Students at the Talbot Middle School have been participating in a cardio kickboxing class as part of their after school program one day a week. The classes were inspired by the 2010 Fitness Challenge, the third offered by the Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI), Children In Balance, Community Development Recreation (CD-REC), the Fall River YMCA and Healthy Lives Fall River. Students and faculty throughout the Fall River Public Schools have formed teams and have developed fitness events for students at nearly all of the schools. Personal Trainer Amy Jones of  Where Is The Work-Out has been leading the class that engages over forty students. "The kids really love it," notes Jones. "They really don't think of it as exercise but still get a great workout." Click here and here for the photos of other Challenge events. Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com for information about the Challenge. 

(Top row) Fatimata Gueye, Jaylnne Kleinberger and Lexus Robinson enjoy shadowboxing and other moves led to music by Personal Trainer Amy Jones. (Middle row, left) Melissa Matos and Jaylnne do some stretches during the routine. (Middle row, center) Nanydi Ashby kicks high along with Ms. Jones. (Middle row, right) Osiris Carranza and Sarah Amaral balance on one foot. (Bottom row, left) Jaylnne, Melissa and Marina Rebelo pose after a great workout. (Bottom row, center) The group includes an equal number of boys, most of which did not have signed parental permission slips to be photographed. (Bottom row, right) Physical education teachers Nicholas Overy and Alexis Bouchard are looking forward to an end-of-school-year field day that will involve all of the students in physical activity.