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The Greater
Fall
River Fitness Challenge held a special Challenge event with Wiggle
Kids for families at Greater
Fall River Re-Creation on February 9, 2014. "Kim gets kids and
parents moving and having loads of fun without thinking that it's
exercise'" said Fitness Challenge coordinator Annemarie Holly who set
up the event and ran the prize drawing that
followed the event. Coach Kim Ferrara and her assistants, Kathy Jaglowski
and Emily Cabral, led parents and children through a dozen games designed
to stimulate the brain as well as the body. 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 nine-minute
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(Top row) Parents and children gather in the gym at 72 Bank Street before Coach Kim and Emily Cabral given them instructions for the first game in which everyone is encourage to run around. (Row two) Participants wait for instructions for the second game in which they are asked at one point to fall to the ground. (Row three) After a rhythm exercise, Coach Kim asks Kathy Jaglowski to distribute a bag full of yarn "snow balls". (Row four) On the count of three, children and parents get to have a wild snow ball fight that gets everyone moving. (Bottom row) Coach Kim ends the session with some yoga breathing and stretching exercises. |
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