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The Greater
Fall
River Fitness Challenge held its twelfth Challenge event at Greater
Fall River Re-Creation on February 22, 2014. "We're still getting
over 100 participants almost two months into this Challenge" remarked Fitness Challenge coordinator
Michael Brammer who handed out tickets for the prize drawing that
followed the event. Fitness Fusion leader Greg Medeiros led half of the crowd
through a series of fitness challenges while Mindy Davis led the
other half of the group in a series of walking and running sprints around
the outside of the gym. 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.
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(Top row) Fitness Fusion leader Greg Medeiros welcomes participants to the 12th Challenge event in the series, including Pat Medeiros and Gail Sowersby, who join over one hundred others in a two-part challenge with half the group walking and jogging and the other half engaged in fitness exercises. (Row two) Participants, including Natassia Laferriere, right, get a Fitness Fusion workout. (Row three) Greg keeps half of the group, including Megan Mello, right, moving while Mindy Davis signals the other half to walk or jog. (Row four) While half the group moves to Greg's instructions, the other half walks and jogs in segments signaled by Mindy. (Row five) Carolyn Wills and Paula Doucetta keep pace with the jogging along with David DeSousa, and Cathie Noversa. (Bottom row) Aurora White and Sandra Nunes complete the workout along with the other participants. . |
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