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 video of the event. Click here for photos of the 5th Challenge event. Call Annemarie Sharkey at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com.

(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.