The sixth week of the Tenth Annual Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge  brought 82 participants  to Kuss Middle School on February 25, 2017 for a one-hour workout led by Greg Medeiros of Fitness Fusion that included jumping jacks, curls with hand weights, knee lifts, squats, sit-ups or leg lifts, and wall sits before finishing with some stretches. Sponsored by Greater Fall River Re-creation, Partners for a Healthier Community, Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast Hospitals, the Challenge includes programs provided by Cat Studio,  Fitness Fusion, Tabi's Transformations, General Fitness. Greater Fall River Re-creation, Salt Fitness Cafe, TKO Fitness, Vitality Fitness and both them Swansea 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. Those who have registered by the end of January are eligible for cash prizes to be awarded at the Challenge Finale on April 21st. Click here for a thirteen-minute video of the Saturday event. Click here for photos and video of the Challenge Kick-off and Health Fair and here for the Week Five Challenge.. Call CD-REC at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com. 

(Top row) Fitness Leader Greg Medeiros of Fitness Fusion writes out a series of exercises that each of six teams will do in sequence. (Row two) Greg teases the participants as he gives instructions as to how to do each exercise. (Rows three through seven) Teams engage in jumping jacks, curls with hand weights, knee lifts, squats, sit-ups or leg lifts, and wall sits before finishing with some stretches. (Bottom row) Challenge Coordinator Annemarie Holly congratulates the participants for losing over 1,000 pound in the past six weeks and then awards the weekly door prize.