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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The
Greater
Fall
River Fitness Challenge held its sixth Challenge event
on January 26, 2013 at Greater Fall
River Re-Creation's gym on Bank Street under the direction of Amy Jones Delgiacco
and Fitness
Fusion. The hour-long workout brought in over 75 Challenge
participants for a boot camp style workout. "Amy keeps everyone
moving for the entire hour," noted Challenge coordinator Annemarie Sharkey, who held a
raffle for prizes as she does at the end of every Challenge event. The
event brought many first time Challenge participants and a number people
from the three surrounding towns of Somerset, Swansea and Westport.
Sponsored by Partners
for a Healthier Community and Southcoast
Hospitals, the event was organized with the participation of All
Generations Fitness, the
Diabetes Association, Inc.,
Fitness
Fusion, , General
Fitness. Greater Fall River
Re-creation, Healthy City Fall
River,
and the
Fall River YMCA. The Challenge offers low cost opportunities for those who
live, work or attend school in the Greater Fall River Area to get fit, lose weight, have
fun and win prizes. Registration is open through the end of January, and many people will register and weigh-in at their workplace in
the coming weeks. Click
here for a
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(Top row, left and center) Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge coordinator Annemarie Sharkey weighs-in Attorney Rene Brown as the crowd gathers outside the door. (Top row, right) Melanie Leite starts on the warm-up exercise at one end of the gym. (Row two) Lisa Pacheco of Fall River and Karen Mansi of Bristol prepare to run with fitness balls while Judy Gosselin of Tiverton and Shannon Costa of Swansea do arm lifts. (Row three) Participants, including Mike Miller of Dartmouth, right, do jumping jacks at the director of Amy Jones Delgiacco of Fitness Fusion and Where is the Workout, who led the hour-long session. (Bottom row) Participants do some cool-down stretches after walking and jogging around the gym for three-minute intervals. |
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