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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 eighth Challenge event at Greater
Fall River Re-Creation on February 8, 2014. "We're almost running out
of room with so many participants!'" remarked Fitness Challenge coordinator
Annemarie Holly who handed out tickets for the prize drawing that
followed the event. Fitness Fusion leader Greg Medeiros led the crowd of
over 140 through a series of nine stations with a variety of fitness
challenges. Southcoast Hospital
Dietitian Amanda Raposo and Dr. David Weed followed the work-out with a
discussion of low-carb
diets. Sponsored by
Greater Fall River
Re-creation, Partners
for a Healthier Community, Saint
Anne's Hospital, Southcoast
Hospitals, the Challenge includes programs provided by All
Generations Fitness, the
Diabetes Association, Inc.,
Fitness
Fusion, FitWorks, General
Fitness. Greater Fall River
Re-creation,
Striking
Beauties, TKO
Fitness, Wiggle
Kids, 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.
Click
here for a 12-minute
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(Top row) Challenge participants start their warm-up by walking around the gym before Fitness Fusion leader Greg Medeiros gets people moving. (Row two) Greg urges Claudia Choqotte on while Fusion leader Wendy Niewola demonstrates kettle weight lifts that Sandy Ferreira, Alicia Zabila and Diana Gaya then practice. (Row three, left and center) Pat Medeiros, Trish Snitzer and Cheryl Bender do some high steps while Tony Rebelo, Cheryl Bailey, Bela Rebelo and Carla Sousa toss an exercise ball. (Row four) Mark Dibiasio and Chris Senra do jumping jacks until exhaustion. (Row five, left and right) Paul Rapoza gets encouragement from Fusion leader Kerry Camara. (Bottom row) Participants do some punches before doing a cool down and then wait to see who the raffle prize winner is. |
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