciences. To find the gym, enter the E Building through the main entrance, walk to the end of the hallway, and turn left after the sliding door. A mobile key is required to enter the gym (instructions further below). The changing rooms are to the right when entering through the gym door.
Basic information
The Tikkarinne gym is used to teach students of physiotherapy at the Karelia University of Applied Sciences. Both veterans and beginners can train in peace in this small and cozy gym. The gym has an emphasis on exercise machines, including a leg press, a HUR multifunction machine, a Kinesis machine, and a generous amount of dumbbells and kettlebells.
Note:
- New users can request a mobile key using a separate application form
- Old users must return the physical electronic key during the autumn 2023 (or after the expiration date of the sticker) to the ISYY or POKA office during the office opening hours or to the office letterbox outside the office opening hours, read the instructions under. A mobile key is added instead of the physical electronic key, if the user does not already have a Portti54 mobile key in the Smart Key application. Mobile key must be requested using a separate application form.
- The mobile keys of Portti54 and Tikkarinne gym do not work in the same Smart Key application at the same time, because the facilities belong to different universities. For this reason, you cannot apply for access to both gyms, but you must choose which gym you want to use. Once you have chosen the gym you will use, you commit to using the chosen gym for at least one semester.
- Karelia UAS employees do not need to separately request access to the Tikkarinne gym. However, Karelia UAS employees must have a valid SYKETTÄ sticker when they use the gym during the gym hours of SYKETTÄ Sports Services.
- Users must exit the building by 9 pm, this is important and possible cost will be charged from the person who caused the alarm
- The gym is used for teaching, please be especially careful with the exercise machines and observe the opening hours
- Only indoor sports shoes may be worn at the gym
- The last user to leave in the evening must turn off the lights. The light switches are located next to the gym doors.
- If you are not certain whether other users are coming after you, turn off the lights
Opening hours
- Mondays 7 am to 8:30 am, 4 pm to 5 pm, and 6 pm to 9 pm
- Tuesdays 7 am to 8:30 am, and 5 pm to 9 pm
- Wednesdays 7 am to 8:30 am, and 4 pm to 9 pm
- Thursdays 7 am to 8:30 am, and 5 pm to 9 pm
- Fridays 7 am to 8:30 am, and 3 pm to 9 pm
- Saturdays and Sundays 7 am to 9 pm
Instructions for returning the physical electronic key of Tikkarinne gym
The physical electronic keys of the Tikkarinne gym will be abandoned during autumn 2023 and replaced by mobile keys that work in the Smart Key application.
New users can request a mobile key this application form. Gym access rights are added approximately once a week, usually on Mondays. In the start of the season this may take longer due to high demand. SYKETTÄ sticker is required to be able to receive access rights to gyms.
Old users must return the physical electronic key during the autumn 2023. If you have already bought a new SYKETTÄ sticker in the spring or summer 2023, you must return the electronic key after the expiration date of the new sticker by 31.8.2024 at the latest. The electronic key must be returned to the ISYY or POKA office during the office opening hours or to the office letterbox outside the office opening hours. The electronic key must be returned to the office where it was originally picked up. If you are not sure which office you have picked up the electronic key from, please check it with the SYKETTÄ employees. A mobile key is added instead of the physical electronic key, if the user does not already have a Portti54 mobile key in the Smart Key application. The mobile key must be applied for after returning the physical electronic key using the application form.
NB! Deposits will no longer be returned for electronic keys returned after 30.9.2024, so please return the physical electronic key immediately after the sticker expires for the 2023-2024 season.
NB! The mobile keys of Tikkarinne gym and Portti54 do not work in the same Smart Key application at the same time, because the facilities belong to different universities. For this reason, you cannot apply for access to both gyms, but you must choose which gym you want to use. Once you have chosen the gym you will use, you commit to using the chosen gym for at least one semester.
Instructions for returning the physical electronic key to the ISYY office:
1. Return the physical electronic key to ISYY office (Yliopistokatu 7, Haltia building, 2nd floor) during the office opening hours, the office is open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am-3pm and on Wednesdays at 12noon-4pm
2. If you are unable to return the electronic key during the office opening hours, you can return it in an envelope to the letterbox of the ISYY office, which is located on the 2nd floor of the Haltia building, the green mailbox on the left outside the office’s inner door
3. Put an electronic key in the envelope and include your name, home country address and bank account number for repayment of the deposit
4. Please check that the white and round key is inside the black leather cover of the electronic key. If the white key has disappeared, please contact SYKETTÄ employees immediately.
5. If you want a mobile key instead of a physical electronic key, apply for mobile key activation using this application form
Instructions for returning the physical electronic key to the POKA office:
1. Return the physical electronic key to POKA’s Tikkarinne office (Tikkarinne 9, building A) during the office opening hours, the office is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10am-2pm
2. If you are unable to return the electronic key during the office opening hours, you can return it in an envelope to the letterbox of the POKA’s Tikkarinne office, which is located on the left side of the entrance to building A (white letterbox with the words “Opiskelijakunta POKA”)
3. Put an electronic key in the envelope and include your name, home country address and bank account number for repayment of the deposit
4. Please check that the white and round key is inside the black leather cover of the electronic key. If the white key has disappeared, please contact SYKETTÄ employees immediately.
5. Deposits are repaid twice a month
6. If you want a mobile key instead of a physical electronic key, apply for mobile key activation using this application form
Joensuu Areena Gym
The Joensuu Areena gym is located in the address Mehtimäenaukio 2, 80110 Joensuu. Entrance to the sports facilities is located on the right side of the main lobby, at the end of the long hallway and through the underpass. Changing rooms for men and women are also located in the hallway. The gym is located below the stands next to the running track.
Door code is required to access Joensuu Areena. The code is placed in the reader at the door of the hallway leading to the changing rooms. The code to the Areena is requested via the attached form and they are sent at least every Monday. We only send code to the email address you have registered as a SYKETTÄ user. The code is valid for one semester, so a new code must always be requested at the beginning of a new semester.
Basic information
Kuntosali sopii erityisesti vapailla painoilla treenaaville. Areenan kuntosalilla treenaavat useat paikalliset yksilö- sekä joukkueurheilijat.
Sports use
Joensuu Areenan kuntosalia voi käyttää sen aukioloaikoina SYKETTÄ-tarralla aina, kun siellä ei ole etukäteen varattua vuoroa. Kuntosalin varaukset tulee aina tarkistaa ennakkoon Joensuun kaupungin omalta tilavaraussivustolta. Ajantasaisen varaustilanteen löydät Tilava Joensuu -varauskalenterista. Liikuntatiloissa noudatetaan Joensuun kaupungin liikuntatilojen käyttösääntöjä. VARATTUJEN VUOROJEN AIKANA SALILLE EI OLE LUVALLISTA MENNÄ.
Opening hours
Joensuu Areenan ajantasaiset aukioloajat löydät täältä.