The twelfth week of the Ninth Annual Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge  brought over fifty-five Challenge participants to the Kuss Middle School on April 2, 2016 for a work-out with Fitness Leader Tabitha Gentreau of FitWorks On-line who put the participants through a half-hour of cardio and a half-hour of floor work followed by a push-up challenge. Following the Challenge, participants were invited to join a low-carb nutrition group run by Partners Executive Director Dr. David Weed. 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 On-line, General Fitness. Greater Fall River Re-creation, TKO Fitness, 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 an 11-minute video of the event. Click here for photos of the previous week's Challenge event and here for video of all of the low-carb sessions with Dr. David Weed. Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com. 

(Top row) Challenge participant Celeste Franca finishes weighing in with Mitch Coughlin before joining the group in the gym who are doing a warm-up walk. (Rows two through six) Tabitha Gendreau of FitWorks On-line leads the group in some cardio exercises before switching to some floor stretches and leg lifts and then draws the door-prize winner.